Farai Shawn Matiashe

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Farai Shawn Matiashe is an award winning journalist based in Mutare, Zimbabwe. His articles are published on Aljazeera, Thomson Reuters Foundation, The World and Quartz Africa. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnMatiashe

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2/9/22

The US dollar is king as Zimbabwe’s currency woes prevail

Quartz Africa •

PublishedFebruary 9, 2022

6/4/21

#BlackLivesMatter continues to inspire Zimbabwe’s online activists

Quartz Africa •

PublishedJune 4, 2021

5/5/21

Zimbabwe is selling the right to shoot as many as 500 elephants

Quartz Africa •

PublishedMay 5, 2021

3/1/21

Covid-19 vaccines face a trust gap against some traditional African remedies

Quartz Africa •

PublishedMarch 1, 2021

12/17/20

Russian and French misinformation trolls have targeted African voters on Facebook

Quartz Africa •

PublishedDecember 17, 2020

12/12/20

Disney is partnering with a Nigerian-Ugandan animation studio for an African sci-fi series

Quartz Africa •

PublishedDecember 12, 2020

12/12/20

Amazon is going to generate its own renewable electricity over South Africa’s national grid

Quartz Africa •

PublishedDecember 12, 2020

4/1/20

Zimbabwe’s universities are manufacturing masks, gloves and hand sanitizers to beat coronavirus

Quartz Africa •

PublishedApril 1, 2020

3/26/20

WHO is raising coronavirus awareness globally using a WhatsApp bot developed in South Africa

Quartz Africa •

PublishedMarch 26, 2020

3/25/20

The death of a young journalist from coronavirus is blamed on Zimbabwe’s weak health system

Quartz Africa •

PublishedMarch 25, 2020

3/16/20

Zimbabwe is offering land as compensation to white farmers, 20 years later

Quartz Africa •

PublishedMarch 16, 2020

2/11/20

Ladysmith Black Mambazo’s Joseph Shabalala brought traditional Zulu music to the world

Quartz Africa •

PublishedFebruary 11, 2020

1/16/20

A currency swap deal with China could backfire on Zimbabwe’s hope to build forex reserves

Quartz Africa •

PublishedJanuary 16, 2020

12/11/19

Victoria Falls, one of the natural wonders of the world, is running dry due to climate change

Quartz Africa •

PublishedDecember 11, 2019

10/3/19

Zimbabwe’s central bank has reversed its ban on mobile money-for-cash transactions

Quartz Africa •

PublishedOctober 3, 2019

9/13/19

Zimbabwe turns to Tesla batteries to keep its top mobile money player running as a power crisis deepens

Quartz Africa •

PublishedSeptember 13, 2019

7/21/19

A power outage and mobile money blackout expose the vulnerability of Zimbabwe’s economy

Quartz Africa •

PublishedJuly 21, 2019

5/9/19

A sharp jump in mobile internet prices shows the true value of Zimbabwe’s troubled currency

Quartz Africa •

PublishedMay 9, 2019

4/22/19

Zimbabwe’s plan to compensate white farmers is facing a backlash from party loyalists and the farmers

Quartz Africa •

PublishedApril 22, 2019

1/23/19

Oliver Mtukudzi, Zimbabwe’s iconic musician of hope, has died

Quartz Africa •

PublishedJanuary 23, 2019

Farai Shawn Matiashe's posts

The US dollar is king as Zimbabwe’s currency woes prevail

#BlackLivesMatter continues to inspire Zimbabwe’s online activists

Zimbabwe is selling the right to shoot as many as 500 elephants

Covid-19 vaccines face a trust gap against some traditional African remedies

Russian and French misinformation trolls have targeted African voters on Facebook

Disney is partnering with a Nigerian-Ugandan animation studio for an African sci-fi series

Amazon is going to generate its own renewable electricity over South Africa’s national grid

Zimbabwe’s universities are manufacturing masks, gloves and hand sanitizers to beat coronavirus

WHO is raising coronavirus awareness globally using a WhatsApp bot developed in South Africa

The death of a young journalist from coronavirus is blamed on Zimbabwe’s weak health system

Zimbabwe is offering land as compensation to white farmers, 20 years later

Ladysmith Black Mambazo’s Joseph Shabalala brought traditional Zulu music to the world

A currency swap deal with China could backfire on Zimbabwe’s hope to build forex reserves

Victoria Falls, one of the natural wonders of the world, is running dry due to climate change

Zimbabwe’s central bank has reversed its ban on mobile money-for-cash transactions

Zimbabwe turns to Tesla batteries to keep its top mobile money player running as a power crisis deepens

A power outage and mobile money blackout expose the vulnerability of Zimbabwe’s economy

A sharp jump in mobile internet prices shows the true value of Zimbabwe’s troubled currency

Zimbabwe’s plan to compensate white farmers is facing a backlash from party loyalists and the farmers

Oliver Mtukudzi, Zimbabwe’s iconic musician of hope, has died