Why Funeral Insurance Is Growing Faster Than Health Cover in Zimbabwe with Palki Sharma

Recommendable!

U.S. considering repeal of 23-year-old ZDERA sanctions on Zimbabwe

Good news!

Starlink Roll-Out Across Africa Could help Transform if not revolutionize Digital Health Services

Good news!

"“The roll-out across Africa of Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service could help speed the adoption of telehealth services on the continent.

The tech tycoon’s satellite internet offering has been launched in 15 African nations since the start of 2023, bringing reliable high-speed internet to previously unconnected remote areas.

Its arrival has also led some local providers to respond with a price war, cutting costs for users to compete with the satellite arm of Mr Musk’s SpaceX venture.

Starlink could now help boost online telehealth services which give patients consultations and treatment remotely online, Reuters reported.”"

"... Tawanda Njerere, co-founder and chief operations officer of the ZimSmart Villages [in Zimbabwe] initiative, said he was now using Starlink to connect patients to its BatsiHealth online health platform. ... “Our doctors can conduct video consultations with near in-person clarity, seeing fine visual details essential for accurate diagnoses.” ...

Starlink’s website says its connections are sold out in many major African cities, including Nairobi, Abuja, Accra, Lusaka and Harare. ..."

"... A sharp rise in the availability of internet and cheap Asian smartphones has also given a new mass-market platform.

The World Bank estimates more than 160 million Africans gained broadband internet access between 2019 and 2022. The number of internet users in Sub-Saharan Africa more than doubled from 2016 to 2021. Between 2014 and 2021, nearly 200m started making or receiving digital payments. ..."

Starlink Roll-Out Across Africa Could Transform Digital Health Services - Human Progress

Starlink roll-out across Africa could transform digital health services "Elon Musk’s satellite internet offering is now in 15 African nations, bringing reliable connectivity to previously offline remote areas"

The tech startup boom promising to revolutionise healthcare in Africa "Huge gaps and great funding shortages plague the continent’s health systems – but digital innovation could bring much-needed solutions"

Like Namibia before, Zimbabwe to Kill 200 Elephants to Feed People Amid Drought with Palki Sharma

Bad news! This is the first time since 1988. However, there is possibly a serious overpopulation of elephants going on in southern Africa.

Zimbabwe Signs $533 Million Deal with China to Revamp Railways with Palki Sharma

Recommendable! The scramble for Africa continues. Zimbabwe is rich in natural resources.

Zimbabwe Launches New Gold-Backed Currency: Will it Work? with Palki Sharma

Recommendable! The first country to reintroduce the gold standard in the 21st century! Zimbabwe is a country where several currencies were replaced in recent years. Several foreign currencies are in use in this country. Inflation is rampant ...

White woman wins Miss Universe Zimbabwe — and not everyone is cheering

Good news! All women are beautiful, many are extra beautiful! Skin color does not matter!

"A white woman won the Miss Universe Zimbabwe pageant, and not everyone is overjoyed about the results.

Essence reported that the win for 21-year-old Brooke Bruk-Jackson — a Zimbabwe native and model — triggered "mixed reactions online because she is a white woman representing the African nation." ..."

White woman wins Miss Universe Zimbabwe — and not everyone is cheering - TheBlaze

Here is what the Google Search on Miss Zimbabwe produced (Do you see what is missing? No black women in the pictures! Strange):

Very similar Bing Search (What a coincidence!):

Is Zimbabwe become the world's 'lithium valley'?

They say clean energy!

Voting extends into second day in Zimbabwe after multiple delays

Need more time to vote? Relax! No problem in Zimbabwe!

Excerpt from Bob Marley's Zimbabwe song:

"No more internal power struggle

We come together to overcome the little trouble

Soon we'll find out who is the real revolutionary

Cause I don't want my people to be contrary"

Voting extends into second day in Zimbabwe after multiple delays | Elections News | Al Jazeera

The only female candidate: Elisabeth Valerio

Why Zimbabwe is Using Gold as a Currency with Palki Sharma

Recommendable!

How Zimbabwe plans to launch a gold backed digital currency

Big news!

Secret vaccinations help Zimbabwe mothers protect children in defiance of religious doctrine

A case of mother knows best!

"... The women were all at the Mbare Polyclinic in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, to get their children vaccinated against measles amid a deadly outbreak in the southern African country. But those who were taken to the back room were getting their children vaccinated in secret, and in defiance of religious doctrine that forbids them from using modern medicines.

“The advent of the measles outbreak saw children dying so they are now coming secretly and we are helping them,” said Lewis Foya, a nurse at the clinic.

More than 700 children have died from measles in Zimbabwe in an outbreak first reported in April. Many were unvaccinated because of religious reasons, Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said. ..."

Secret vaccinations help Zimbabwe mothers protect children | AP News

Credits: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: Global Health NOW

Lost Kingdoms of Africa 3 of 4 Great Zimbabwe with Gus Casely-Hayford

Very recommendable!