I met Trevor Ncube in Montreux a few months ago during the annual meeting of the Swiss Press Association.
In his speech he asked for international help to launch NewsDay, the first independent daily newspaper of Zimbabwe.
I had lunch with him that day and he asked if INNOVATION would be willing to work on a pro-bono basis on this project.
I said yes.
And today the project is at full speed.
NewsDay will be in the streets of Zimbabwe very soon.
All of our designers offered themselves to work on this newspaper, and finally, INNOVATION’s Pedro Monteiro will lead the project.
Every year, INNOVATION does some pro-bono consulting work, as a tradition in our company.
Thank you to Pedro, and to all our consultants who will help in our first work in Africa.
Trevor Ncube is a Zimbabwean entrepreneur and newspaper publisher now living in South Africa, but born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
He is the publisher of South Africa’s Mail & Guardian weekly newspaper, part of The Guardian group of newspapers, and in Zimbabwe, sister publications The Zimbabwe Independent and The Sunday Standard.
Last year, Trevor Ncube won the German Africa Award, given by the German Africa Foundation for his dedication for press freedom, human rights and democracy in Zimbabwe and the whole of Southern Africa.
So, INNOVATION is very proud to work under his leadership.
