Fuel prices rise

Blessing Bonga Business Reporter
FUEL prices have gone up by at least 5 percent over the past week due to what fuel dealers attributed to limited supplies from Beira. Zimbabwe imports the bulk of its fuel through the Feruka pipeline, linking

Cost of living down 0,72pc

Business Reporter
THE cost of living as measured by the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe’s low-income urban earner monthly basket for a family of six marginally decreased from US$572 in December 2012 to US$567,90

Blue chips spur stock market

Martin Kadzere Bulls & Bears
THE stock market finished slightly higher on Friday with the industrial index advancing 0,07 percent to 183,98 points, elevated by gains in selected blue chips. The mining index retreated 2,31 percent to

IT giant in bid to enhance technological skills

JOHANNESBURG. — Business software and solutions firm SAP Africa has strengthened ties with the German Ministry of Education in a move aimed at enhancing support of science, mathematics and

New era beckons for world trade

Business Correspondent
THE selection process for the successor to outgoing World Trade Organisation director-general Pascal Lamy, whose term of office ends in September this year, started at the beginning of the year and will

AfDB to host 2-day business forum

Business Reporter
THE African Development Bank will today and tomorrow host a forum to set the tone for the bank’s future engagement with indigenous business people in Africa at the bank’s headquarters in

Join lobby groups, women told

Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Business Reporter
The Zimbabwe Women’s Resource Centre and Network has urged women to be part of organisations that lobby for their participation and contribution in the budget processes to avoid situations where they

Royco promotion on cards

Business Reporter
Unilever Zimbabwe is set to launch its biggest ever promotion since 2006 for its leading brand Royco Usavi Mix on February 14 which will run until April 30 under the theme “Hurry home to Royco and

SMEs urged to come together

Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Business Reporter
Women have been urged to group their businesses in order to widen their asset bases and be able to access loans from banks following the recent Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe directive that banks should

Free bins are just not enough!

Jeffrey Gogo Climate Story
WE cannot be entirely sceptic about the increasing number of corporates gifting the Harare City Council with free refuse bins in recent years. That’s a commendable entry-level green initiative, as

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