HARARE – (FinX) Gold deliveries in 2019 fell shy of 30 tonnes and were 17% lower than last year. Statistics availed from Fidelity Printers and Refinery show that earnings for the year were at US$1.3 billion from $1.5 billion...
Farai Mabeza
Tobacco deliveries are slower than expected because farmers are not happy with the fixed exchange rate of 1:25 under which they are required to surrender 50 percent of their foreign currency earnings, it has emerged.
Tobacco Industry and Marketing...
HARARE - The International Monetary Fund says Zimbabwe will most likely enter into a new Staff Monitored Programme in the third quarter if the virtual mission set for June is successful.
This will be the second SMP by the current...
Shamiso Ngwena & Cynthia Chitombi
Zimbabwean farmers, struggling with traditional crops such as maize, have shifted focus to the sesame plant targeting at least 100 000 tonnes of the crop during the 2020/2021 agricultural season.
Agricultural production in Zimbabwe has been...
Sydney Kawadza
Solar products and accessories are seen playing a major role in transforming lives in rural communities across Zimbabwe after government waived duty on solar equipment.
According to experts, the import duty waiver on solar products and accessories has seen...
Farai Mabeza
The national cattle herd decreased by 4.7 % from 5 774 525 in 2018 to 5 489 364 in 2019, according to the First Round Crop and Livestock Assessment Report for the 2019/2020 season done by the Ministry...
by Talkmore Gandiwa
The Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE), a US-based empowerment organisation that offers funding and skill-transfer to women and girls at the grassroots level, is anticipated to continue helping more aspiring women entrepreneurs in Zimbabwe.
AWE has become one...
ARABIAN BUSINESS - Marc Holtzman, chairman of one of the largest financial institutions in Zimbabwe, CBZ Holdings Limited, discusses how Africa could offer trade and investment opportunities for Middle Eastern businesses
Rwanda and Zimbabwe are ripe for Middle Eastern investment...
Sydney Kawadza
Africa’s economies are growing strongly, but growth alone cannot meet the needs of the continent’s poorest citizens, because “nobody eats GDP,” the African Development Bank’s President, Akinwumi Adesina, has said.
Adesina made the remarks while unveiling the Bank’s flagship...
London, United Kingdom: FBC Holdings Limited (FBCH) and Standard Chartered Bank have entered into an agreement for the acquisition of Standard Chartered’s business in the Republic of Zimbabwe, subject to the approval of the regulatory authorities including the Reserve...
