Marko Phiri is a freelance contributor for the Thomson Reuters Foundation, based in Harare, Zimbabwe, and covering climate change issues.
When roads are bad and extension agents few, technology can help get farmers the information they need to deal with climate shifts and other threats, backers say.
When Zimbabwe's government started running a bus system earlier this year with fares on average one-third lower than those of private bus companies, Thandekile Gama was excited.
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, March 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Oriditsi Tlou got pregnant at age 15 last year, her grandmother Judith Mhlongo was quick to demand damages and a bride pay...
