{"id":5420,"date":"2026-06-29T07:18:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T07:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/?p=5420"},"modified":"2026-06-29T07:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T07:26:12","slug":"hon-muswere-meets-au-esti-commissioner-prof-banyankimbona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/?p=5420","title":{"rendered":"Hon Muswere meets AU ESTI Commissioner, Prof Banyankimbona"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">African Union Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (ESTI), His Excellency, Professor Gaspard Banyankimbona, accompanied by his delegation, has paid a courtesy meeting to the Ministry of Skills Audit and Development as part of preparations for the upcoming Africa Skills Week.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">During the meeting with Honourable Minister, Dr Jenfan Muswere and departmental heads, the Professor commended the Ministry\u2019s role in national development, emphasising that skills development is key to empowering people and strengthening economic growth. He further noted that Zimbabwe has much to offer to the continent, highlighting the country\u2019s potential to contribute meaningfully to Africa\u2019s broader development agenda through skills audits and capacity building.<div style=\"width: 1200px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-5420-1\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AQMl2ikP631uxGJAv0IVSavX-ggi1yXoCtZHR5BfqFH46kcpMR27tuHF3Ou_I2BEzBMKcjXWPXzlQjrPCoctZX3Rpir4U2Z9z1dgvH8DW79zwA.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AQMl2ikP631uxGJAv0IVSavX-ggi1yXoCtZHR5BfqFH46kcpMR27tuHF3Ou_I2BEzBMKcjXWPXzlQjrPCoctZX3Rpir4U2Z9z1dgvH8DW79zwA.mp4\">https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AQMl2ikP631uxGJAv0IVSavX-ggi1yXoCtZHR5BfqFH46kcpMR27tuHF3Ou_I2BEzBMKcjXWPXzlQjrPCoctZX3Rpir4U2Z9z1dgvH8DW79zwA.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/718075930_122241795098092164_5138465434192443770_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/718075930_122241795098092164_5138465434192443770_n-1024x683@2x.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/718075930_122241795098092164_5138465434192443770_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/718075930_122241795098092164_5138465434192443770_n-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/718075930_122241795098092164_5138465434192443770_n-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/718075930_122241795098092164_5138465434192443770_n-300x200@2x.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5421\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/719939123_122241795212092164_8999520126512484633_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/719939123_122241795212092164_8999520126512484633_n-1024x683@2x.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/719939123_122241795212092164_8999520126512484633_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/719939123_122241795212092164_8999520126512484633_n-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/719939123_122241795212092164_8999520126512484633_n-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/719939123_122241795212092164_8999520126512484633_n-300x200@2x.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Honourable Muswere acknowledged the support Zimbabwe is receiving from the African Union Commission for Education, Science, Technology and Innovation towards successfully hosting the Africa Skills Week. He also explained the Ministry of Skills Audit and Development&#8217;s mandate in relation to human capital development and underscored the value His Excellency, President Emmerson Mnangagwa places on skills development in Zimbabwe, as evidenced by the establishment of a stand-alone, fully-fledged ministry for that role.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>African Union Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (ESTI), His Excellency, Professor Gaspard Banyankimbona, accompanied by his delegation, has paid a courtesy meeting to the Ministry of Skills Audit and Development as part of preparations for the upcoming Africa Skills Week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5420"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5426,"href":"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5420\/revisions\/5426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}