TELONE coach Tendai Chikuni wants to add good strikers into his squad as the league returnees look for a prolonged stay in the topflight league.The Gweru-based .
“If people like us, the new generation, do not learn this language and do not write or speak this language, a lot of the things will be missed. Within a few generations the language will disappear (.)
Should There Be Shona-Language Versions of Google and Social Media Sites? This Zimbawean Technologist Says Yes
Blessing Kudzaishe Sibanda s conducts machine learning research on the Shona language
Editor’s note: From April 13-19 2021, Blessing Sibanda will be hosting the @DigiAfricanLang rotating Twitter account, which explores how technology can be used to revitalize African languages. Read more about the campaign here.
Shona, an official language of Zimbabwe, is one of the most spoken Bantu languages, with an estimated 10.8 million speakers. But while there are a number of established historical and literary resources in Shona, the visibility of the language online is far from encouraging.
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Zambia’s Default Casts A Shadow
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Other African nations may not be able to repay their loans as the global pandemic damages economic growth.
December 10, 2020
Livingstone, Zambia
Zambia’s default on repayment of a $42.5 million Eurobond coupon has put the spotlight on other regional sovereigns that currently have low credit ratings and coupons due in 2021. The Zambia debt default is the sixth recent global credit default after Argentina, Belize, Ecuador, Lebanon and Suriname.
The focus is now on potentially risky credit sovereigns across the African continent. Angola, Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon are among the African countries that currently have lower credit ratings from agencies such as S&P, mainly on account of lower oil prices, economic contraction risks and the impact of Covid-19.