Africa Day Conversations: Connecting with Our Land

by Higherlife in Our Work, Rural Transformation and Sustainable Livelihoods. Posted May 31, 2021

Africa Day on May 25 is an opportunity for all Africans, local and abroad to come together and celebrate our people, our culture and our connectedness. Commemorating the founding of the Organisation of African Unity now the African Union, the day is also about reflecting on where we have come from and where we are ...

Contributing towards Zimbabwe’s Food Security by 2050

by Higherlife in Rural Transformation and Sustainable Livelihoods. Posted May 4, 2021

Sustainable Development Goal 2 focuses on the issue of food-seeking to “end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.” This aligns with our work in Rural Transformation and Sustainable Livelihoods (RTSL) to ensure food security in the communities we serve by catalysing the adoption of the climate-smart “Pfumvudza” farming approach. The ...

Strive Masiyiwa one of four judges at first Annual Africa Netpreneur Initiative

by Higherlife in News, Rural Transformation and Sustainable Livelihoods. Posted November 19, 2019

In line with Higherlife Foundation’s commitment to promoting African entrepreneurship, our Co-Founder Strive Masiyiwa was one of four judges this month at the first annual Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) that saw $1 million in prize money awarded to 10 African entrepreneurs. A flagship initiative of the Jack Ma Foundation, the prize aims to support ...

Higherlife Foundation joins the conversation at Africa Code Week Burundi

by Rumbidzai Nenzou in Rural Transformation and Sustainable Livelihoods. Posted October 18, 2019

Recently our teams in Burundi were part of Africa Code Week, Burundi edition. Since its launch in 2015 by SAP, Africa Code Week (ACW) has become the single biggest coding event worldwide, engaging over 4 million youth and 50,000 teachers on digital learning. During the Burundi edition, our very own Cynthia Nikobamye, Senior Associate – ...

Strive and Tsitsi Masiyiwa announce $100 million pledge to boost rural investment

by HLFAdmin in News, Rural Transformation and Sustainable Livelihoods. Posted February 8, 2019

Higherlife Foundation is excited to share that our Co-Founders – Mr. and Mrs Masiyiwa — have pledged $100 million over the next five years to fund rural entrepreneurs across Zimbabwe. This initiative seeks to re-invigorate the rural sector in Zimbabwe and will fund projects started by rural entrepreneurs, or those entrepreneurs willing to focus on ...

Choosing the right career path is the beginning of a fulfilling life

by digital in Blog, Rural Transformation and Sustainable Livelihoods. Posted March 11, 2016

This is mostly because people got into careers with very limited knowledge about those careers...

Higherlife Foundation Community Service Engagement in Lesotho

by digital in Rural Transformation and Sustainable Livelihoods. Posted November 24, 2015

Access to education is one big threat to African children fulfilling their God given purpose. Distance being one of the main contributors as a hindrance to access education, let alone receive life skills training and exposure for children to chose their career path well informed. Lipohong High School, situated 3 hours from the community of ...