The PAN AFRICAN NETWORK Trust is a non-governmental non-profit organisation based in Harare, Zimbabwe through which South-South as well as South-North dialogue has begun to be achieved bridging the various cultures of the two hemispheres and exchange of technological know-how in order to cultivate a Global Culture of Peace and Sustainable Growth.

Pan African Network Trust is acquiring transfer of technology and computer skills for AFRICA from the industrialised countries and pioneering the building of the PANET computer network in Africa to eventually network the whole continent complimenting and dove-tailing into PANAFTEL the Organisation of African Unity OAU strategy for linking up the continent of Africa with the telephone as well as linking the continent to Internet.

VOICES OF AFRICA:
Founded in 1993 by Gift Musarurwa, is unique in the fact that no other media organisation attempted to form a Southern-based, indigenous information service of African authors and writers.
The programmes offer more than a look at the day's head-lines. They furnish a mixture of serious and light hearted reflections on and about Africa and its People. The programmes with a high standard of professionalism search for a true image of facts and views as exist on all levels of African societies, with no bias towards any powers that may be. They reflect the reality of people on all levels of their daily struggles to find a secure place in a changing world at home and globally, individually and as members of their respective societies.

Since 1992, programmes of African authors were fed into radio networks in the North and in 1994 broadcast to more than 480 Public stations in the United States of America using Galaxy 4 Satellite, and as over voiced versions, into public radio networks in Germany and Africa.

Efforts to create a "VOICE OF THE SOUTH" were recognised at the United Nation's Conference on Population and Development in Cairo in September, 1994, where Gift Musarurwa received the "GLOBAL AWARD FOR MEDIA EXCELLENCE" for "BEST RADIO PROGRAMME"; out of 160 participating countries from the Prime Minister of Egypt, Mr. Artef Sidky.
Recipients of this Award in other categories were e.g. THE TIME MAGAZINE and THE WASHINGTON POST.
In February 1994, Gift Musarurwa was awarded the Reuters First Prize at Zimbabwe's "NATIONAL JOURNALISTIC AWARDS" in the category "BEST PRODUCER, INFORMATION AND EDUCATION".

THE MONITOR:
The Monitor is a dynamic high quality newsletter established in March, 1992 and registered as a newspaper. The Monitor keeps its subscribers up to date with news analysis and briefings on major events. Available by Fax, ordinary mail and Email.

This Cultural centre is mainly an effort to promote African culture and an overdue interaction with world cultures.

PAN AFRICAN NETWORK and Munhumutapa village want to document regularly, through the media activities, ongoing events at the open air theatre and other events of African origin for a world-wide audience first on radio and once the necessary equipment is available, as frequent television packages for international distribution through the Internet.

The village conference centre shall be a forum for Conferences on CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND DEMOCRACY. Other subjects shall be Human Rights, Women's and Children's Rights.

Branches shall be implemented initially in the 14 SADC-countries and then established throughout the continent of Africa.

Well wishers and local authorities have donated 26 acres of land in the Mazowe Citrus Valley about 50 kilometres north-east of Harare for the project of the Pan African Network Trust.

Zimbabwe : Harare * 6, Capri Road * Highlands
tel 263 - 4 - 49 64 97
fax 263 - 4 - 49 71 39
e-mail: panetz@africaonline.co.zw
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