Is the official representation of Switzerland to Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi.
Harare, Zimbabwe
Joined October 2022
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Following a successful Swiss business delegation visit to Zambia @SECO_StateSec & @SECO_CH, we thank all who contributed to its planning & success. We look forward to building on the connections made & following up on opportunities to deepen economic ties & create shared value.
🇨🇭🤝🇿🇲 Switzerland’s @SECO_StateSec, H.E. Helene Budliger Artieda, led a Swiss business delegation today to meet President @HHichilema in Lusaka. Talks focused on investment, local value addition, job creation & Zambia’s Grow Zambia Agenda. @PromoteZambia @ZambiaMFAIC
🏊♂️🌍 Dakar Youth Olympic Games 2026 kicks off on 30 October! Our Amb has recorded a message in support of the Games. Swimming is her favourite sport, so special cheers to Zimbabwe’s swimmers 🇿🇼💦 All the best, Team Zimbabwe - make every stroke count!
🔗 heraldonline.co.zw/swimmers-…
🚗🚦Safer roads start with us! Our Embassy team sharpened their skills in Defensive & Tactical Driving. Thanks to @safeguardzw and Mr Agrripa Mbiva! Knowledge, skill & attitude matter—but attitude matters most. Let’s make every journey safer! 🇨🇭🇿🇼 #RoadSafety
🇨🇭🇮🇹 Ciao! From 19–25 October, Switzerland celebrates Italian language week! This year’s theme celebrates Italian as a language of creativity & innovation. Like Switzerland’s 4 national languages, Zimbabwe’s 16 official languages celebrate the power of diversity!
Today, Amb Christine Schraner Burgener & the @SwissDevCoop team met partner NGOs & CSOs in Zimbabwe. Valuable exchange on their daily work & contributions across communities.
Switzerland remains committed to listening & strengthening partnerships for inclusive development. 🇨🇭🇿🇼
4/4 Day concluded @TNHZ_Trust , supporting people with albinism. Their work embodies dignity, protection & inclusion — values Switzerland proudly upholds
3/4 Also met Chief Dakamela of Nkayi for meaningful exchanges on the vital role of traditional leadership — reflecting Switzerland's approach of listening & learning to foster respectful partnerships.
2/4 Met the innovative team at Buntu, producing rapoko mealie-meal with drought-resistant seeds — a great example of local enterprise driving climate-resilient food systems, in collaboration with the @MarketsandSeeds project.
1/4 This week in Bulawayo, Ambassador Christine Schraner Burgener continued Switzerland’s commitment to dialogue & partnership, engaging diverse stakeholders to strengthen relations & support inclusive development in 🇿🇼. 🇨🇭🇿🇼
🇨🇭Yesterday, Amb Christine Schraner Burgener commissioned the upgraded @nustzim campus clinic in Bulawayo. Supported by Switzerland & implemented by @unescoROSA thru O3 PLUS, the upgrade strengthens access to youth-friendly healthcare & promoting student wellbeing. Photos: NUST
For International Day for DRR, Switzerland supports Zim & Zam to prepare for droughts. Swiss-supported ARC drought insurance helped 600,000+ households during the 2024 drought. We can’t control the weather, but we can prepare! More on tinyurl.com/bdfe32pm
🥣 Good things are growing in Zambia! 🇿🇲🇨🇭
With Swiss support thru @SwissDevCoop @MarketsandSeeds, @COMACO_Zambia has developed a nutritious cowpea porridge blend, now sold locally. Around 1k farmers grow cowpeas for COMACO, connecting them to better nutrition & livelihoods!
📸 A look back at Lilongwe! 🇨🇭🇲🇼
Switzerland, Malawi’s @MwNatresources and the KliK Foundation are advancing climate solutions under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement, cutting emissions and benefiting local communities. 🌱☀️
#ClimateAction #Malawi
🇨🇭🇲🇼 Yesterday in Lilongwe, Switzerland, Malawi @MwNatresources & the KliK Foundation launched projects under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement. Supported by the Swiss Government & KliK Foundation, the initiatives promote biogas, solar energy & sustainable development. 🌱☀️
🤝Ambassador Christine Schraner Burgener had a productive meeting with @UNICEFZIMBABWE Country Representative Ms. Etona Ekole to discuss cooperation on social protection and advancing the rights and well-being of women and children in Zimbabwe. 🇨🇭🇿🇼
🇨🇭💡 Switzerland is once again No. 1 in the world for innovation! The secret? Strong research, excellent universities, innovative businesses & close links between academia & the private sector. Small country. Big ideas. Read more on: tinyurl.com/38rzrfbh
A fruitful week of engagement🇨🇭🇿🇼 Amb. Christine Schraner Burgener met @unwomenzw & @UNFPA_Zimbabwe to advance work for women, girls; @MoLAFWRD_Zim Minister Dr Masuka on seed systems, agroecology, irrigation; @ZimTreasury Minister Prof Ncube on bilateral cooperation. 🤝
This past weekend, the Ambassador visited Kasipiti Children's Home in Harare, founded by Swiss national, Ruth Kalbermatten. Wonderful work happening there caring for 21 children. Evidence of strong links between🇨🇭🇿🇼
As the Swiss ambassador to #Zimbabwe @SwissEmbZim , I visited today in Harare the orphanage #Kasipiti founded by late Swiss national Ruth Kalbermatten. I was impressed by the work the Sisters were doing for the 21 children. kasipitichildrenshome.wordpr…
Great pleasure meeting @UNFPA_Zimbabwe Rep. @MirandaTabifor to deepen our strategic partnership for women, girls & youth in 🇿🇼.
Deepening strategic partnerships for women, girls, and youth in Zimbabwe. 🇿🇼🇨🇭
@UNFPA_Zimbabwe Representative @MirandaTabifor hosted @SwissEmbZim Ambassador H.E. Christine Schraner Burgener to reaffirm shared priorities and strategic collaboration.
Leveraging Switzerland’s steadfast support, the meeting highlighted joint efforts to scale women and youth empowerment, advance comprehensive #SRHR, and #EndGBV through the @UNFPA_SYP and #SustainingTheGains programs.
