Update on the feasibility study for ICT infrastructure development
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Created: Friday, 09 March 2007 18:59
The data collection for the long awaited feasibility study on ICT infrastructure development, Internet connectivity and on human and organisations e-readiness commenced on the 6th of March 2007. The process of data collection started with the Science and Technology Subcommittee meeting on the 20th of February 2007, where the seven enumerators were selected for the exercise.
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Craft Uplifts Binga Women's Lives
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Created: Saturday, 03 March 2007 22:10
The Herald (Harare)
NEWS
March 3, 2007
Posted to the web March 3, 2007
By Kamurai Mudzingwa
Harare
Tonga women in Binga have turned a natural resource -- ilala palm -- with the help of Binga Craft Centre, into a treasured commodity through weaving beautiful products.
The craft centre, whose mission is to economically empower women producing Tonga crafts through sustainable use of natural resources, has done a lot to promote women's craft in Binga District.
The Tonga people, who have always lived close to the Zambezi River, have, like the weaverbird, perfected the art of weaving to such an extent that they have managed to captivate the world with their craftsmanship.
According to Betty Mwinde, the quality controller at the centre, the woven products are in such high demand that some of them are exported as far as the United States of America.
But it is the organised manner in which the Tonga women conduct their business with the craft centre that deserves special mention.
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