Celebrating Girls ICT in a time of crisis

Article by Prisca Pfunye The ICT field has always been a male dominated space yet its a growing source of income from many countries. Girls have since invaded the space and are using ICTs to make a difference in the communities and the world. Every 4th Thursday of the year the world commemorates the International...

Zimbabwe’s Covid-19 lockdown: Ensuring the right to food for the poor

By Phillan Zamchiya, Dewa Mavhinga, Thando Gwinji, Arnold Chamunogwa and Claris Madhuku The Covid-19 global pandemic poses serious challenges to fragile countries such as Zimbabwe, which have weak health systems and constrained social assistance programmes. Such countries must formulate and implement measures to tackle the unfolding public health crisis without plunging millions of people into...

YIT to host Accountability Concert

Youth for innovation Trust in partnership with uMahlekisa Comedy Club will on Friday afternoon host local artists in an event dubbed Accountability Concert at Lobengula Hall in Bulawayo. Some of the Bulawayo artists lined up for the Concert include the Bulawayo Arts Awards song of the year hitmaker Novuyo SeaGirl, Qeqeshiwe Mntambo, Mzoe7, Msizkay, Stewie...

YIT screens Vuzu party Documentary

Youth For innovation Trust (YIT) in partnership with Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) will on the 27th of September at 1400 hrs screen a VUZU party documentary produced by Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association. VUZU Parties have been the talk of the town over the past few months across the city of Bulawayo. The behaviour of...

YIT plays Charity Match to raise sanitary wear for young girls

In a bid to raise awareness and sanitary wear for young girls in Ngozi Mine Youth For innovation Trust will play a charity match against uMahlekisa Queens at Hlabangana Lounge in Bulawayo on the 22nd of September 2019, The entry for this match is a pack of sanitary wear. The main match of the day...

Beyond economic hardships with Voko the Poet

Article by Prisca Pfunye The lack of enthusiasm by young people to participate in economic development is increasingly growing. Loosely termed economic apathy, not being part of the economic ecosystem is a growing trend in Zimbabwe and beyond. Youth for innovation trust in partnership with Umahlekisa Comedy Club started conversations about it earlier this year at Luveve Beit Hall through a comedy and poetry show. One...

Transforming Education: #IYD219 Special

Article by Prisca Pfunye Education is freedom - Paulo Freire The 2019 edition of the International Youth day's theme spoke loudly to youth in Bulawayo as they explored ways of transforming education in Zimbabwe. Education as was known previously, it is supposed to be the key to success, hence a group of young changemakers under...

Balancing for better through Humor for Social Change

Article by Prisca Pfunye Human rights have been a topical issue in Zimbabwe and quite a number of civil society organizations and other collectives have been fighting against the violation of human rights. This time around, Youth for Innovation Trust (YIT) roped in Umahlekisa Comedy Club to raise awareness on social ills that affect the...

Being a mentor… #TechnovationZW2019 focus

By Prisca Pfunye The 2019 Technovation challenge in Zimbabwe continues to raise awareness on the need to bring girls up to speed with their male counterparts when it comes to their active participation in coding. Through the process there is an important group of people who are key to the girls' success in the challenge...

Mobile apps for change… #TechnovationZW2019 focus

By Prisca Pfunye TECHNO GLOWING GIRLS As this year marks another season for Technovation challenge which is still running under theme Girls For Change, girls have been doing a great job with their applications they managed to identify tech solutions to challenges in their community. As the girls were working on different issues there is...