adminThe flipside of e-donations
Elliott SiamongaA new wave of environmental degradation is threatening Africa’s environments, it is not the effect of climate change, but electronic waste dumped in Africa by some Western countries in the form of computer donations and other electrical gadgets.
The boy with ‘three eyes’
A CHINESE proverb says, “There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it”.
Interfin heads for liquidation
Business Reporter INTERFIN Banking Corporation could be heading for liquidation, considering the financial outlay required to bring its balance sheet back to health, sources have said.
The bank was on Monday placed under curatorship by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe for the next six months, after it ran into liquidity problems.
Mr Peter Bailey of KPMG was appointed the curator.
CZI lessons from Brazil
Golden SibandaSenior Business Reporter
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries will seek to draw lessons on sustainable economic growth from Brazil when it convenes in Nyanga next month for its annual congress.
‘ACP countries won’t bow to EU pressure’
From Victoria Ruzvidzo in Port Vila, VanuatuTHE African, Caribbean and Pacific group of countries has said it would not bow to pressure by the European Union to sign the Economic Partnership Agreements, until there is a mutually beneficial position that does not threaten regional integration.
Expert calls for transparency in directors’ pay
Tawanda MusarurwaBusiness Reporter
COMPELLING public-listed companies to state their directors’ remuneration will help address employees’ immediate remuneration concerns, a human resources expert has said.
‘IPS companies falsify ICT information’
ZIMBABWE’S Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) companies are being accused of hiding and falsifying information on technological development and acquisitions for fear of competition, a senior Government official has said.Some useful lessons from the Bible
THIS week I would like to refer to the Bible for tips that will be useful to business that are going through a transition.Why the Bible, you may ask? For me the Bible provides the most practical business tips than can easily transcend most business rhetoric we are exposed to in our areas of expertise.
African tobacco farmers oppose WHO ban
Elita Chikwati
Agriculture Reporter
AFRICAN tobacco growers are lobbying their governments to resist the World Health Organisation’s ban on tobacco arguing that it will affect them economically.
This came up at an International Tobacco Growers’ Association-Africa meeting held recently in Zambia.
Agribank opens branch in Chivi
Business ReporterTHE Agricultural Bank of Zimbabwe has stepped up its focus to reach out to the “unbanked” by opening a new branch in Chivi district.
Agribank Chivi is the bank’s 48th branch across Zimbabwe. Speaking at the launch of the new branch in Chivi on Tuesday, Agribank chief executive Mr Somukosi Malaba said Chivi presented good prospects for the bank.