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Higherlife Foundation participates at Africa Philanthropy Forum Breakfast 2016

by digital in Blog, News. Posted October 10, 2016

On September 30th 2016, the Nnabagereka Development Foundation hosted a breakfast for potential and emerging philanthropists in Uganda, in partnership with the African Philanthropy Forum and the Higherlife Foundation. This event, the first of its kind in Uganda, drew over 80 Stakeholders, and was organized through the generous support of UN Women. In her opening ...

Yale Young African Scholars Program Rwanda and Ghana Episodes a Success

by digital in Education, News. Posted August 24, 2016

The Yale Young African Scholars program in partnership with Higherlife Foundation Rwanda and Ghana episodes recently took place in Kigali and Accra respectively. These two session were a resounding success as a total of 200 students were trained and an average of 17 countries were represented in each session. The Yale Young African Scholars Program ...

The Yale Young African Scholars Program (YYAS) 2016 commences in Rwanda

by digital in Education, News. Posted August 1, 2016

Recently, the Yale Young African Scholars Program (YYAS), an official program of Yale University, kicked off on the 29th of July 2016 in Kigali, Rwanda and will run until the 4th of October 2016. The YYAS program is a high-intensity academic and leadership program designed for African secondary school students who have the talent, drive, ...

Our Co-Founder, Strive Masiyiwa Introduces Obama At The White House Summit

by digital in News. Posted July 25, 2016

Our Co-Founder Dr. Strive Masiyiwa introduced Barack Obama at The White House Summit on Global Development, which took place in Washington DC on Wednesday 20 July 2016.

Higherlife Foundation celebrates 20yrs of impacting lives #hlfAt20 (Part 4)

by digital in News. Posted July 18, 2016

Higherlife Foundation is celebrating 20 years of impacting lives this year (2016). Over the past 20 years the foundation has worked in ‪‎African‬ communities impacting lives through ‪#education‬, ‪‎health‬ and psycho-social support. Lives have been touched and generations have been impacted!!! Watch this video for one of the highlights on our journey and join us ...

Econet Agrees to Pay $428 Million for Neotel With Investors

by digital in News. Posted June 30, 2016

Econet Wireless Global affiliate Liquid Telecom agreed to pay 6.55 billion rand ($428 million) for South African Internet-service provider Neotel Pty Ltd., creating the continent’s largest broadband network and business-to-business phone carrier. Shares of Tata Communications Ltd., which is selling the stake, surged. The buyer is partnering with Royal Bafokeng Holdings, a South African empowerment ...

Higherlife Foundation at the NASH (2016) Conference

by digital in Education, News. Posted June 27, 2016

Recently the Higherlife Foundation Executive Director spoke at the 2016 edition of the National Association of Secondary Heads in Zimbabwe (NASH) conference held at Victoria falls which ran from 22- 24 June 2016. The theme of this years conference was “ The New Curriculum: Opportunites and Challenges and this specific theme was perfect for Higherlife ...

Celebrating our Milestones: Higherlife Foundation’s Response to Cholera

by digital in Health, News. Posted June 27, 2016

As Higherlife Foundation celebrates 20 years of impacting lives we look back at some of the big milestones we were involved in over the past 20 years. At the height of a cholera outbreak that was besieging Zimbabwe in 2008, Higherlife Foundation, through, the then, National Healthcare Trust Zimbabwe, responded to the crisis which was ...

Simba Education meets Higherlife Foundation

by digital in Education, News. Posted June 13, 2016

On the 27th of May 2016, the team from Simba Education visited the Higherlife Foundation head office in Harare. The Simba Education education team shared their overall vision and plans to impact Early Childhood Education though technology in Zimbabwe and Sub-Saharan Africa. The presentation by Simba Education also included the progress that has been made ...

Students Awarded Davis UWC Projects for Peace

by digital in News, Our Fellows. Posted May 26, 2016

Two St. Lawrence University students have been selected to receive funding this summer for their Davis UWC Projects for Peace 2016 proposals. Malakia Takane ’18 of Maseru, Lesotho, proposal will help provide water for the Mohale’ Hoek villagers, southwest of Lesotho. Due to climate variations Lesotho suffered one of its most extreme droughts in 2015, ...