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Farai Shawn Matiashe

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 @ZuzeShawn.

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Covid-19 vaccines face a trust gap against some traditional African remedies
Quartz Africa • March 1, 2021
Russian and French misinformation trolls have targeted African voters on Facebook
Quartz Africa • December 17, 2020
MODERN AFRICAN TALES
Disney is partnering with a Nigerian-Ugandan animation studio for an African sci-fi series
Quartz Africa • December 12, 2020
Amazon is going to generate its own renewable electricity over South Africa’s national grid
Quartz Africa • December 12, 2020
Zimbabwe’s universities are manufacturing masks, gloves and hand sanitizers to beat coronavirus
Quartz Africa • April 1, 2020
HEALTH ALERT
WHO is raising coronavirus awareness globally using a WhatsApp bot developed in South Africa
Quartz Africa • March 26, 2020
The death of a young journalist from coronavirus is blamed on Zimbabwe’s weak health system
Quartz Africa • March 25, 2020
TOO LATE
Zimbabwe is offering land as compensation to white farmers, 20 years later
Quartz Africa • March 16, 2020
Ladysmith Black Mambazo’s Joseph Shabalala brought traditional Zulu music to the world
Quartz Africa • February 11, 2020
A currency swap deal with China could backfire on Zimbabwe’s hope to build forex reserves
Quartz Africa • January 16, 2020