https://www.herald.co.zw/president-stresses-need-to-support-innovation/

Dec. 18, 2020

Zimbabwe’s technical institutions are developing the technologies needed to grow the economy and deliver on Vision 2030 through modernisation and industrialisation and both the private and public sectors need to support them so that the process is accelerated. President Mnangagwa commissioned the technology innovation hub at the Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) and toured innovation start-up projects, calling for more to invest in this technology drive.

Approval of the Centre for Education, Innovation, Research and Development Bill, 2019,

Cabinet considered and approved the Centre for Education, Innovation, Research and Development Bill, 2019, which was presented by the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Legislation.

Construction of an industrial park commenced at the Chinhoyi University of Technology.

Construction of an industrial park commenced at the Chinhoyi University of Technology.

Completion Of The Construction Of 6 Innovation Hubs At The Country's 5 Universities.

The construction of six innovation hubs at the country’s five State universities, to drive innovation and technological advances in the country’s industrial sector is now complete, Secretary for Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development, Prof Fanuel Tagwira says.

Upgrading of a Technology Centre at Harare Institute of Technology and a Common Facility Centre in Chinhoyi

Work on the upgrading of a Technology Centre at Harare Institute of Technology and a Common Facility Centre in Chinhoyi are at an advanced stage, with transportation of new machinery and equipment from Chitungwiza Small and Medium Enterprises Development Corporation warehouse to the two sites having been completed;