It was a pleasure meeting with H.E. Susellys Perez Mesa, Ambassador of Cuba! 🇨🇺🤝🇿🇼 As always, UNDP looks forward to strengthening cooperation in support of Zimbabwe’s development priorities. 🌍✨

🏆 Winners were announced today! Congratulations to the top teams from the MineTech Challenge and Lithium Value Chain Hackathon. Their solutions demonstrated the strength of Zimbabwean talent and the promise of AI-driven mining. 🇿🇼💥 The journey has only begun. 💡🔥

“Today we celebrated ALL innovators — not just the finalists. This was a milestone, not the end. Zimbabwe must become a producer of AI, not just a consumer.” — Dr. Ayodele Odusola A powerful message for the country’s young innovators. 🚀🤖🇿🇼

🚀 Day 3 of Zimbabwe AI & Innovation Week took place today at Zimbali Gardens! We celebrated youth innovators through the MineTech Challenge and Lithium Value Chain Hackathon, showcasing bold AI solutions driving national progress. 🇿🇼✨

💬 During the internal consultations, Tafadzwa Muvingi underscored how disability-inclusive audit guidelines can advance inclusivity, accountability, and transparency in public finance management. These guidelines will help embed disability inclusion into all audit systems and processes. ♿📑✨

🇿🇼🤖 “Zimbabwe has shown this week that we have the talent, ambition, and commitment to lead in emerging technologies. Our innovators are building solutions that can transform industries and communities.” — Dr. Ayodele Odusola, UNDP Resident Representative #AIInnovationWeek #DigitalZimbabwe

✨ AI Week is ON! Catch us: 📆 Thurs @ Zimbali Gardens Hackathons, innovation challenges, cool demos — come through and be inspired! #FutureIsNow #AIZimbabwe

Good morning! 👋 Day 3 has officially started at Zimbali Gardens — we’re celebrating youth innovators, MineTech finalists, and Lithium Hackathon teams! 🏆🤖✨ 🎥 Watch the livestream here: 👉 www.facebook.com/tigzozomedia...

🚀 Underway now is the UNDP & Office of the Auditor General partnership to develop disability-inclusive audit guidelines, indicators, and capacity-building tools. Together, we’re strengthening inclusion, accountability, and transparent auditing across Zimbabwe. ♿📊🤝

🌐 Join us for Zimbabwe AI & Innovation Week! 📅 25–26 Nov: Rainbow Towers 📅 27 Nov: Zimbali Gardens A national gathering of policymakers, innovators, youth and industry leaders. Open to the public. #AIZimbabwe #InnovationZW

🔥 Ready for AI Week? Zimbabwe’s biggest tech event is here! 📍 Tues–Wed: Rainbow Towers 📍 Thurs: Zimbali Gardens Come explore cutting-edge AI, meet innovators, and see the MineTech Challenge live! Open to all. 🚀 #DigitalZW #UNDPZimbabwe

🚀 Zimbabwe AI & Innovation Week starts this week! 📆 Tues–Wed @ Rainbow Towers 📆 Thurs @ Zimbali Gardens Join us for AI showcases, youth innovation, policy sessions & the MineTech Challenge. Everyone is welcome! 🇿🇼✨ #AIZimbabwe #InnovationZW

“AI can enable up to 70% of the SDGs — but the global AI equity gap threatens to leave Africa behind.” 🌍⚠️ — Alexander Hradecky Zimbabwe must act early to unlock inclusive, responsible AI for national development. 🇿🇼🤖✨ #AIForSDGs #AIInnovationWeek

“You’re already an AI user — even if you don’t know it.” 🤖✨ – McDonald Nyoni, UNDP AI Policy Expert From 🗺️ Maps to 🎧 Netflix to 🏥 healthcare diagnostics, AI is already part of daily life. The next step is using it for national development. 🇿🇼🚀 #AIInnovationWeek #DigitalZim @macnyoni4

“Zimbabwe is boldly positioning itself as a regional leader in responsible, human-centred AI. 🤝🤖 This week marks a turning point in our digital transformation journey. 🚀🇿🇼” — Dr. Ayodele Odusola, UNDP Resident Representative

🚀 AI & Innovation Week 2025 has officially kicked off! Join us live as Zimbabwe brings government, innovators, youth & partners together to shape our digital future. 🤖🇿🇼✨ 📺 Watch the livestream: www.youtube.com/live/81J_nk3...

🌐 Zimbabwe AI & Innovation Week returns! Be part of the national conversation on AI, tech, and inclusive growth. 📅 25–26 Nov: Rainbow Towers Hotel 📅 27 Nov: Zimbali Gardens Open to everyone — from students to innovators to policymakers. Zimbabwe’s AI-powered future starts here. ✨

🚀 Zimbabwe AI & Innovation Week kicks off this week! Join us for three days of big ideas and bold innovation. 📍 Tues–Wed: Rainbow Towers 📍 Thurs: Zimbali Gardens AI demos, youth innovation, the MineTech Challenge, policy dialogue & more — all open to the public.

🚀 Zimbabwe AI & Innovation Week is here! Join us for three days of innovation, ideas & inspiration! 📅 Tues–Wed (25–26 Nov): Rainbow Towers Hotel 📅 Thurs (27 Nov): Zimbali Gardens Explore AI showcases, government sessions, youth innovation, the MineTech Challenge & more—open to the public!

🌍🇿🇼✨ “Stronger together!” — words from Dr. Ayodele Odusola, @UNDPZimbabwe RR, at the #SDGs & #Agenda2063 Steering Committee Meeting. This platform unites Gov’t, private sector, CSOs & partners to drive 🇿🇼’s #Vision2030. 👏🏾 Inclusive, coordinated action for progress!

Opportunity alert! 📣📚🌍 GEF SGP (implemented by UNDP) seeks proposals for a Capacity Building & Knowledge Management Grant (OP8) — workshops, evaluations, knowledge products, and regional learning. 🗓️ Deadline: 10 Nov 2025 (CAT) Click here! www.undp.org/zimbabwe/pub...

📣♻️ Call for Proposals: Plastics & Waste Management Programme (GEF SGP) Got an idea to cut pollution and boost recycling? 📅 Deadline: 10 Nov 2025 (CAT) 🔗 Apply here: www.undp.org/zimbabwe/pub...

🎉🏆🇿🇼✨🌾💧 Honoured to join the @ZUJOfficial NJAMA Awards! Big congrats to Vanessa Gonye 🙌 for an award-winning story on the UNDP– @the_GCF irrigation project in Mwenezi—building resilience & food security. Read the winning article here! www.newsday.co.zw/southerneye/...

Opportunity alert! 🚀☀️ IC (Re-advertised): Scoping & Pre-Feasibility for solarising up to 200,000 public-servant homes 🇿🇼⚡️🏠 30 working days (within 3 months) Deadline: 31 Oct 2025, 09:07 (NY) Apply 👉 procurement-notices.undp.org/view_negotia...

🚀🌱 UNDP + @theGCF are accelerating climate-resilient livelihoods in southern Zimbabwe: 👩🏾🌾 20,700+ farmers trained 💧 irrigation upgrades 👩🏾⚖️ 61% women in irrigation leadership 📻📲 radio/SMS climate advisories. Read more here! ⬇️ www.undp.org/sites/g/file...

Welcome to Zimbabwe! 🇿🇼🤝🇪🇺 UNDP Zimbabwe met with @euinzim Ambassador @HagemannKatrin and Head of Cooperation Anna Cichocka. Together we scale impact for people & planet—strong partnerships, stronger results! 💪 #EUinZim 🇪🇺🇿🇼 #Partnerships #SDGs #EU #Zimbabwe

🚨 Job Alert! UNDP is hiring a Project Specialist — Mine Action & Resilient Livelihoods (NPSA-10) in Harare. Open to all applicants. 1-year contract (possible extension). Apply by 28 Oct 2025. 💼🌱🕊️🇿🇼 estm.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

From ideas to yields! 🌱➡️🌾 climate-smart practices at Makoholi are helping farmers adapt ♻️, conserve water 💧, and grow stronger communities 🤝🏘️. 🇿🇼🚜📈 #Zimbabwe #FoodSecurity #ClimateAction See article here: www.undp.org/zimbabwe/blo...

Powering patient safety 🔆🏥 UNDP, Govt of 🇿🇼 & Global Fund confirm progress at Gwanda & UBH: priority circuits for theatres/ICU 🎛️, automatic changeover 🔁, live dashboards 📊, strong O&M 🛠️—reliable power for lifesaving care ⚡️❤️ #SolarForHealth #Zimbabwe 🔗 www.undp.org/zimbabwe/blo...

💬 “Since 2009, @UNDPZimbabwe has worked with the 🇿🇼 Government to ensure resources translate into real services for those who need them most. — Dr. Ayodele Odusola UNDP Zimbabwe RR 🎥 Watch the full interview 👉 youtu.be/cyLo1FGXL1k

📍Day 3 of the #Zimbabwe #SDG Mid-Year Review in Mutare 🇿🇼! Govt of #Zimbabwe, @UNDP_Zimbabwe & partners are aligning data, closing gaps & co-creating solutions for #Agenda2030 🌍✨ Focus on accountability, innovation & inclusive progress. #SDGs #LeaveNoOneBehind 🤝📊

📊 Happening this week in 🇿🇼! Zimbabwe reviews all 228 indicators across the 17 #SDGs 🌍 — a vital platform for a whole-of-society approach to reflect on the nation’s progress toward the Global Goals. #Zimbabwe #LeaveNoOneBehind #Agenda2030 🤝✨

📊 The 🇿🇼 #SDG Monitoring & Evaluation Framework is being updated! All @zimbabwe_of ministries are participating — partner such as @mpslswzim, @nangozimbabwe, @UNZimbabwe, @OPCZimbabwe — alongside Business, Labour, the Tripartite Negotiating Forum & CSOs representing persons with disabilities. 🌍

“Wetlands aren’t wastelands.” 🐝🌿 UNDP Zimbabwe is restoring ecosystems and jobs: 1,206 beekeepers, 264,460 trees, 237 ha protected, 11 solar boreholes helping 2,200+ people. Full story: www.undp.org/zimbabwe/sto...

💧 Clean water is vital for safe healthcare — poor water undermines infection prevention & control (IPC). 🏥 At Newlands Clinic, in partnership with @UNDPZimbabwe, a high-capacity purification system now delivers safe, purified water for all. 🌍✨

🚨 Opportunity Alert! 🌍☀️ UNDP Zimbabwe seeks an Individual Consultant for a Scoping & Pre-Feasibility Study to bring solar power to 200,000 households! 📅 Deadline: 13 Oct 2025, 03:13 AM (NY) 👉 Apply: procurement-notices.undp.org/view_negotia...

🚨 Opportunity Alert! 🌍✨ Apply to be a National UN Volunteer – Common Services Associate 🇿🇼 with UNDP Zimbabwe (12-month assignment, Harare). Join us in advancing the SDGs & inclusive development! 💼💡 Apply here 👉 app.unv.org/opportunitie...

🚨 Opportunity Alert! 🌍☀️ UNDP Zimbabwe seeks bids to Design, Supply & Commission a 40kWp Off-Grid Solar PV Plant ⚡🏢 ⏰ Deadline: 14 Oct 2025, 07:13 AM (NY Time) 👉 Apply here: procurement-notices.undp.org/view_negotia...

🌍 UNDP hosted Professor Dame Angela McLean, the UK's Chief Scientific Adviser, at an exhibition highlighting a commitment to scientifically driven climate adaptation. @UKinZimbabwe supports the CAWEP Project, improving water access and clean energy for 2,861,000 people. 🔬🌱💧⚡

🌱 Climate-smart farming meets global trade 🌍! 350+ smallholders in 🇿🇼 will benefit from new irrigation & private sector linkages, supported by 🇿🇼Gov’t, @TheGCF & UNDP. 🚜💧 A step toward resilient livelihoods & Vision 2030. 👉 www.undp.org/zimbabwe/pre...

🌱🤝 “Multilateralism is about negotiation, collaboration & partnership — that’s how the UN moves forward.” – UNDP Zimbabwe RR in a diplomatic training course for MoFAIT officers. #UNDP

🚜 350+ farmers in Manicaland, Masvingo & Mat South 🇿🇼 are set to boost incomes & resilience through global market access 🌍. Backed by 🇿🇼Govt, @theGCF & UNDP, the programme drives climate-smart irrigation & women’s empowerment. 💧👩🌾 👉 www.undp.org/zimbabwe/pre...

🌍💡 “The UN is the warehouse of global development ideas — from the MDGs to the SDGs.” – UNDP Zimbabwe RR yesterday in a diplomatic training course for MoFAIT officers. #SDGs #UNDP

🚗⚡ Opportunity! UNDP Zimbabwe invites proposals for the Design & Operationalization of an E-Mobility Service Business Model 🌍💡 Deadline: 6 Oct 2025. Apply: procurement-notices.undp.org/view_negotia...

🌍 Over 350 smallholder farmers in 🇿🇼 are tapping into global markets! 🚜💧 Backed by 🇿🇼Govt, @theGCF & UNDP, the initiative links irrigation schemes with buyers, financiers & tech providers for climate-smart growth. 👉 www.undp.org/zimbabwe/pre...

⏳ Deadline alert! UNDP Zimbabwe seeks a consultancy firm to design the SDG Impact Investment Map. Submit your proposal by 29 Sept 2025. Apply now 👉 procurement-notices.undp.org/view_negotia...

🌍✨ Zimbabwe marked World Ozone Day 2025 with a symposium in Harare! 🇿🇼 Constance Pepukai (UNDP Head of NCE) & Phumla B. Maduma (UNDP NCE) spotlighted ozone protection & climate-friendly innovation 🌱💡. #WorldOzoneDay2025

📸 Wrapping up #ZEDCON2025! Leaders, partners & experts came together to shape Zimbabwe’s economic future 🌍💡🤝 A powerful reminder that collaboration drives progress towards Vision 2030 🚀🇿🇼 #Partnerships4SDGs

📉➡️📈 Global HDI progress is slowing. But Alex Warren-Rodriguez, UNDP Zimbabwe Senior Economist, reminds us: with the right choices, #AI can augment, not replace—unlocking opportunities for all 💡🌱 #GHDR2025 #ZEDCON

⚡ Energy drives economies. At #ZEDCON2025, Dr. Ayodele Odusola spotlighted renewables: from powering homes 🏡 to clinics 🏥 & schools 📚. With UNDP’s solar microgrid in Hakwata as proof, he urged 🇿🇼 to leapfrog into a climate-resilient future! 🌞