Great Zimbabwe Times

Dr Dahlia Garwe  Women Entrepreneurship Day organisation Zimbabwe will this year facilitate a financial literacy training programme. The 2 day program aims to empower women with financial management skills. Masvingo Polytechnic department of business studies will provide with modules for the program. Commenting on the programme, Masvingo Polytechnic Principal, Engineer Callisto Mzongondi highlighted that Masvingo Polytechnic as a Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Institution is mandated by the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development to provide training with emphasis on practical skills and competencies to all regardless of their academic qualifications. In this regard Polytechnic takes cogniscance of the fact that women are a crucial demographic and advocates for equal representation in all training fields and therefore always endevours to increase enrollment of women especially in male dominated areas of tr

By Angeline Zimbwani Mikiri  Permanent secretary for Provincial Affairs and Devolution (Masvingo Province) Dr. Addmore Pazvakavambwa will grace this year's Women’s Entrepreneurship Day organisation business conference and expo. The conference will run under the theme Inspire Inclusion. The event will be held at Leesinn Hotel in Masvingo Town. The conference and Expo will be held also as a way of commemorating the International women's day which falls on the 8th of March and subsequently the Month of March is dubbed as the Women’s Month. Dr Pazvakavambwa is coming at a time when Masvingo is geared to harness all the business and investment opportunities. Call for investment proposals by the office of the President and the cabinet is on course. He will highlight investment opportunities in the province and how women can harness such opportunities. Masvingo lies on the Southern part of Zimbabwe. It has 7 districts, namely Bikita Zaka Chivi Mwenezi Chiredzi Gutu and Masvingo

By Angeline Zimbwani Mikiri  Masvingo Province is the home of sugar in the Lowveld in Chiredzi. Triangle,  Mwenezi, and surrounding areas. Hence, there is a great need to invest in more sugar milling companies as sugarcane farmers have  increased in the region, thus creating more jobs.    The region is rich in beef production, e.g., Mwenezi and the Lowveld. Masvingo can be one of the largest beef exporters in the region through the establishment of abattoirs, thus creating employment. e.g. skin hides factories, etc.  The coming of Lake Tugwi Mukosi  means agriculture will subsequently improve because of irrigation. Since there will be more water, a great need to establish the hydroelectric power station is critical. This  means electricity for domestic, commercial, and industrial use will be generated through such major investments.  This will ease the burden of Hwange and Kariba Power stations. Masvingo will also be able to export power and bring more revenue. This  will subsequently