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Seek, reach, receive – what we need to reduce maternal mortality

by Higherlife in Health, Our Work. Posted March 3, 2023

Dr Kennedy Mubaiwa Higherlife Foundation Chief Executive Officer makes a case for more training programs for healthcare workers. He posits that skills improvement may help reduce maternal mortality rates in Africa. Recently, the World Health Organisation released a report on the trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020. The numbers were a cold reminder of how ...

Youth Perspectives: A dream for Zimbabwe

by Higherlife in Education, Our Work. Posted February 28, 2023

Zimbabwe recently commemorated its National Youth Day. The day is set aside for young people to reflect on their role in national development, and it usually inspires conversations among them. At Higherlife Foundation, we ran a content series where the youth were sharing their dreams for Zimbabwe. In this article, two students who were part of ...

Tsitsi Masiyiwa working tirelessly to reduce Africa’s gender gap

by Higherlife in News, Our Founders. Posted February 10, 2023

The Global Gender Report states that it would take 132 years for the global gender gap to be covered. The period is almost equal to two times the life expectancy of an average African woman. However, despite the glaring gap, some visionary Africans have decided to roll up their sleeves to trim the disparities. Our ...

Lift Up Africa Prayer Campaign entered its third week

by Higherlife in Events, Faith and Development, News. Posted February 7, 2023

Lift Up Africa, a 90-day prayer campaign run by Global Intercessors with support from Higherlife Foundation is now entering its third week. The campaign that started on 23 January and will end on 22 April has shown great promise, with all the invited prayer leaders expertly leading intercession in a way that shows anointing. To ...

Multi-stakeholder approach key in NTD elimination

by Higherlife in Health, Our Work. Posted January 30, 2023

Tadiwa, an 11-year-old Grade six student in rural Zimbabwe has missed school for more than a week. She has a distended stomach, nausea, pain, and dizziness. Tadiwa is well known for playing in a nearby stream, the only water source for her village. Today Tadiwa visited the clinic, where she was diagnosed with intestinal worms ...

Tsitsi Masiyiwa named among the Most Influential Women of 2022 by New African Woman Magazine

by Higherlife in News, Our Founders. Posted December 20, 2022

Super thrilled that our Co-Founder Tsitsi Masiyiwa was named one of the Most Influential Women of 2022 by New African Woman Magazine. Mrs Masiyiwa was recognised for her philanthropic work and advocacy for gender equality in Zimbabwe and Africa. The Most Influential Women Awards by New African Woman Magazine recognise and celebrate the incredible work ...

Higherlife Foundation announces Book Cover Competition

by Higherlife in News. Posted December 12, 2022

Higherlife Foundation has transformed lives through human capital development for over 25 years working in Zimbabwe, Burundi and Lesotho. To mark this milestone, the Foundation is publishing a book – telling our story through the voices and experiences of those supported by the Foundation across our three pillars, Education, Global Health and Rural Transformation and ...

Capernaum Scholarship alumni shortlisted for Africa innovation awards

by Higherlife in News, Our Fellows. Posted November 29, 2022

One of our Capernaum Scholarship alumni, Allen Chafa has been shortlisted for the 2023 Africa prize for Innovation. Allen has developed a real-time water quality monitoring and control system known as the Smart Water Tech designed to address poor water quality, which results in the spread of water-borne diseases. He is among 15 Africans who ...

Strive Masiyiwa among 2022 Spear’s Awards Winners

by Higherlife in News, Our Founders. Posted November 10, 2022

Higherlife Co-Founder Strive Masiyiwa was crowned Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2022 Spear’s Awards, in recognition of his work with two pan-African technology companies (Econet and Cassava Technologies) and for his work as with Higherlife Foundation and Delta Philanthropies, a UK-registered impact investment charity promoting development initiatives across Africa. The Spear’s Awards ceremony which ...

Tsitsi and Elizabeth Tanya Masiyiwa discuss how a gender lens and systems change thinking are starting to transform Africa

by Higherlife in News. Posted October 26, 2022

At Higherlife Foundation, we are privileged to be led by two phenomenal women Tsitsi and Elizabeth Tanya Masiyiwa who use their influence, knowledge and resources to move communities forward and transform lives! Recently the mother-daughter sat down with renowned journalist and practitioner Matthew Bishop to share more about their philanthropic journey and commitment to advancing women’s ...