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6 months ago | November 3, 2023

‘High forex retentions can impede exporters’

Business Writer ANALYSTS say high foreign currency surrender requirement thresholds instituted by the Reserve Bank of ...

Mobile money – friend and foe-in-one for rural folk

Enacy Mapakame While mobile money has increased financial inclusion in the country, some individuals in remote rural ...

6 months ago | November 2, 2023

ZNCC Express Card – your passport to exclusive business ...

Note from the ZNCC The ZNCC Express Card, launched on 27 October 2023 at Holiday Inn Harare, is an exclusive membership ...

ZIDA finalises regulations to support investment into the country

Business Writer The Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency (ZIDA) has finalised proposed regulations for Special ...

Ecobank focuses on acquisition of digital skills by Africa’s youths

Business Writer Zimbabwean youths could benefit from leading pan-African banking group, Ecobank’s digital skills ...

6 months ago | November 1, 2023

Inflationary pressures across the region weigh Simbisa’s regional ...

Enacy Mapakame Listed fast food chain, Simbisa Brands, says inflationary pressures across the region are weighing on its ...

Zim intensifies efforts to make women-run SMES competitive in AfCTA

The Government is intensifying efforts to formalise micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMES) owned by women so that ...

6 months ago | October 31, 2023

FCB loan-to-deposit ratio fluctuates between 60-65pct

Business Writer First Capital Bank (FCB) Zimbabwe says its loan-to-deposit ratio (LDR) hovers between 60 percent and 65 ...

Cement prices skyrocket amid shortages

Business Reporter Prices of cement in Zimbabwe have gone up by as much as 100 percent over the past two months due to a ...

Axia FY23 revenue marginally declines

Enact Mapakame Specialty retail and distribution firm, Axia Corporation’s revenue for the full year to June 30, 2023 ...

6 months ago | October 30, 2023

RTG half-year occupancy rate decline

Business Reporter Rainbow Tourism Group (RTG) says the occupancy rate for the half-year period to June 30, 2023, closed ...

6 months ago | October 27, 2023

De-industrialisation trend worrying: CZI

Oliver Kazunga THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) says the de-industrialisation trend the country has ...

US economic embargo weighing on local banks

Golden Sibanda Zimbabwe says the economic embargo imposed on the country at the turn of the millennium, has ...

IMF calls for acceleration of reforms

Business Reporter The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Zimbabwe should accelerate foreign exchange market reform ...

Zim’s trade deficit narrows

Nelson Gahadza Zimbabwe’s trade deficit for the nine months to September 2023 narrowed to US$94,2 million, representing ...

Zimpapers Cancer Power Walk: Countdown begins

Tamuka Mukiwa Zimpapers Cancer Power Walk 8th edition is here. The event will kick off concurrently in Harare, Bulawayo, ...

Inflation starting to creep up

Business Writer Prices of goods and services crept up for the second consecutive month with the month-on-month inflation ...

Property sector in favour amid inflationary pressures

Business Writer Zimbabweans are increasingly turning to brick-and-mortar investments as a way to preserve their wealth ...

ZiG demand on the increase

Business Writer The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe sold the highest quantity of gold-backed digital tokens in 5 months amid ...

6 months ago | October 25, 2023

ZERA okays US2 cents electricity tariff hike

The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has approved an increase in electricity tariffs of US2 cents, which ...