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Sithembiso Nyoni lampooned for lack of seriousness
Minister Sithembiso Nyoni torched a storm from fellow MPs when her ministry reported that it had failed to employ ward development coordinators in Matebeleland North because there are no people qualif...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 11:39hrs | 2743 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa defends local currency
No country can develop without its own currency, President Mnangagwa said yesterday while defending the economic policies adopted by Government to revive the economy and slamming those who were using ...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:28hrs | 1530 | by Staff reporter
SMEs get US$136 million boost
THE Ministry of Women Affairs Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development has revealed that micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) received loans and grants amounting to US$136 million fr...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 06:44hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
'Enough is enough, remove sanctions now'
Address by President Mnangagwa during the Anti-Sanctions Day main event at the National Sports Stadium.On 18 August 2019, the SADC Heads of State and Government, meeting in Dar es Salam, Tanza...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 07:42hrs | 703 | by Emmerson D. Mnangagwa
How to effectively manage your business records using Virtual Data Rooms
Businesses, whether big or small, need proper management to function smoothly. If you are a small business, maintaining clean business records will surely impress your customers and potential partners...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 16:02hrs | 345 | by Staff Writer
The future is tech, says Mnangagwa
President Mnangagwa yesterday challenged the Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) and other local universities to become centres of economic revival leveraging on technology. He said it was im...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:01hrs | 2634 | by Staff reporter
Ramp up domestic productivity, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday officially launched the Zimbabwe National Trade Policy and the National Export Strategy Policy aimed at rejuvenating domestic production towards export-led economic growt...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 04:00hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
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ICANN Accredited Domain Name Registrar and Web Hosting company, Web4Africa, is working on providing more reliable web hosting services across the Afri...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 11:00hrs | 3869 | by Staff Writer
Rural Namibians pin hopes for prosperous future on tourism lodges & hunting despite animal rights' anti-use threats
Namibian rural communities are impressively running lodge and hunting agreements to reduce poverty in seemingly lifeless but wildlife rich semi-desert landscapes, despite the western animal rights gro...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:26hrs | 141 | by Emmanuel Koro
Zimbabwe's reengagement policy gets big boost
In a huge boost to the country's reengagement drive, the inaugural meeting of the Zimbabwe Economic Partnership Agreement Support Project Committee aimed at enhancing Harare's integration into regiona...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:28hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
'New dispensation cushioning nation from sanctions'
The new dispensation is striving to cushion its people, especially women from the harsh effects of the illegal sanctions imposed on the country by Western nations, through a number of programmes guide...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:29hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ready to ride on AfCFTA opportunities
Foreign Affairs ministry secretary James Manzou has told Parliament that Zimbabwe is geared to take advantage of the opportunities to be brought about by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFT...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:49hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar to boost manufacturing sector, says Mnangagwa
THE re-introduction of a mono-currency should rejuvenate the country's manufacturing sector to produce more and benefit from increased export competitiveness, President Mnangagwa has said. Exp...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 06:34hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
Black market forex rates tumble
Government will not hesitate to descent on companies that fuel parallel market activities that have triggered massive price increases and erode people's disposable incomes.Industry and Commerc...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 08:02hrs | 14990 | by Staff Reporter
Jonathan Moyo denies links with G40
Exiled former cabinet Minister professor Jonathan Moyo has distanced himself from a newly formed political outfit called the G40 which was registered with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission recently. ...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 10:54hrs | 5210 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Street grocery sales take Bulawayo by storm
BUSINESS hours and shop location no longer matter when doing grocery shopping in Bulawayo as basic commodities are now easily accessible from the streets and pavements. A survey in the c...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 07:51hrs | 2463 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe eyes US$4m Japanese avocado market
Zimbabwe has the potential to earn over US$4 million annually from exporting avocados to Japan if the Asian country removes its restrictions on the importation of fresh fruits and vegetables from Afri...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 15:00hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Zimra issues new import rules
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has issued new import regulations that are set to result in the formalisation of Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs), most of which have remained largely informal...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 07:57hrs | 894 | by Staff reporter
Policies to promote business linkages now in place: Ndlovu
GOVERNMENT says it has put in place policies and strategies to promote backward and forward linkages within the business supply chain.Industry and Commerce minister Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:39hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
Zimra recovers $77m under whistleblower facility
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has recovered about $77 million under the whistleblower facility since 2009 to June this year, an official has said.In a bid to recover lost revenue thro...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:49hrs | 1488 | by Staff reporter
We cannot afford to have idle, unproductive land - Mnangagwa
Address by His Excellency, President Mnangagwa at the official opening of the inaugural Zimbabwe Agricultural Show at the Harare Showgrounds on Friday....Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:44hrs | 1850 | by Emmerson D Mnangagwa
Policy inconsistency hurting economy
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) reintroduced the Zimbabwean Dollar and outlawed the use of multicurrencies on the local market on the 24th of June 2019, despite widespread concerns on burning the m...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 09:12hrs | 2035 | by Victor Bhoroma
Government starts recapitalising small bakeries
THE Government has identified eight small to medium enterprises (SMEs) bakeries for recapitalisation as it moves to resuscitate the depressed bread-making industry.Women Affairs, Community and...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:15hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
New funding round launched for Zim startups at FasterCapital
On the 11th July 2019; more than 20 African countries bring into effect what is going to be the largest Free Trade Area in the world. A free trade area means an agreement between several countries to ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 11:47hrs | 1187 | by Tawanda Mutukwa
It's time to revive the Affirmative Action Group
The Affirmative Action Group AAG was a powerful entity which made a huge difference in the business sector. AAG was a successful pressure group which contributed immensely to the growth of several bla...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 08:50hrs | 875 | by Nicholas Ncube
Chinamasa rallies behind Mthuli Ncube
FORMER Finance Minister, Patrick Anthony Chinamasa, (P.A.C) who is also the ZANU-PF secretary for finance has rallied behind the current Minister of Finance, Professor Mthuli Ncube, saying the country...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:29hrs | 1535 | by Staff reporter
Power cuts cripple informal sector
THE incessant power cuts being experienced across the country have hit the informal sector hardest with players now spending long hours or days without production. The power utility, Zesa, is ...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:17hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
Secondary stock exchange for Bulawayo
PLANS of opening a secondary stock market exchange which will likely to be located in Bulawayo are at an advanced stage, an official said. In an interview with Sunday News Business on the side...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:14hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe outrage over ministerial delegation to World Cup
The government tried to calm the storm on Friday after public outrage over revelations that FOUR ministers were being flown at tax-payer expense to watch the Netball World Cup.The Sports and R...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:27hrs | 944 | by ZimLive
Why the smear campaign?
Zimbabwe has been under economic sanctions for nearly two decades.To date, it is still reeling under the effects of the ruinous Western economic embargo that is estimated to have cost the coun...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:25hrs | 419 | by Kudakwashe Mugari
Zimbabwe launches industrial policy
Government has launched the Zimbabwe National Industrial Policy (ZNIDP), which is expected to help transform the economy through value addition, increasing employment levels and promoting a culture of...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Breakthrough for Zimbabwe's capital markerts
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe (SEC Zimbabwe) has joined the UK-funded Financial Sector Deepening Africa's (FSD Africa) flagship Africa Regulator Support Programme. The programme i...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 13:33hrs | 3895 | by Agencies
Mthuli Ncube's speech to AfDB boards of governors - Fulltext
Speech by the minister of finance and economic development, Hon. Prof. Mthuli Ncube during the 2019 annual meetings of the boards of governors of the African Development Bank Group: Malabo, Republic o...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:03hrs | 1034 | by Mthuli NCube
Mthuli Ncube targets price stabilisation
Government's fiscal consolidation measures and other initiatives introduced into Zimbabwe's economic programmes should see prices of goods starting to drop from next month, Finance and Economic Develo...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ rejects gold miners' demand
ZIMBABWE is not in a position to liberalise domestic gold marketing and buying as this will negatively affect the flow of foreign currency into the economy, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) deputy gover...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 07:03hrs | 845 | by Staff reporter
Dishonesty now biggest threat to democracy
Two inter-related issues - highlighted in two feedbacks I have received over the past six months - should be addressed as a matter of priority and urgency.The first one is do with what one mob...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 06:54hrs | 121 | by Conway Tutani
ZimTrade - PUM Nerthelands host the Zimbabwe Tanneries Workshop in Bulawayo
ZimTrade and PUM will hold the Zimbabwe tanneries workshop in Bulawayo from 20-21 May 2019. According to Ms Karen Mukwedeya from ZimTrade. "The workshop is aimed at bringing together local tan...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:42hrs | 301 | by Enos Denhere
When the boom comes - A What-if Scenario Analysis
I would like to carry out a What-if Scenario Analysis (WISA) based on the prediction of a positive change in the outcome of the Zimbabwean economic performance. In Project Management we use WISA to pr...Published: 17 May 2019 at 08:46hrs | 1721 | by Engineer Tororiro Isaac Chaza PMP
Zimbabwean start-up highlights the importance of supporting local sector to grow national economies
Harare Receivables Exchange is providing SMEs in Zimbabwe alternative sources of working capital. Harare, May 10th 2019: Local start-up Harare Receivables Exchange was one of seven compan...Published: 10 May 2019 at 13:48hrs | | by Agencies
Mnangagwa takes on bread cartels
THE Government has moved to break the monopoly in the bread industry through resuscitation of indigenous bakeries that used to operate in various communities, a Cabinet Minister said.In his in...Published: 05 May 2019 at 09:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to meet chiefs in Cyclone Idai-hit areas
President Mnangagwa is tomorrow expected to meet with traditional leaders from areas ravaged by Cyclone Idai to discuss efforts to rebuild the affected districts. This was said by the Minister...Published: 01 May 2019 at 08:42hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Zimra to start accessing 3rd party information from banks
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) will start to access third party information from different Government databases and financial institutions to track companies and individuals that are not payin...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:34hrs | 3676 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: President Mnangagwa's full Independence speech
President Emmerson Mnangagwa today delivered his first Independent speech at the national Sports Stadium. In the speech Mnangagwa paid tribute to the victims of Cyclone Idai both from Zimbabwe...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 20:41hrs | 4149 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimra targets tax dodgers
WHEN the taxman pays an impromptu visit, they all shut their doors; and when he calls-in everyone stampedes for the exits just to get a good reason to say "no one heard the call".Very few peop...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 16:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa trumpets Indian support to Zimbabwe's economic reconstruction
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday applauded the immense contribution of India to Zimbabwe's economic reconstruction, diplomacy and international politics. Represented by Patrick Chinamasa...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 21:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai hits Manicaland business
THE devastating Cyclone Idai has affected Manicaland's agro-based industry thereby reducing exports, while players in the small to medium enterprises sector were either forced to close shop or downsca...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 23:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Removal of the Indigenization policy: Good Riddance
The announcement by the Zimbabwean government that it will scrap the Indigenization and Empowerment policy for all investments into the country comes as a welcome development for domestic and foreign ...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 13:04hrs | 2985 | by Victor Bhoroma
SMEs sector to be taxed, says Zimra
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) will soon be incorporating the small to medium enterprises sector into the tax collection system in line with efforts to broaden the revenue collection base. ...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 10:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prisoners to enjoy more rights
Cabinet on Tuesday approved changes to the Prisons Act in a move that that will see prisoners being accorded constitutional rights they deserve in line with international norms and standards. ...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches technology centre
President Mnangagwa yesterday launched the India-Africa Incubation Centre in Harare which he described as a key conduit that will drive the modernisation and industrialisation of the economy. ...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 22:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
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