Mashiri Zvarimwa

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Around 30 robots demonstrated outside Poland's Digital Affairs Ministry in Warsaw, chanting 'we want law, we want rules' to demand stronger AI oversight

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@thaslickpastor Iwe na @jahprayzah munofanirwa kumboita skit mese musati makwana 😅😅

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@tawandan1 This is great news. Ndine muzaya wekuti mukati aite marketing for this anochigwinha 💯. Chero mukamubhadhara nemaheu bho, chatoo chikumbiro 👏👏

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@advocatemahere Ko iko kutozofitwa ne corruption kana akura mfana wacho 😅😅

[Seleman Yusuph Kitenge @selemanykitenge]

Panel Discussion underway: Moving Beyond Planning to Implementation How do we turn #CAADP #Kampala commitments into real action on the ground? Key questions:
• How should countries best prepare?
• What must be in place first?
• Major delivery architecture challenges? (1/2)

[Seleman Yusuph Kitenge @selemanykitenge]

During the CAADP Kampala Domestication Support Workshop in Addis Ababa, development partners highlighted their ongoing efforts to support African Union Member States in translating the CAADP Kampala Declaration into national action.

Discussions focused on:

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@TouchlineX The law should never have been named after the purported racial abuser's name. It amplifies and cements the wrong name in the annals of football history

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@advocatemahere @Arsenal Asi advocate ka. Anyway, you're welcome 😅

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We held this truth to be self evident for a long time @Arsenal
#Gunners #Champions

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Where will AI be in 1, 2 or 3 years?

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@nickmangwana Why don't you put the page with the names of the undersignatories. I want to see something 🤔

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@MbuyiseniNdlozi Great conversation Dr Ndlozi. However it would have been much better if you engaged her more closely instead of just chiming in after 10 -15 min of her talking non stop.

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@daddyhope After my experience with @KenyaAirways I always tell people to ONLY use this airline if you're going to your ex's wedding that you plan to miss. You'll have a great excuse for not turning up 😅

[Steven Bartlett @StevenBartlett]

26 LESSONS I'm taking into 2026 👇🏾

lesson 1: the person you marry is the most important career decision you’ll ever make.

lesson 2: failure isn’t the opposite of success - it’s the tuition fee.

lesson 3: the first thought you have is often the truest. Trust it more.

lesson 4: regret is always louder than rejection.

lesson 5: do not let the internet tell you how hard you should or shouldn't work.

lesson 6: everything is figure-out-able if you’re willing to look stupid.

lesson 7: anger is often just fear in disguise.

lesson 8: your health is the foundation under every ambition. Without it, nothing stands.

lesson 9: if you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it deeply.

lesson 10: your childhood is an explanation, not a justification.

lesson 11: you become unstoppable the day embarrassment stops being a price you fear.

lesson 12: if it costs your peace, it’s too expensive.

lesson 13: the people you love will always be your best investment.

lesson 14: growth feels a lot like loss at first.

lesson 15: if you can’t change it, change how you see it.

lesson 16: most timeframes and delays people give you are fake - it's just "how it's always been done". Your job is to push on them to see if they're made of concrete or paper.

lesson 17: your energy introduces you before your words do. Get right with yourself.

lesson 18: your biggest opportunities will show up dressed as problems

lesson 19: the people who win are the ones who can suffer boredom.

lesson 20: success is rarely about doing more - it’s about deleting what doesn’t matter.

lesson 21: great work is just good work repeated. Be consistent, not perfect.

lesson 22: protecting your time is the highest form of self-care and self-respect.

lesson 23: fear shrinks when you move
toward it.

lesson 24: discipline is easier than regret

lesson 25: don’t just chase goals. Chase environments that make those goals inevitable.

lesson 26: mind your own business.

I’m curious, which of these lessons did you have to learn the hard way? Drop the number in the comments. Or, if you have a Lesson 27 that I missed, leave it below. I’ll be reading through ❤️

[Steven Bartlett @StevenBartlett]

IMPOSTER SYNDROME ISN'T INCAPABILITY, IT'S INEXPERIENCE... understanding this difference changed my life👇🏾

5 years ago today, at 27 years old the BBC called me and asked:

"Do you want to become a Dragon on Dragon's Den".

I was shocked. But I said, Yes.

To me it’s not just an iconic show, it’s a culturally, economically and entrepreneurially important one.

I was 28 when I entered the Den.

About to sit in a chair I'd role-played myself in since I was 12.

To my left: Peter Jones. There since episode one, 2005.

To my right: Deborah Meaden. 19 years in that seat.

Producer counts down: "30 seconds until the first entrepreneur."

My hands are sweating?! Heart thumping in my ears!

Not because I couldn't evaluate businesses. I'd built and sold companies and made investments - in fact my first ever investment was into a young Hyrum Cook for an idea he pitched me pre-launch called Adanola.

But I'd never done it with cameras rolling and millions watching.

For 15 years, I'd watched from my parents' sofa.
Paused the TV as a child to give my verdict before the Dragons.

Played businessman in my living room.

Now I was.... inside the TV. In the actual Den.

The lights really hot. The chair stiffer than expected and the silence before that lift opens, deafening.

Here's what I learnt:

Imposter syndrome isn't about incapability. It's about inexperience.

Your brain literally can't tell the difference between: "I've never done this" and "I can't do this"

Same signal. Same fear. Completely different realities.

First entrepreneur walks in. Pitches. The Dragons turn to me.

My mind goes blank for exactly one second.

Then muscle memory kicks in.

"Your customer acquisition costs across social media is 3x your lifetime value," I hear myself saying. "How do you fix that?"

Peter nods. Deborah builds on my point.

I belonged there. I just hadn't belonged there before.

One pitch in, the nerves are gone. 10 pitches in and I forgot the cameras, 50 pitches in and that chair felt comfortable, 500 pitches later - I'm having fun, experimenting, pushing boundaries a little.

And the thing is, Imposter syndrome hits the hardest when you're doing something that really matters - that you really care about. When you're exactly where you should be. When you're growing!

That's why I call imposter syndrome, "growth syndrome" - who would choose a life without that?

I wasn't an imposter. I was a 28-year-old who'd never been a Dragon before.

And, it turns out that's exactly what they wanted - someone who was a bit naive, inexperienced - different.

The lack of experience is not the problem,
but it always holds an advantage - that's what you focus on.

To everyone facing their own Dragon's Den moment...

You belong in every room you're brave enough to enter and the room that intimidates you most is the one that needs your perspective the most!

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@MissNthabeleng Last time I visited my employer's HQ in the US I saw they had created a "comfort room" where if any employee felt a type of way and needed space would just go and get themselve together

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@Sophie_Mokoena @nelsonchamisa He couldn't even have the decency to have a presser when he ran away leaving supporters to read about his resignation on X. Get thee behind us, please 🤧

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@atribecalledzim This year I'm getting some from you 👌👌👌

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

PLEASE RETWEET

Good evening Mr Chin'ono, I have the youngman below, he needs help. We are trying our best as doctors but our finances are limited. May you please help him with your links and contacts.

APPEAL FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
A junior doctor from *UBH* is battling a recurrent giant cell tumour of the spine and is currently admitted at Westend Hospital, Harare. He urgently requires Denosumab 120 mg injections.
🔹 Cost per dose: USD 865
🔹 Estimated total drug cost: ~USD 9,000
🔹 Medical aid exhausted
Bank (CBZ):
USD: 61462007800025
ZWG: 61462007800015
EcoCash: 0785 265 488 (Blessmore Madongorere)
Reference: Denosumab Fund

📌 Kindly send proof of payment (POP) to:
Dr F. T. Nhari: 077 95 21 929
Dr J. Kusano: [phone]

No amount is too small. Please assist and share widely. Thank you.

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Please gobgrab your copy on Amazon 👇
https://t.co/1RRL5iau4T
I am also delivering signed copies in South Africa and Zimbabwe.

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#NewBookAlert
I collected copies of my new book this afternoon. The publisher gifted me a bottle of fermented grapes and I absolutely love the poem on the bottle: "After years of toil and sweat, My words are finally set. The pages filled with soul, My story ready to be told".