President Mnangagwa

Mukudzei Chingwere, Herald Reporter

President Mnangagwa today opens the three-day 13th Zimbabwe International Research Symposium, which brings international guests and researchers to Harare. The symposium, which started in Harare yesterday and ends tomorrow, is being hosted by the Research Council of Zimbabwe (RCZ) and its partner, the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera). It runs under the theme: “Embracing research and innovation for sustainable industrialisation.” The theme is in sync with the Government’s goal of driving industrialisation through innovation. Zimbabwe’s education system has since been configured to drive the country towards an empowered upper-middle income society by 2030 through the heritage-based curriculum inclined to research and innovation. RCZ executive secretary Dr Partson Chikudza yesterday said all was set for the official opening of the symposium today. “Basically, it’s the 13th Zimbabwe International Research Symposium coming, which will be officiated by the President,” said Dr Chikudza. “It will attract more than 4 000 delegates including young scientists from secondary and primary (school) level, and we would like to catch them young, plus college students, university students, the academia, captains of industry, policymakers, diplomats and researchers will participate. ReadMore