Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Association

22/08/2025

Want to be part of a initiative to ensure sustainable and continued interventions against drug abuse in the country? We have the solution for you!

All MSMEs and other stakeholders are being called to action:
🎙🗣DONATE just USD$1 at the BVTO offices at Fidelity centre towards the building of a rehabilitation Centre in The City of Bulawayo!

20/08/2025

20/08/2025

Young innovators in STEM under the Safe and Inclusive Cities supported by Plan International Zimbabwe are revolutionizing access to clean water with solar-powered purification systems! 🌞💧 They are gathered today to develop a solar powered water purifyer, a prototype that uses nanomaterials and nanotechnology to remove pollutants and pathogens, providing a portable and affordable solution for communities in need. By harnessing solar energy, they are not only purifying water but also promoting sustainable development and environmental stewardship. 🌟💡

19/08/2025

We celebrate the from The City of Bulawayo and who have completed a training in , , and . This and Hivos Regional Office Southern Africa supported project has nurtured a new generation of youth leaders equipped to address the challenges of climate change and food insecurity in urban settings.

Our focus is to:
*Demonstrate programme impact supported by the Netherlands Embassy, showcasing enterprise growth and youth inclusion.
*Promote youth voices in climate policy by facilitating dialogue with decision-makers.
*Showcase innovations in smart agriculture, value addition, and entrepreneurship.
*Encourage practical application of skills and resources through a field learning visit.
*Foster cross-city learning between youth in Bulawayo and Mutare.

We thrive to ensure is attained as a national agenda, starting within each of these fast growing metropolitan cities. The youth seek of understandable advocacy platforms that use user friendly language to get to all members, more practices and spaces to practise these, better efforts and initiatives as well as more resilient structures and platforms.





Unemployed and Vulnerable Foundation Trust

15/08/2025

The City of Bulawayo (YCC) is hosting its first Ubuntu in Motion fun day at 's Isilwane youth centre. This is a youth engagement initiative designed to bring together young people, leaders, and partner organizations for a day of sports, , exhibitions, and meaningful conversations on , , and . The program provides a vibrant platform for youth to , learn, and share to community .

Much gratitude goes to Hivos Regional Office Southern Africa who brought and are sustaining this initiative in the city. Thank you to Corporate 24 Healthcare for its support through the provision of services and talks to the youth. Other young people who have gone through trainings conducted by our partners Plan International and Safe and Inclusive Cities have also attended this event as part of the YCC endevour to strengthen the city's initiatives.

Michael Mdladla Ndiweni
Nobubelo Mkwebu
Bakani Thobela Ncube
Debrah Mukasa

07/08/2025

Live Now: Brown Bag Event under the Market Aggregation Linking Markets and Innovation (MALI) Project, implemented by BVTA and proudly funded by We Effect.

📍 From government representatives to CSOs and community members, today we gather to celebrate the impact and achievements of this transformative initiative.

🌾💡 Witness stories of innovation, market access, and community empowerment — all made possible through collective effort.

07/08/2025

We celebrate the , Linking Markets and Innovation (MALI) project, reflecting on progress to date, learning from what did not work well and finding ways to escalate our various milestones.

Two years into the project, we have seen the progressive growth and steadfast expansion of various individuals and groups, having moved from informal trading to registered and formalised within The City of Bulawayo .

It has been an incredible journey, walking hand in hand with our funding partners We Effect and Sweden.se. We say thank you for your unwavering support which has assisted our various members to grow to a point of life changing success.

We also extend our gratitude to our stakeholders within various offices including the Ministry of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Dev., the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works and the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Zim.

Thank you DCA Zimbabwe, Mercy Corps, Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association, Public Policy and Research Institute of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Revenue Authority - ZIMRA, Lupane State University for gracing our celebration. We can only grow stronger with your support.




Michael Mdladla Ndiweni
Bakani Thobela Ncube
Nobubelo Mkwebu
Debrah Mukasa
Safe and Inclusive Cities
Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation VISET
Dalu Buhle
Kwanele Wandie Moyo

07/08/2025

Live Now: Brown Bag Event under the Market Aggregation Linking Markets and Innovation (MALI) Project, implemented by BVTA and proudly funded by We Effect.

From government representatives to CSOs and coBrown Bag Event under the Market Aggregation Linking Markets and Innovation (MALI) Project, implemented by BVTA and proudly funded by We Effect.

From government representatives to CSOs and community members, today we gather to celebrate the impact and achievements of this transformative initiative.

🌾💡 Witness stories of innovation, market access, and community empowerment — all made possible through collective effort.mmunity members, today we gather to celebrate the impact and achievements of this transformative initiative.

🌾💡 Witness stories of innovation, market access, and community empowerment — all made possible through collective effort.

05/08/2025

Taking renewable energy across The City of Bulawayo!!!👏👏👏