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Nyusi to open Zimbabwe Agric Show
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi is set to officially open the 114th edition of the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show (ZAS) on Tuesday, marking a significant event that underscores the strong bilateral ties...Published: 25 Aug 2024 at 11:18hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife to officially open Matabeleland South Agricultural Show
Retired army general Constantino Chiwenga's wife Colonel Miniyothabo Baloyi-Chiwenga has arrived in Gwanda to officially open the 66th edition of the Matabeleland South Agricultural Show. ...Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 18:59hrs | 857 | by Staff reporter
ZAS announced dates, sophisticate children security measures
THE Zimbabwe Agricultural Show's (ZAS) Chief Executive Officer, Dr Andrew Matibiri has announced that the 114th edition will commence from 26th to 31st of August in Harare, while their technical teams...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 20:07hrs | 234 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Mthuli Ncube courts UK investors
Finance, Economic Development, and Investment Promotion Minister Mthuli Ncube emphasized the importance of addressing food loss and waste to enhance food and nutrition security, particularly in light ...Published: 15 Jun 2024 at 12:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Lands Ministry on potential scam alert
The Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Rural Development has issued a statement disassociating itself from a fraudulent farming agribusiness grant programme being promoted by unscru...Published: 08 Jun 2024 at 12:57hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Rejuvenating the Real Estate Market in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe: Strategies for Development and Competitiveness
Chief Real Estate Officer, Integrated Properties Zimbabwe, a nation with a storied history and a vibrant yet tumultuous economy, faces multifaceted chal...Published: 19 May 2024 at 20:58hrs | 30 | by Dr Bekithemba Mpofu
Mnangagwa a good farmer but then...
While Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Precabe Farm in Sherwood, near Kwekwe, is doing well and is often used to showcase isolated success stories of the state-sponsored chaotic land reform p...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 16:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CIO-linked company gets raw lithium export permit
THE Ministry of Mines and Mining Development has reportedly awarded a firm with suspected links to the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), Terrestrial Holdings, a licence to export one million to...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 20:53hrs | 53 | by Staff reporter
AU livestock programme launched in Zimbabwe
THE African Union-Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation yesterday launched the resilient African feed and fodder systems (RAFFS Project) in Zimb...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Edd Branson's Brokerage strengthens Fencorp Global's #ChooseTanzania Initiative
In the fulfillment of his pivotal role as Africa Tourism Promotion Ambassador, Ambassador Edd Branson has masterfully orchestrated a groundbreaking accord between Fencorp Global and key luminaries wit...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 14:09hrs | 5 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
FENCORP Global to launch #CHOOSETANZANIA campaign
Tanzania, a country known for its natural beauty and diverse resources, is rapidly emerging as a preferred investment destination in Africa. With a stable economy and a government committed to fosteri...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 12:40hrs | 1 | by Nkululeko Ndlovu
Mnangagwa gets down to work
FOLLOWING his re-election to the country's top office, President Mnangagwa has switched back to the indefatigable work ethic which characterised his first tenure with the Head of State and Government ...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says global capital safe in Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday invited investors from the United States and the rest of the world to partner with the Government in unlocking vast investment opportunities across economic value chains,...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 06:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Botswana for US-Africa Business Summit
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa arrived here yesterday evening to attend the high-level US-Africa Business Summit in which Zimbabwe will seek to assert its drive to lure investments to shore up domestic productio...Published: 11 Jul 2023 at 23:18hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to attend high level US-Africa Business Summit
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is expected to leave the country this afternoon to join fellow African Heads of State at the high-level 15th US-Africa Business Summit that kicks off at the Royal Aria Convention C...Published: 11 Jul 2023 at 07:38hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
CCC's candidate selection in Harare East rigged in advance
I have noted your insult @DavidColtart. This - Jonathan - is pathetic and beneath you. Why are you so brazenly racist? ...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 12:48hrs | 1 | by Jonathan Moyo
Women in agriculture capacitated
Over 200 women in agriculture were invited to meet with various stakeholders in Mashonaland East province for a capacity building in Agribusiness in Marondera today.The workshop unpacked oppor...Published: 18 May 2023 at 16:12hrs | 14 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Marondera
Edd Branson appointed Chairman of US - Africa Business Initiative
The US - Africa Business Initiative is an investment, trade and commerce promotion. The Initiative seeks to fast track Africa’s integration into global markets, leveraging on the demographic...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 05:53hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
IDBZ seeks US$1,5bn for infrastructure gaps
THE Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) has revealed that it requires US$1,5 billion funding to plug the country's "vast" infrastructure deficit.The announcement comes as the go...Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa salutes private sector
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday saluted the country's private sector which has risen to the occasion through the production of the majority of goods found in local supermarkets.This is testimony...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe requests US$17m for Zambezi project
ZIMBABWE is set to make a US$17 million drawdown as part of an African Development Bank package for the Programme for Integrated Development and Climate Change in the Zambezi Basin (Pidacc Zambezi)....Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 07:09hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Biden's US$55 billion fails to entice African countries to ditch Russia
FRESH from the US-Africa Summit in Washington DC, with a US$55 billion financial package over the next three years, African leaders from the region find themselves confronted with a reality check of a...Published: 21 Dec 2022 at 20:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Smallholder farmers to benefit from US$15 million loan
SMALLHOLDER farmers will soon benefit from a US$15 million loan obtained by the Government from the OPEC Fund for International Development.Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor ...Published: 12 Dec 2022 at 01:02hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa to headline CEO Africa Annual Roundtable
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is set to headline the CEO Africa Annual Roundtable 2022 to be held in Victoria Falls from 2 to 5 November. The event is being hosted by the CEO Africa Roundtable, a high-l...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Botswana President to open Zimbabwe Agric show
BOTSWANA President Mokgweetsi Masisi is expected in the country tomorrow to officially open the 112th Zimbabwe Agricultural Show (ZAS) on Friday, Cabinet announced yesterday. President Masisi, who...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Dube elected Chartered Governance & Accountancy Institute president
The head of Finance and Administration at the Competition and Tariff Commission, Mr Jonathan Dube, is the new president of the Chartered Governance and Accountancy Institute in Zimbabwe (CGAIZ)....Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 07:06hrs | 11 | by Agencies
Africa's food security relies on climate smart agriculture
THERE has not been a more demanding time for Africa to adopt modern agriculture methods than now. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, food security in Africa is threatened at all levels and farming ...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 06:59hrs | | by The Exchange
Zimbabweans to participate in the Zambia Agricultural and Commercial Show
Zambia-Zimbabwe Village is a newly established platform that will create business linkages and opportunities for Zimbabweans and Zambians in a bid to strengthen economic and social relations betwe...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 12:53hrs | 13 | by Mandla Ndlovu
How the West is plotting to exploit Africa
IF designs of global money are not stopped in their tracks, Africa is threatened with environmental degradation and nutritional poverty. If we, as Africans, do not begin to think deeply about what is ...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | 1 | by Linda Apollo
LSU in another sexual harassment storm
LUPANE State University has been caught in yet another sexual abuse storm in which the Vice Chancellor Pardon Kuipa is alleged to have caused the clash of two women lovers causing a fierce fight which...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 13:40hrs | 9 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe angles for US$2,5t African market
Zimbabwe representatives from both the private and public sector took full advantage of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) that ended here today to showcase what the country has to offer, as the Afri...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 08:15hrs | 15 | by Staff Reporter
CBZ manager jailed for stealing US$8 000
CBZ Agribusiness manager Tafadzwa Madzokere was on Friday sentenced to 24 months imprisonment after she stole US$8 500 and mobile phones from her estranged boyfriend, Solomon Sibanda.Madzokere...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges modernisation of rural communities
AHEAD of this year's agricultural season, President Mnangagwa has called upon farmers to start land preparations as he assured them of access to well-resourced provincial agriculture mechanisation hub...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lobbyists court German investors
The sterling work being done by the Second Republic has charmed Zimbabweans based in Germany where lobbyists are courting investors from Europe's biggest economy to come to the southern African nation...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mechanisation hubs set up for farmers
AHEAD of this year's agricultural season, President Mnangagwa has called upon farmers to start land preparations as he assured them of access to well-resourced provincial agriculture mechanisation hub...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Lands dies
Former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Mr Ringson Joseph Chitsiko has died. Family spokesperson Tapiwa Chitsiko confirmed.Passing his c...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 12:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
ICSAZ re-elects Taona Munzvandi as its president
The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators in Zimbabwe (ICSAZ) has re-elected as its president Taona Munzvandi, who is managing director of Daxilon Security and former chief executive o...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 17:49hrs | | by Agencies
Zimbabwe to export water to SA
ZIMBABWE has sealed a massive multi-million-dollar project to supply bulk water to neighbouring South Africa. Italian company Sallini Construction has been awarded the tender for the project which is ...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean agriculture recovery in motion
ZIMBABWE is an agrarian economy and has huge potential to produce enough for its people and surplus that can be exported to generate foreign currency. However, there is a puzzling divergence between i...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 10:43hrs | | by Dr John Basera
Young agri-entrepreneur shines in rural Zimbabwe
While agriculture forms an integral part of Zimbabwe's economy, many young people still think of it as back-breaking labour that offers little economic benefit.However, things are slowly chang...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
LET's Advocacy for Agribusiness in Africa
The forefathers in Africa survived from the same agriculture and minerals. All needed is to preserve the African culture ways of farming diluted with innovative ways .The main challenge is on trying t...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 09:55hrs | | by Enos Denhere
LET's Advocacy for Agribusiness in Africa
The forefathers in Africa survived from the same agriculture and minerals. All needed is to preserve the African culture ways of farming diluted with innovative ways .The main challenge is on trying t...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 14:13hrs | 1 | by Enos Denhere
Steward Bank launches new product to support agriculture
Steward Bank has partnered with businesses under parent company Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe to launch AgroFuture, a new agribusiness product that is set to improve agricultural production in the country...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 10:02hrs | 4 | by Agencies
Mnangagwa calls for innovation in agriculture
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa says players in the agriculture sector should employ modern technologies to enhance productivity, boost food security and nutrition. Innovative solutions, he said, should h...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt to guarantee 99-year leases
GOVERNMENT is looking at offering full and partial guarantee to banks for the acceptance of the 99-year lease when farmers access funding this season, as negotiations with the financial institutions t...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa meets General Electric officials
President Mnangagwa yesterday met officials from US industrial giant, General Electric (GE), who have expressed a strong commitment to supply medical equipment for the country's major hospitals includ...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa backs free trade
President Mnangagwa says the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) – a trade pact that is envisaged to create a single market – is "a step forward" likely to promote inclusive growth a...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
US-Africa summit boost for Zimbabwe
President Mnangagwa yesterday flew to Mozambique for the 12th edition of the US-Africa Business Summit, which provides Zimbabwe a platform to engage with United States of America and African private s...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
NMB facilitates growth of agricultural exports
NMB Bank is keen to help promote agricultural exports, which is one of the reasons it is this year participating for the first time at the Agricultural Dealers' and Manufacturers' Association (ADMA) A...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 08:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Surface Wilmar resumes operations
ONE of Zimbabwe's largest cooking oil manufacturers, Surface Wilmar has resumed operations after receiving foreign currency support from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to kick-start operations. ...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
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