By Alois Vinga
INTERNATIONAL financier, Global Fund (GF) has invited Zimbabwe to submit a funding request in order to access the US$75 million Covid-19 Response Mechanism grant extended to the embattled nation this year.
The fund is a shot in the arm for the Southern Africa nation which has been denied external credits under a prolonged American and EU sanctions regime.
Since the inception of the Second Republic in 2018, the government pursued an international re-engagement plan after decades of isolation from the international community, a strategy which some believe is beginning to pay off.
A copy of the letter dated April 7 2021, written by GF’s Division Head, Grant Management, Mark Eldon-Edington and addressed to the Health Ministry secretary, Jasper Chimedza advised the latter to submit a request.