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Zimbabwe Parliament demands removal of punitive taxes
Parliament has sharply escalated pressure on Treasury to urgently scrap punitive taxes, including the highly contentious 2% Intermediated Money Transfer Tax (IMTT), by August 31, 2025, in a bid to hal...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 11:25hrs | 1725 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's businesses sound alarm over volatile ZiG
Zimbabwe's business leaders have expressed deep concern over the persistent volatility of the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency, warning that ongoing instability is crippling industrial growth and eroding ...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 11:21hrs | 1073 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean airline start-up gets air service permit
Zimbabwean start-up Transvaal Africa Airlines has secured an air service permit and is working to finalise certification to launch passenger and cargo flights with three leased Boeing aircraft by the ...Published: 18 Jan 2025 at 06:33hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
US Embassy wants Zimbabweans to take part in US-funded programme
The United States (US) Embassy has invited organisations and individuals across Zimbabwe to apply for the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) programme, designed to foster entrepreneurship skills am...Published: 21 Nov 2024 at 06:33hrs | 551 | by Staff reporter
Building a formidable business amid economic downturns
Businesses face declines in sales and profits during economic downturns. While some businesses during this period fail, some do not only thrive but instead become more formidable. Many of the ...Published: 29 Aug 2024 at 16:01hrs | 176 | by Staff Reporter
IMF trashes Zimbabwe inflation statistics
Government last year directed the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) to stop publishing local currency indexed inflation and switch to the blended rate, which it said was ideal as the count...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 15:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Niger irks France by revising upwards rip-off uranium prices
The new government in Niger has started showing signs of real liberation by selling their minerals at world market yet France has been getting at half the price.This reason why France is reall...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 06:02hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt creates aviation firm
The government has engaged the Abu Dhabi-based advisory firm Knighthood Global Limited (Knighthood) to develop a bankable feasibility study (BSF) for the creation of the Zimbabwe Aviation Group....Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:18hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
How to create your business plan in 5 steps
Do you want to launch a business but are unsure of where to start? Writing a solid business plan is essential if you are looking to secure funding and develop long-term success.When starting a...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 22:55hrs | 27 | by Staff Reporter
OyOs announces official release of the OyOs Online Stores and the OyOs Chatbot
OyOs hereby announces the official release of two top of the range IT related products onto the Zimbabwean digital space, OyOs Online Store and the OyOsBOt. OyOs standing for Own Your Online Store is ...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 22:28hrs | 37 | by Agencies
In what ways can you use data to benefit your company?
Amazingly, today's technology allows us to collect massive amounts of data; however, a significant portion of that data is now being gathered before anyone answers the question, "What do we want to do...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 12:44hrs | 28 | by Staff Reporter
Placements for 5 000 youths in agriculture
Up to 5 000 youths who graduated in Kwekwe last year after undergoing the provincial youth development skills programme will be placed on farms to boost their involvement in agricultural activities an...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:15hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Cattle fattening in 90 days
CATTLE fattening is a method of raising livestock that minimises animal mobility, allowing them to gain weight more quickly. Larger animals produce more meat, which can be sold for more money ...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:34hrs | 3 | by Chipo Tachiona
Sakunda windfall for Bosso
CHARMED by Highlanders' improved second half of the season performance in the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League, the club's principal sponsors, giant energy company Sakunda Holdings has offered 250 p...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 04:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Carl Joshua Ncube bounces back
Zimbabwean international comedian Carl Joshua Ncube has bounced back from a comedy sabbatical with a show dubbed The Triumphant return of Carl Joshua Ncube which lived up to its expectation in Harare ...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 11:59hrs | 3 | by Nicholas Ncube
US$44m war chest to drive Zimbabwe's oil/gas search
Oil and gas explorer Invictus Energy, says the discovery of commercially viable quantities of petroleum deposits at its Mukuyu-1 or Baobab prospects in the north of Zimbabwe would transform the countr...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
RBZ tells Time Bank to reopen 'but don't take deposits'
TIME Bank, one of a dozen domestic financial institutions that collapsed at the height of Zimbabwe's banking crisis between 2004 and 2008, was yesterday given the nod to re-enter the market under rest...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 06:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Theft case laid against Ramaphosa
A charge of theft has been laid against President Cyril Ramaphosa, reportedly by a businessman who claims his energy plan presented to the head of state was stolen and used without his involvement....Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZIMASCO starts building two new furnaces
ZIMASCO, a unit of China's Sinosteel, has started building two new furnaces at the Kwekwe complex as it targets to raise capacity by 40 percent, a spokesperson said.The US$35 million investmen...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 06:29hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe buys new Embraer plane
IN a move expected to boost the fleet of national airliner Air Zimbabwe, Government has bought a new state of the art Embraer ERJ-145 jet that is expected to take to the skies in the next eight weeks....Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Inflationary pressures choke Zimbabwe industry
A rising bout of inflation is posing a severe threat to Zimbabwe's industries amid growing fears most companies will struggle to restock, which could potentially trigger a significant reduction in pro...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 09:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare will not pay even a cent on Pomona deal, Mafume vows
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume (pictured) says the city council will not pay a cent to Geogenix BV, a company fronted in Zimbabwe by businessman Delish Nguwaya, describing the agreement signed by the local...Published: 31 May 2022 at 12:26hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Female engineer from rural Tsholotsho
WOMEN operating in male-dominated industries face the challenge of having to go an extra mile to gain trust from clients, a Bulawayo-based engineer has said.Novuyo Hlabangana is a 27-year-old ...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Boost for Bulawayo water supplies
BULAWAYO City Council will tomorrow sign a major deal with a Dutch company, Vitens Evides International (VEI) to implement key water projects that will ease the city's water woes.Recently, the...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Botswana chieftainess fires last protest shot as British leaders scrap hunting trophies imports ban
After months of passionate appeals to the British Government to discontinue its plans to introduce the Trophy Hunting Imports Ban Bill, the protest voice of a Botswana Chieftainess who represents a wi...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 13:27hrs | 77 | by Emmanuel Koro
Zimbabwean designer to open boutique in Liverpool
Liverpool-based Zimbabwean designer, Petronella Tayamika Mahachi Hughes, is not looking back in her chosen trade.If anything, she is just stepping up and ready to cause ripples at the top....Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Munatsi worked in highly toxic operational environment
THE late Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency (Zida) chief executive Douglas Munatsi - who was close to President Emmerson Mnangagwa- worked in a volatile and toxic political environment around the ...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:16hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Monetary policy in a complex economy
MAINSTREAM neoclassical economics, which has been the dominant economic thinking for over a century, is no longer an adequate mental model to interpret and shape the socio-economics of a new reality....Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:36hrs | 12 | by Vince Musewe
Govt secures US$36m agric loan
GOVERNMENT has secured a US$36 million loan from the International Funds for Agriculture Development (IFAD) to boost funding for smallholder farmers.This was revealed by Finance deputy ministe...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:28hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
The primary benefits of adaptive planning
If you're still using spreadsheets for your business plans, or are making strategic decisions sans comparisons data, you're already behind. To bring your financials, workforce, and sales planning up t...Published: 27 Oct 2021 at 22:42hrs | 21 | by Staff Writer
5 things new startups should know for 2022
Despite its appeal, starting your own business and actually running it will always be a difficult prospect; it is a lot easier said than done, and a worryingly ...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 12:57hrs | 24 | by Staff Writer
Air Zimbabwe resumes Harare-Johannesburg route
Air Zimbabwe yesterday resumed Harare-Johannesburg flights in a move expected to boost economic activity in the country.Flights are scheduled for every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday....Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 19:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe says administrators rescued the insolvent airline
AIR Zimbabwe administrators Grant Thornton, whose term of office came to an end last week when government appointed a six-member board, saved the airline from litigious creditors and set the troubled ...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:26hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe primed for rebound
Air Zimbabwe administrators handed over control of the business back to management on Thursday, with a robust six-year strategic plan most likely to see the State-owned airline reclaim its status as a...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 10:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Musona feature under the spotlight
WARRIORS' skipper Knowledge Musona's future is again under the spotlight at Belgian giants Anderlecht.The club regrouped on Monday, after a short end-of-seaon break, amid reports they are on t...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Unresolved economic issues for 2021
The Zimbabwean economy has experienced a period of relative stability since October 2020, even though multiple reforms have to be implemented to attain sustained economic growth. To a larger extent th...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 09:05hrs | 2 | by Victor Bhoroma
Gata tells Mnangagwa's govt to trim ministers' powers
ZESA executive chairperson Sydney Gata yesterday urged government to revise its architecture of public enterprises as well as clip powers vested in Cabinet ministers to enable the country to successfu...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe invites bids for venture capital partner to set up diamond processor
The Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) is offering a venture capital partnership to bidders willing to set up a diamond processing company.MMCZ plans to invest in a company that...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 06:12hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
How to choose a tokenization platform for your business
Cryptocurrencies, and the technology that makes their existence possible are gaining more popularity by the day. People increasingly buy bitcoins for various reasons,...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 15:46hrs | 19 | by Staff Writer
Exchange control regulations and export growth
The monetary policy committee for the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) issued a circular with changes to export surrender requirements on the 7th of January 2021. The changes include immediately removin...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Victor Bhoroma
Donald Trump engages in jecha/ sand tactics on the U.S. economy
Democratic political consultant James Carville once said that if he were reincarnated, he'd want to come back as the bond market because "you can intimidate everybody." Donald Trump is not intimidated...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 20:08hrs | 11 | by Steve Chapman
Zinara plug revenue leakages
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has moved to combat corruption and plug revenue leakages by introducing a Procurement Management Unit (PMU).Zinara has regularly been in the ...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 18:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sector priorities for NDS implementation
Zimbabwe launched its new 5 year economic blueprint called the National Development Strategy (NDS-1) on 16 November 2020. The new plan succeeds the Transitional Stabilization Programme (TSP) that ends...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 09:17hrs | 9 | by Victor Bhoroma
Chamisa impoverishing MDC members on the altar of political correctness
A "RATIONAL economic" Zanu-PF has been masterminding massive wealth transfers to their enlightened members since 2000. The ruling party members are winning on the economic front by creating wealth whi...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 19:58hrs | | by Brian Sedze
Business mistakes and errors that you need to avoid
As much as we want to run our businesses, there are times when we make so many mistakes that cost us at the ned of the day. That is why it is e...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 15:48hrs | 15 | by Staff Writer
Mnangagwa to launch Development Strategy 1 today
The National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1), which charts policies, institutional reforms and national priorities needed from 2021-2025 to achieve an upper middle income economy under Vision 2030, is e...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zinara takes bold stance against corruption
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration has upped efforts to fight corruption and plug off revenue leakages as it seeks to align its operations with President Mnangagwa's Vision 2030 and Government'...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reorter
Africa Prize calls for Zimbabwe entries
Engineers and innovators from Zimbabwe and other sub-Saharan countries are invited to enter the sixth edition of the prestigious Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation.The Africa Prize trains...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 09:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean engineers and innovators invited to enetre competition
Engineers and innovators from Zimbabwe and other sub-Saharan countries are ...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 20:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ideas, not money is what is in short supply in Zimbabwe
The economic challenges facing Zimbabwe are not about money. Our major issue is deficiency of a supportive government with competencies to design policies that enable innovation and value creation....Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 07:03hrs | 1 | by Brian Sedze
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