Agribank Profit Jumps 90pc
By Golden Sibanda AGRIBANK’s before tax profit jumped 90 percent to $4,135 million in the half year to June 30, 2018, driven by significant growth in productive lending to agriculture and strong...
View ArticleThe National Interest, Ethics and Truism
By Reason Wafawarova The national interest is often referred to by the French phrase, raison d’état, and to many the shared meaning is about a nation’s survival, security, as well as the pursuit of...
View ArticleMakonde Grapples With Poor Connectivity
By Mash West Bureau Communities in some parts of Makonde district have bemoaned poor or lack of mobile connectivity, saying it is affecting communication and financial transactions via mobile...
View ArticleIDBZ Spearheads Infrastructure Development
By Enacy Mapakame Buiness The Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ), says it will continue to forge ahead in spearheading infrastructure development in line with new Government’s thrust...
View ArticleMore Financiers for Command Agric
By Africa Moyo Command Agriculture, a special maize import substitution programme, has attracted more private sector financiers such as National Foods Limited and Northern Farming. Homelink Group, a...
View ArticleProducers speak on cement crisis
National cement demand has surged since the second half of last year, driven by a reported bubble in mortgage and construction activity, amidst mounting supply-side challenges related to foreign...
View ArticleProspects Look Good for Economy – Agribank
By Golden Sibanda AGRIBANK, a State agriculture development bank, says Zimbabwe’s near and medium term prospects look good on the back of Government’s efforts to improve ease of doing business and...
View ArticleMiners Take Rushwaya to Court
By Mashudu Netsianda A GROUP of miners under the banner of Zvishavane-Mberengwa Miners’ Association (ZMMA) has taken former Zifa chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya to court for defying a court order by...
View ArticleFocus Now On Building Forex Reserves
By Fatima Bulla in Beijing ZIMBABWE is working closely with China to support local exporting companies as part of measures to boost its foreign currency earnings, which will in turn stabilise the...
View ArticleZimbabwe’s Options for Sovereign Debt Relief
By Mthuli Ncube No matter what level of debt relief Zimbabwe ultimately receives, it will represent an important landmark in the financial and economic reawakening of the country. A critical first step...
View ArticleZDF to Build 5 Clinics in Masvingo West
By Walter Mswazie Masvingo The health delivery system in Masvingo rural district has received a major boost after the Zimbabwe Defence Forces agreed to construct five new clinics under its community...
View ArticleIdbz Acquires Property, Land Worth $7,3m
By Golden Sibanda The Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) says it has acquired land and properties worth $7,3 million for the development of already identified future infrastructure...
View ArticleGold falls
BENGALURU. — Gold prices edged down yesterday as the dollar hit a more-than-one-week high on the back of intensifying global trade tensions and economic worries in emerging markets. The yellow metal is...
View ArticleSA rand slumps
JOHANNESBURG. — South Africa’s rand fell more than 2 percent yesterday and government bonds fell, after the economy slipped into a recession in the second quarter. At 0944 GMT, the rand traded 2,25...
View ArticleFarmers, veld fire preparedness
Veld fires have become one of Zimbabwe’s greatest environmental challenges for the past decade, mostly affecting the farming community. These are blazes that get out of control, become wild, and in...
View ArticleBuyanga to establish youth fund
Business Reporter South Africa based Zimbabwean businessman Frank Buyanga, plans to establish a fund to empower youths in the country and also help capitalise the sovereign wealth fund (SWF). According...
View Article‘Promote African tourism’
Ishemunyoro Chingwere Business Reporter Ghanaian buyers who are in the country for this year’s edition of Sanganai/Hlanganani World Travel and Tourism Expo, have said African tourist destinations...
View ArticleZSE trades positive in August
Golden Sibanda Senior Business Reporter MARKET capitalisation on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange grew by 2,33 percent in August driven by gains in heavyweights Delta and Innscor. Year to date the market...
View ArticleCotton helps Zim save $20m forex
Africa Moyo ZIMBABWE has saved $20 million this year through the use of locally ginned seed in cooking oil and stock feed manufacturing, said Cottco managing director Pious Manamike. Mr Manamike said...
View ArticleIDBZ gets $150m capital injection
Business Reporter The Government has injected $150 million equity capital into the Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe to help the institution discharge its mandate of providing long and medium...
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