HIT at the Fifth #GPEKIX Africa Research Symposium in Nairobi! 🌍 Research Fellow Joshua Simuka presented “Financing Education 5.0 for Skills Development and Youth Employability,” bringing a 🇿🇼 perspective to Africa’s education financing dialogue. “Our budgets should tell the story of our strategy.” HIT’s Joshua Simuka proposes making spending on teaching, research, community service, innovation and industrialisation visible in school budgets. Funding a lab is only the start. Its value depends on whether students and researchers can use it consistently, with the equipment, materials and support they need. Education financing and the SDGs: HIT linked Education 5.0 to SDG 4, 8, 9 and 17 at the #GPEKIX Africa Research Symposium. Evidence of what changes for learners is the real test. From Nairobi back to Harare: HIT’s report recommends an appraisal of sustainable financing options, closer monitoring of budget execution and a phased pilot of Education 5.0 budget classifications. #HIT #GPEKIX #Education50 #SDGs

🏃‍♂️ HIT Staff Health & Wellness Day 💚 Theme: Your Health, Your Responsibility, Your Future 🗓️ 30 Oct 2026 📍 HIT Sport Fields ⏰ 0730–1500hrs 🚶 Walkathon | 💃 Zumba | ❤️ Health Screening Scan the QR code to register 📲 #HITWellness

Virtual assets move fast and across borders. How do we detect the illicit money hidden in them? RBZ FIU Director General, Mr Oliver Chiperesa, unpacked emerging money-laundering risks at a public lecture hosted by HIT’s Dept of Forensic Accounting & Auditing. Key takeaways from our lecture on virtual asset money laundering risks: 📌 A changing risk landscape 📌 RBZ/FIU’s 2024 VASP risk assessment 📌 Statutory Instrument 99 of 2026 📌 No country can tackle this alone #HIT #SuccessThroughInnovation #ForensicAccounting #VirtualAssets #FinancialIntelligence #RBZ

Patrick Maseko, Executive Head: Innovation at ZB Financial Holdings, joined us for the TDC guest lecture “From Idea to Market” and shared what banks and innovation hubs look for in a startup. Swipe for the takeaways ➡️ ✔️ Solve a real problem ✔️ Know your customer ✔️ Be honest about competition ✔️ Show traction ✔️ Make a clear ask ✔️ Keep business and personal money separate ✔️ Build systems that outlive you “Turn what you learned into action.” Need support for your venture? The TTLCC offers incubation and acceleration programmes, and ZB’s innovation challenge platform lets funders find you. #HITZim #TheInnovationAndTechnopreneurialUniversity #ZBHoldings #Technopreneurship #StudentFounders #StartupZimbabwe #InnovationHub

The Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) was honoured to host U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe Pamela Tremont at the HIT Innovation Hub on Thursday, 22 October 2026, for #OnceAFulbrighter: Positioning Academic Institutions for Global Partnerships in the Extractive Sector. Academics, researchers, Fulbright alumni, industry partners, U.S. Embassy officials and students came together to explore how research, training and innovation can help Zimbabwe move beyond extraction to processing, value addition and manufacturing. Key moments: ·      Professor Jephias Gwamuri, HIT Pro Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Commercialisation, and Fulbright alumnus, outlined HIT's Internationalisation Policy and invited U.S. universities and companies to partner with HIT. Melinda Crowley, U.S. Embassy Counsellor for Public Affairs, linked the dialogue to Freedom 250 and 80 years of Fulbright. A panel from HIT, the University of Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwe School of Mines, moderated by Dr Tawanda Muzamwese, discussed how to turn research into industry results. Ambassador Tremont affirmed that skills, standards and trusted partnerships are the foundation of a strong minerals sector. The programme ends, but the relationship keeps growing. #HITZimbabwe #OnceAFulbrighter #Freedom250 #CriticalMinerals #ValueAddition #Education5.0

🌍 Erasmus+ call for applications! Third-year SET & SIST students can spend the Summer 2027 semester (25 Feb–7 Jul) at Bialystok University of Technology, Poland. 💶 €820 reimbursement + €800 monthly stipend. ⏰ Closes Fri 23 Oct, 1500hrs. Details on our page. #ErasmusPlus #DesigningTheFuture @HarareInstitute

🚀 Guest Lecture: From Idea to Market – What Banks & Innovation Hubs Look for in a Startup 🎤 Patrick Maseko, Executive Head Innovation, @ZBFH 📅 Wed 21 Oct | ⏰ 1000–1200hrs 📍 HIT Engineering Hall Open to all technopreneurs! #HIT #Startups #Innovation Join us at the Engineering Hall, 1000hrs, as Patrick Maseko of ZB Financial Holdings shares what banks and innovation hubs look for in a startup. See you there! 💡

📢 PUBLIC LECTURE: Emerging Virtual Assets Money Laundering Risks 🎤 Mr O. Chiperesa, Director General, Financial Intelligence Unit 📅 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 | 1000hrs 📍 HIT Innovation Hub, Quad B 👥 Students & professionals Enquiries: [email protected] #HIT #SuccessThroughInnovation #PublicLecture #VirtualAssets #ForensicAccounting #FinancialIntelligence #Zimbabwe

Mauya, BNTU! 🇿🇼🇧🇾 HIT is hosting professors and students from the Belarusian National Technical University for a week-long staff mobility programme, starting today. “Knowledge transcends geographical boundaries, cultural differences and national identities.” Pro Vice-Chancellor Academic Affairs Mr W. Gwarimbo welcomed our guests to HIT and Zimbabwe. The programme is a practical expression of international cooperation, with potential for joint research, student mobility and long-term collaboration between HIT and BNTU. 🤝 Day 1 also included a presentation on HIT’s Vision 2030, our Schools and Centres of Excellence, and a first taste of Shona and isiNdebele. #HIT #BNTU #HigherEducation #Internationalisation #STEM #Innovation #Technopreneurship #Vision2030 #ZimbabweBelarus #Vision2030 #Ubuntu

The Zimbabwe Republic Police has begun piloting a digital crime reporting system developed by the Harare Institute of Technology (HIT), with Warren Park Police Station among the stations testing the system. heraldonline.co.zw/zrp-pilot…

Master of Technology in Cyber Security and Forensics (2 years) at the Harare Institute of Technology! Designed for graduates and professionals seeking advanced expertise in cyber security, digital forensics and the investigation of cyber-enabled incidents. Key areas include: 🔐 Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing 🔍 Digital Forensics & Incident Response 🛡️ Network & Cloud Security ⚠️ Cyber Risk, Governance & Compliance 📅 Programme commences October 2026 💻 Lectures delivered virtually, with practicals and workshops conducted physically 🌍 International candidates are encouraged to apply Apply online: hit.ac.zw 📧 [email protected] #HITZimbabwe #MTech #CyberSecurity #DigitalForensics #PostgraduateStudies #InnovationAndTechnopreneurialUniversity

Staff and students joined forces this morning for the HIT Campus Clean Up Exercise, together with EMRECC. Teamwork keeps our campus clean and green. 🌿 #TeamUpToCleanUp #HITCleanUp

From Classroom Innovation to African Enterprise: HIT Research Fellow Takes Education 5.0 to UKZN Symposium Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) Research Fellow Joshua Simuka presented a framework for turning entrepreneurship education into sustainable enterprise development at the 4th International Biennial Macroeconomics Symposium, hosted by the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban on 22–23 September 2026. His paper, “A Framework for Entrepreneurship Education for Sustainable Development in Emerging African Economies,” contributed to the symposium’s continental discussion on entrepreneurship, innovation and inclusive sustainable development. That discussion brought scholars and practitioners together to examine how African institutions can respond to economic, social and environmental challenges through entrepreneurship. Simuka’s central argument was that entrepreneurship education should lead beyond the formulation of business ideas. Students need to identify real problems, test solutions with intended users and develop the capabilities to establish viable enterprises. The paper also recognised that teaching alone cannot carry an idea into the market: mentoring, industry and community partnerships, finance and institutional support shape what graduates can achieve. “I was excited to participate in this conference because its focus speaks directly to how we teach entrepreneurship,” Simuka said. “Students should leave with more than a business plan or the intention to become entrepreneurs. We must give them opportunities to test their ideas and, where those ideas are viable, establish businesses that solve problems and create value.” The framework offers a contribution to the wider African conversation by connecting what universities teach with the conditions graduates face when they try to build enterprises. It also gives higher education institutions a clearer basis for examining results: what students can do, whether their ideas become ventures, and what value those ventures create over time. Its aims align with SDG 4 on quality education, SDG 8 on decent work and economic growth, and SDG 9 on industry and innovation. Its attention to environmental consequences also speaks to SDG 12 on responsible consumption and production. These are areas of potential contribution, with lasting impact requiring evidence beyond the classroom. For HIT, the presentation reinforces a commitment already expressed through technopreneurship education and Education 5.0. By linking teaching and research to community needs, innovation and industrialisation, the Institute seeks to develop graduates capable of creating enterprises as well as knowledge. Strengthening that pathway supports HIT’s contribution to Zimbabwe’s Vision 2030.

🌿 Team Up to Clean Up! Join the HIT Campus Clean-Up Exercise this Friday, 2 Oct, 0800–0900hrs. Assemble at the Main Car Park. All staff and students are welcome. #TeamUpToCleanUp #HITCleanUp

Over 60 learners from Ralph High School came to HIT! From the Innovation Hub tour to our programme presentation, it was a day of curiosity, discovery and big ideas. Forms 1, 2, 3 and 5, we hope to see you here soon! 💡🔬 #HIT #Innovation #Technopreneurship #STEM #SET #FutureInnovators #Education5.0

HIT invites applications from registered retailers/traders to operate a #Tuckshop at our main campus. Competitive monthly rental, fixed-term renewable contract. 🗓️ Closes: 3 Oct 2026 📧 [email protected] 📞 +263 242 741422-36 Details 👇 #HIT #SuccessThroughInnovation #Zimbabwe

Minister @HonFrederickShava commends @HarareInstitute (HIT) for another unqualified audit opinion & timely AGMs, hailing it as proof of strong governance & prudent financial stewardship. He also congratulated VC Prof. Quinton Kanhukamwe on 2025's Transformative Leadership Award & Outstanding Education Leader honours. The Minister challenged HIT to fully commercialise its lithium battery & renewable energy projects, key to Vision 2030 & cheaper solar solutions for Zimbabwe. He pledged the Ministry's full support for HIT's infrastructure drive and its "Silicon Valley" innovation ecosystem ambitions. #HIT #Vision2030 #Innovation #DesigningtheFuture

@HarareInstitute (HIT) recently hosted a delegation from the @UniversityofLusaka (UNILUS), Zambia HIT hosted a benchmarking visit from UNILUS to explore a strategic partnership between our two institutions focused on joint innovation and tech-driven development. Discussions covered three key pillars: Research, Innovation & Commercialisation; Capacity Building & Mobility; and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Development, with both sides agreeing on next steps including an MoU, joint pilot projects, and working groups to take the partnership forward. Exciting things ahead for Zimbabwe–Zambia collaboration in tech, research, and innovation! 🇿🇼🇿🇲 UNILUS is a private Zambian university founded in 2007, growing from 71 to 11,500+ students. It offers 24+ undergrad and 43+ postgrad programmes, focused on practical, industry-relevant education. #HIT #UNILUS #SuccessThroughInnovation #Technopreneurship #RegionalCollaborations. 🇿🇼🇿🇲