Higherlife foundation blog
On July 25, the Yale Young African Scholars (YYAS) program kicks off its 2019 season with sessions in Accra, Ghana; Harare, Zimbabwe; and, for the first time, in Nairobi, Kenya. YYAS brings together African secondary school students for a cost-free, seven-day residential program designed to introduce students to the U.S. university and financial aid application…
Funded by the Higherlife Foundation, the 2019 HALI Indaba brought together the HALI Access Network’s 38-member organizations at a conference center situated on the banks of the beautiful Volta River in eastern Ghana from 26-29 April. The organizations, which work with over 2,000 high-achieving, low-income (HALI) high school students per year across 20 African countries,…
My name is Obey Justice Chiguta, and I am an Andrew Young International Scholar under Higherlife Foundation. This year marks an unprecedented milestone in my life and that of my own family as I am the first to graduate from college and to obtain two degrees. My journey started five years ago when I…
On the 20th of May 2019, Higherlife Foundation Co-Founder and Econet Wireless Group Chairman, Strive Masiyiwa was presented with an honorary doctorate of Humane Letters at the Yale Commencement ceremony in New Haven, Connecticut. Since the commencement of 1702, the Yale Corporation has awarded honorary degrees to individuals for their outstanding achievement and contributions to…
At only 25 years old, Yvet Turugari is a young woman who strives to leave her mark in the world through her love for medicine and education. Born in a family of 6 in Masvingo Province in south-eastern Zimbabwe, Yvet’s potential was always destined for more than the small ward of Chikuku where she grew…
As part of empowering the youth of Zimbabwe as catalysts for positive change in the nation, Higherlife Foundation recently launched the High Flyers Program – an exclusive program designed to identify, connect and nurture the next cohort of Zimbabwe’s young leaders. The program is the newest to come out of Higherlife Foundation’s expanding portfolio whose…
“Every time I reflect on the tragedy; I’m convinced there’s a God in heaven.” These were the first words of Aron Mohamba Mwanasavanhu, a resident of Ngangu Township – a town that was severely destroyed by Cyclone Idai when it tore across the countries of Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe on the 14th of March 2019.…
In the wake of Cyclone Idai, Higherlife Foundation is doing its part, along with the rest of the Econet Group, to provide immediate relief and long-term recovery to the thousands of affected families. We caught up with Econet Chief of Staff Lovemore Nyatsine who has been on the ground in Chimanimani, Zimbabwe, leading the group’s…
Imagine being washed away by floods with your baby on your back, getting tossed against rocks in the dark, all while trying to protect your baby from being submerged by the engulfing waters: only to have your little one violently whisked away from your back into the darkness of the night. This is the heart-wrenching…
Deformed legs, extreme scarring and swelling of the skin and tissues, bloody urine, turned-in eyelashes that scratch the cornea; these are some the painful, disheartening effects of Neglected Tropical Diseases – a group of devastating communicable diseases that affect over one and a half billion people across the world. Although relatively unknown to the international…