STORIES THAT INSPIRE
Meet Zimbabwe’s green business owners, creators, and collaborators
Building skills for the green economy in Zimbabwe20210510095101
Building skills for the green economy in Zimbabwe
May 10, 2021
How we developed five groundbreaking TVET training programmes to boost skills an...
Turning the volume up on Zimbabwe’s best business ideas20210121153545
Turning the volume up on Zimbabwe’s best business ideas
January 21, 2021
Green enterPRIZE, supported by funding from the Government of Sweden, partnered ...
Waste management SME helps extinguish local fire20201001075024
Waste management SME helps extinguish local fire
October 1, 2020
An uncontrolled fire burned for 14 days in August at a waste disposal site in Po...
The impact of COVID-19 on businesses20200727152347
The impact of COVID-19 on businesses
July 27, 2020
Self-employed workers, micro-enterprises, and small- and medium-sized enterprise...
Zimbabwe artists connect art, work, and sustainability20200304084751
Zimbabwe artists connect art, work, and sustainability
March 4, 2020
From poetry to mixed media, from rural to urban, these are Zimbabwe’s freshest...
SIMUKA-PHAKAMA, Join our 2019 Innovation Challenge!20190905135112
SIMUKA-PHAKAMA, Join our 2019 Innovation Challenge!
September 5, 2019
The Innovation Challenge is a platform for green enterprise innovation and devel...
Zimbabwe Sunshine Group cleans up and gives back20190710165409
Zimbabwe Sunshine Group cleans up and gives back
July 10, 2019
Ronny Mbaisa and Cliff Chivanga grew their waste management business from the sh...
Small loans close big gaps in Zimbabwe20190710103509
Small loans close big gaps in Zimbabwe
July 10, 2019
Ethel Mupambwa founded a microfinance institution to fight gender inequality and...
Cloth diapers save money—and the environment20190710102429
Cloth diapers save money—and the environment
July 10, 2019
Elizabeth Nyamunda sewed cloth diapers for her children. Then, she discovered a ...
“We can contribute, no matter how small”20190710100622
“We can contribute, no matter how small”
July 10, 2019
Piwai Chikasha and Takudzwa Chipadza are engineers by training, development prof...
Fast Forward Competition for the Arts20190625145031
Fast Forward Competition for the Arts
June 25, 2019
Artists have supported ILO campaigns to promote decent work since the founding o...
Meet the entrepreneurs working to green Zimbabwe’s economy20190516104421
Meet the entrepreneurs working to green Zimbabwe’s economy
May 16, 2019
Small- and medium-sized business owners are pushing Zimbabwe toward a greener,mo...
First Innovation Challenge Awards Ceremony celebrates local entrepreneurs20180517093035
First Innovation Challenge Awards Ceremony celebrates local entrepreneurs
May 17, 2018
Small business owners are greening Zimbabwe’s economy from the ground up....