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Warriors discover Afcon fate
Following their disappointing exit from the Cosafa tournament, Zimbabwe's Warriors will discover their next opponents as the draw for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) is set to be conducted by t...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 09:35hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's ailing SOEs owe Chinese, Indian banks US$1.7billion
ZIMBABWE has accessed loans of up to USS$1.7 billion from Chinese and Indian banks to shore up technically insolvent state-owned enterprises (SOEs), a leading regional financier has revealed.A...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 12:57hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry confident Warriors will play at home
Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation minister Kirsty Coventry is confident that the senior national team, the Warriors, will play their matches in the upcoming World Cup qualifiers at home following the ...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 07:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Third steelworks plant set for commissioning
Commissioning of a third major steel works is expected in November this year in Masvingo Province after the SteelMakers Limited secured funding of US$160 million for the construction, set up and insta...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Senator takes over African Parliamentary Union
Senate president Mabel Chinomona has officially taken over the presidency of the African Parliamentary Union following her election at the APU 44th Conference held in Victoria Falls in November last y...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
AfDB rallies support for Zimbabwe debt solution
When the African Development Bank (AfDB) president, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, speaks on the effects of devastating economic sanctions slapped on Zimbabwe over two decades ago by Britain and her western all...Published: 15 Dec 2022 at 00:21hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Chissano to lead Zimbabwe re-engagement drive
ZIMBABWE has roped in the services of former Mozambican President Joachim Chissano to head a delegation that will seek to resolve the nation's long-standing impasse with its creditors and the internat...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 05:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa woos investors at AfDB organised forum
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has invited investors who graced the recently held Africa Development Bank (AfDB) organised event to tap into the country's agricultural, mining and manufacturing sectors ...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa jets back from Abidjan
President Mnangagwa arrived back home this morning from Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire where he was attending the Africa Investment Forum Market Days 2022, the largest transactional investment marketplace on ...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare ranks 4th expensive African city
HARARE has been ranked the fourth most expensive African city to live in out of 15 sampled cities, as authorities accuse businesses of conniving to push up the cost of living.This is according...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:09hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Harare top five on list of Africa's most expensive cities
ZIMBABWE'S capital Harare has been ranked fourth on the list of Africa's most expensive cities to live in.Top of the 15-city list was the Senegalese capital Dakar followed by Addis Ababa in Et...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 08:36hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
AfDB to launch new Zimbabwe fund
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) is set to unveil the Zimbabwe Fund for Transition (ZimFort) that will provide funding towards ICT, transport and agriculture sectors.ZimFort is a successor ...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to host African Parliament summit
Zimbabwe's offer to host the next sessions of the African Parliamentary Union has been enthusiastically accepted with the 78th executive committee and 44th conference scheduled for November in the cou...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Africa stuck in generational curse
WHOEVER bewitched African leaders probably perished at Nagasaki in 1945, many years before the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was founded in 1963. That person, alongside his tools of trade and hi...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:02hrs | 9 | by Sapien Sapien
Zimbabwe: A farmer harvests success in refugee camp
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - When Jean Damacene arrived at the Tongogara Refugee Camp in Zimbabwe, he was 38 years old and hoping to return to his country Rwanda soon. Eighteen years later, the maize farmer...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 14:14hrs | 1 | by APO
Africans taken aback by US election turmoil
FOR some Africans, President Donald Trump's actions in the aftermath of the US election have been a cause for dark humour, while others reacted with dismay or disbelief.In countries whose own rece...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 18:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
ICAC demands lifting of Ecowas embargo against Mali
The International Coalition Against Coronavirus and Other Pandemics (ICAC) has demanded the lifting of the ECOWAS embargo against Mali and the immediate release of its Vice President Pulcherie Edith G...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 08:49hrs | 13 | by Stephen Jakes
Perm Sec recalled over growing rift with minister
The minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Sekai Nzenza, has surrendered back her permanent secretary, Judith Kateera, after the two clashed over the running of the crucial government ...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
ICC, a waste of African resources
The Democratic Alliance, an opposition political outfit in South Africa appears to have run out of steam and is seeking extra fodder to power its waning relevance. This week, the party hit the headlin...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 11:29hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
$1,5bn stabilisation deal for Zimbabawe
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has made available a US$1,5 billion stabilisation facility to Zimbabwe to mitigate the perceived risk associated with investing in the country. The facilit...Published: 15 Dec 2018 at 09:24hrs | | by Staf reporter
Zimbabwe gets $1 billion bailout?
The African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) has extended a $1 billion loan to Zimbabwe to guarantee the convertibility value of Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) balances into United States dollars a...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 15:08hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Clueless 'ED' needs exigent help…
It is so sad that at a time when the economy is burning Mnangagwa's, 'second in command' is fighting for his dear life in South Africa. The neighboring country which has a sound economy and well advan...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 07:45hrs | 1 | by Knowledge Hakata
Mnangagwa must take a chance on Mthuli Ncube's ideas
It is clear that Zimbabwe's new Finance minister Mthuli Ncube is not a shy man and neither is he a coward. He would have been aware, weeks in advance, that he would be appointed Zimbabwe's Treasury ch...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 08:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy on the mend
Zimbabweans have entered the most anxious week. The new cabinet flew into a cholera crisis and from nowhere prices sky rocketed and rates came to obnoxious stinking levels. Mthuli Ncube's first week i...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Who is Professor Mthuli Ncube?
PROFESSOR Mthuli NCUBE is a financial, economics, investment, and public policy expert. He has vast experience and worked in the private sector, public sector, academia, and international financial in...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 17:51hrs | 1 | by Agencies
AfDB signs agreements with Zimbabwe firms
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed two non-disclosure agreements with Zimbabwean companies,which pave the way for the sharing of information amid optimism the bank would disburse funding t...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 17:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 key economic policy matters that will trigger economic stability & growth in Zimbabwe
Over and above the need for political stability and sound macroeconomic management policies, business confidence is the single biggest determinant of economic growth in any country. Economics is a soc...Published: 01 Jun 2018 at 11:45hrs | | by Martin Majaji
Govt splashes out $66,000 to donate $3,000
Government has come under fire for spending a whopping $66 000 in commemorating the International Day for Persons with Disabilities in Caledonia - on the outskirts of the capital city - where benefici...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 10:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Mnangagwa and the Scarf became inseparable
As my friend Robert Mukondiwa aptly puts it; since the turn of the century and even as early as the advent of Independence, Zimbabwe has been battling to define a culture that makes its mark on the wo...Published: 14 Apr 2018 at 12:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Inside Mnangagwa's China sojourn
President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrived back home from a five-day state visit to China yesterday amid optimism that his campaign to woo investors is paying off.Mnangagwa met Chinese president Xi ...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 15:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
EU ready to partner Zimbabwe
The European Union is ready to work with the new Zimbabwe Government in formulating policies that will enable it to turn around the country's economic fortunes.This was said by visiting EU Int...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa strategy for Zimbabwe's recovery
The multiple initiatives that President Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's administration has launched may be confusing to a citizenry already buffeted by years of debility and decline.It is thus im...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 09:16hrs | | by George Charamba
Trudy Stevenson quits MDC
Lottie Gertrude "Trudy" Stevenson is a remarkable political survivor, appointed as Zimbabwean Ambassador to Senegal in 2009 during the GNU as a deployee of the MDC led by Welshman Ncube.A form...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 15:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa slammed
Opposition parties have savaged President Emmerson Mnangagwa for ruling out electoral reforms after the United States of America gave him and his administration conditions that if met, will see Donald...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 15:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ready to clear $1,2bn World Bank arrears
Zimbabwe has secured $1,2 billion needed to clear World Bank arrears with Finance and Economic Planning Minister Patrick Chinamasa saying the transaction will be completed once the Washington-headquar...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa returns home to commission Kariba South expansion project
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is back home after attending the Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.The forum ended last night.President Mnangagwa was met at the Robert Mugabe Int...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 11:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pledges to remove business restrictions
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pledged to change the face of the Zimbabwean economy by dealing with red tape in government to lure foreign investors.Speaking at the Africa CEO's Forum in Abi...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa addresses Africa CEO Forum
A new era has dawned for Zimbabwe and the country is determined to create an open, free and transparent economy.This was the message relayed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa when he addressed m...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 11:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa flies out AGAIN!!
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will for the next two days market the country's image and lure global investors at the 6th edition of the Africa CEOs Forum slated for this Monday and Tuesday in Abidjan, ...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 16:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to attend Africa CEOs forum
AT least 1,200 business leaders, international investors and policy makers will give an ear to President Emmerson Mnangagwa as he presents his ideas for revitalizing the distressed Zimbabwean economy ...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 06:20hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
'Africa faces $170bn infrastructure'
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) says the continent needs $170 billion to cover the infrastructure investment gap, calling for urgent measures to match Africa's growing population and youth unemplo...Published: 12 Mar 2018 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
StanChart appoints Drogba ambassador
Standard Chartered Bank has appointed Ivorian football legend Didier Drogba as its digital bank ambassador.Drogba will be endorsing the bank's first digital bank in Africa to be launched in Ab...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 05:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean shortlisted for the first Henrike Grohs Art Award
Em'kal Eyongakpa (Cameroon), Georgina Maxim (Zimbabwe) and Makouvia Kokou Ferdinand (Togo) have been shortlisted for the first Henrike Grohs Art Award, conceived by the Goethe-Institut and the Grohs f...Published: 28 Feb 2018 at 09:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prioritises UK engagement
FINANCE minister Patrick Chinamasa says government's top priority is to normalise relations with its erstwhile coloniser, the United Kingdom, as Zimbabwe moves to end its costly two-decade isolation b...Published: 18 Jan 2018 at 08:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Top UK diplomat arrives in Zimbabwe
THE permanent under-secretary in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Simon McDonald, arrived in the country this week, the second high-profile British government representative to visit Zimbabwe insi...Published: 11 Jan 2018 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pregnant HIV+ mothers face jail
PREGNANT HIV-positive mothers who do not take precaution to prevent transmission of the virus to their unborn babies are liable for prosecution and face up to 20 years in prison under the country's la...Published: 17 Dec 2017 at 07:23hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Encouraging discussion with Zimbabwean delegation, says UK Foreign Secretary
UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Boris Johnson has said he had an encouraging discussion with the Zimbabwean delegation at the 5th AU and EU Heads of State Meeting in Abid...Published: 30 Nov 2017 at 15:59hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Britain to help solve Zimbabwe cash crisis
Britain could take steps to stabilise Zimbabwe's currency system and extend a bridging loan to help it clear World Bank and African Development Bank arrears, but such support depends on "democratic pr...Published: 30 Nov 2017 at 05:13hrs | | by Reuters
Call for young people to play a role in the EU-Africa summit
The EU Commission released the Africa-EU Communication, which has a strong youth angle and includes an entire sub-section on "Advance Knowledge and Skills".Further to this Communication comes ...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 10:08hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
EU-AU Summit: Youth at the top of the agenda
As the world moves towards the realization of the benefits associated with investing in young people; the youth in Zimbabwe have taken upon themselves through the concept of Leave No Youth Behind that...Published: 11 Jun 2017 at 09:43hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
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