The changes that Africa is now going through do not cease to amaze. It seems only yesterday when Africa was at the bottom of the class in terms of technological innovation, but things have changed and the continent is now… read more
Archived posts, July, 2014
Calling all artists and creative types interested in helping Harare City Library renovate their children’s library space (Deadline: Jul 31)
Harare City Library have a limited budget but if you are a locally based artist or group with a BIG HEART and have an awesome idea they would really like to hear from you. The brief is to update the existing… read more
Guest post by James Murua: 10 African literature-rich blogs
First appeared on the Bloggers Association of Kenya website So you want to keep abreast of what’s happening in the African literature space. Want to get news and reviews from the books written by and about African experience? Try these… read more
South African eBook adoption increases as free eBook stores are made available to schools
Pearson, Macmillan and Oxford University Press are working with Snapplify to ensure that South African learners have access to educational content. In conjunction with these leading publishing companies, Snapplify has recently made the announcement that they will be offering a… read more
Promoting Tshwao, unrecorded language of under 50 speakers
Zimbabwe Reads is working together with the African Languages Research Institute at the University of Zimbabwe to promote Tshwao, an unrecorded language spoken by a small group of people in western part of Zimbabwe, on the border with Botswana. And… read more
Zimbabwe Reads helps Bhabhu Books to partner with global e-book distributor

Worldreader, an US NGO that provides digital books to children and families in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing nations using e-reader and existing mobile phone technology, recently signed new digital publishing deals with Bulawayo-based Ama Books and Weaver Press from Harare. We were approached by… read more
Writers International Network Zimbabwe receives second book donation from Zimbabwe Reads
reprinted from WIN-Zimbabwe newsletter On April 3 2013, Zimbabwe reads, an organization that is doing commendable work in the provision of reading materials to Zimbabwean schools, libraries, colleges, community and organizations, made a second book donation to Writers International Network… read more
‘Mind the gap’ by playing this education-themed game
What differences are there between Zimbabwe’s education system and the ones in other developing countries? This new interactive data game by UNESCO Institute for Statistics called Mind the Gap highlights the progress and pitfalls of girls’ and womens’ education around the world.