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5 years ago | April 9, 2019

Global share rally cools as U.S. turns up trade heat on Europe

LONDON - April’s equities rally risked running out of puff on Tuesday, as a U.S. threat to slap tariffs on hundreds of ...

CTC engages Govt over VAT on imports

HARARE - The Competition and Tariff Commission has made submissions to Government for the removal of a 15 percent value ...

5 years ago | April 8, 2019

2m kgs tobacco sold at auction

Kudakwashe Mhundwa HARARE – Tobacco deliveries at the country’s auction floors continue improve, with 2 million ...

GMAZ downgrades contract wheat targets

Michael Tome HARARE – Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe have reviewed the National Wheat Contract Farming ...

Is Zinara’s Univern deal a PPP?

Tawanda Musarurwa HARARE – Private firm Univern Enterprises says its partnership with Zimbabwe National Roads ...

5 years ago | April 5, 2019

R9bn for local industry

Africa Moyo Government is seeking R9 billion (about US$635,8 million) loan or bond from the South African private ...

Govt gets tough on domestic debt

Business Writer The era of reckless spending by line ministries and public entities is over as Government has started ...

Honour TBs, banks plead

Kudzanai Sharara Not honouring Treasury Bills (TBs) maturities will have far reaching adverse consequences on the entire ...

Get out of comfort zone: Minister tells industrialists

Africa Moyo Industry and Commerce Minister Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu has called on industrialists to get out of their ...

Mthuli on interbank rate . . . IMF to assess efficacy of interbank

Africa Moyo The obtaining economic fundamentals do not provide for a huge demand for foreign currency and a spike in the ...

Use it or lose it: Govt tells miners

Golden Sibanda In a bid to optimise returns from the country’s diverse mining sector, Government has given people ...

Govt raises flag over hikes

Government on Tuesday raised  concern over continued price hikes by retailers that have seen prices of most basic goods ...

Varun thinks big . . . to expand, diversify into potato chips, dairy

Golden Sibanda Indian beverages maker Varun plans to triple its investment in Zimbabwe to US$150 million in the next ...

Brainworks slides into the black?

Tawanda Musarurwa Zimbabwe-focused leisure and property firm Brainworks expects to post a profit for the year to ...

Proplastics factory upgrade to boost production

Kudakwashe Mhundwa and Michael Tome Proplastics’ latest factory upgrade will see the listed pipe-maker increasing ...

Are sales incentives only motivator?

Robert Gonye We can all agree: Money changes the way we act. It’s arguably one of the greatest motivators. In fact money ...

Nigerian investors lose over N40bn in first quarter

Nigerian equities closed the first quarter with net capital depreciation of N49 billion, a sharp reversal from the ...

Re-industrialisation hinges on infrastructure growth

Clive Mphambela Zimbabwe GDP growth since the mid 1950s has been fraught with many challenges and largely characterised ...

ZITF increases exhibition space

Business Writer The Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) Company has increased exhibition space for this year’s ...

Did you know?… History of the ‘Golden’ leaf board TIMB

Fradreck Gorwe The history of the present day Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) and the golden leaf itself is ...