Incubators provide cutting-edge support for your start-up

Fanuel Kangondo Entrepreneurship
One of the channels to encourage the development of successful entrepreneurial ventures is the setting up of business incubators. These are organisations that help entrepreneurs get off the ground through mentoring, funding and facilities and

Nyaradzo acquires top of the range vehicles

Business Reporter
FUNERAL services concern Nyaradzo Group has set the pace in premier funeral services after becoming the first local company to acquire state-of-the-art Mercedes-Benz Vittos for use as hearses. The acquisition of 10 top of the range luxury Mercedes-Benz

TIMB to assess burley production

Business Reporter
THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board will make a determination on the start of the 2012 burley marketing season once an assessment of the size of the crop is complete, TIMB board chairperson Mrs Monica Chinamasa has said. Mrs Chinamasa said

We ignore environmental issues at our own peril

Jeffrey Gogo Climate Story
I LISTENED with shock as Zimbabwe Tourism Authority chief executive Mr Karikoga Kaseke scoffed at a question on the construction of a hotel on wetlands on public television late last year. “. . . who cares whether the land is wet or not? These

Sadc team to visit Kariba

Golden Sibanda Senior Business Reporter
A THIRTY-MEMBER delegation of technicians from the Sadc Secretariat Directorate of Infrastructure and Services will be visiting Zimbabwe this week. The delegation will tour Kariba Power Station on Wednesday focusing on the contribution of

Bears continue to dominate on stock exchange

Bright Madera Senior Business Reporter
THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange has continued in a bearish mood for seven consecutive days ending last week 2,93 percent lower at 137,22 points. A paltry 50 million shares worth US$4,4 million traded on the market characterised by selling

Council to get tough on water polluters

Tawanda Musarurwa Business Reporter
INDUSTRIAL firms could soon be compelled by law to pre-treat their effluent before discharging it into water sources.
This comes in the wake of reports that the Harare City Council will be pushing for amendments to laws dealing with industrial

Nama promises fireworks

Chemist Mafuba
The writers who entered the National Arts Merits Awards contest will hear the results at a function to be held on February 18 in Harare. The judges for the literary contest have completed their adjudication and presented their recommendations to the

Giving is the way out of poverty

Gertrude Takawira
Everything he touches seems to prosper. Bill Gates gave us his innovations in information and communication technology, by co-founding and building Microsoft to global extends. Gates became the second richest man in the world after the

Winky D steals show

Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Senior Reporter
JAMAICAN dancehall star Mavado was last Friday upstaged by Winky D before a full house at the Harare International Conference Centre. Mavado, whose real name is David Brooks, delivered a rather subdued performance because he was using

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