Mnangagwa launches new education tool

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VICE President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday launched an application that will enable students to pay for transport and use self-directed learning using smart cards and wristbands.

VICE President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday launched an application that will enable students to pay for transport and use self-directed learning using smart cards and wristbands.

By Ruth Ngwenya

The eNhava Re-inventing Education application will also enable schools and students to share information, improve library systems and accounting systems.

Mnangagwa launched the application at the official opening of the ongoing Innovation Africa Digital 13th Summit in Victoria Falls.

He said eNhava was going to benefit not only Zimbabwe but the whole of Africa by enabling educational services to be delivered to schools.

“Zimbabwe has over 90% literacy rate which is one of the highest literacy levels in the continent,” he said.

“This drive and support for education continues and stationed into a high gear to ensure that students participate fully in today’s global economy and ensure sustainable economic development in Zimbabwe.”

Mnangagwa said access to affordable broadband services had become a major requirement for a country’s economic growth and also leads to labour enhancement, financial capital access and information flows.

“Developing countries that increase access to high-speed Internet than others experience more rapid economic growth,” he said.

Matabeland North Provincial Affairs minister Cain Mathema said it was important for Africa to engage in the manufacturing of information communication technology (ICT) gargets.

“The more we produce, the more cheaper it will get and most people will able to access the ICTs,” Mathema said.

The summit which is being attended by over 500 delegates from 50 countries around the world under the theme “Affordable Access” ends today.