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Business Reporter CONSTRUCTION of the proposed US$200 million African Eco-city in Victoria Falls is expected to boost the tourism sector in Zimbabwe. Addressing journalists in Harare yesterday, chairman of the…
Technology firm targets platinum miners
Business Reporter LOCAL mineral processing plant manufacturer Appropriate Process Technologies says it has shifted its focus to designing a new modular platinum gravity recovery system which can be used to…
Taxation of partnerships
Did you know that a partnership business is where two or more individuals are in business together making and sharing profits and losses. The individuals are equally and personally liable…
Does inflation rate matter?
Takunda Mugaga Economic Agenda The performance of most African governments is normally measured by two macro-economic indicators which happen to be the unemployment rate and the inflation rate. Economic theories…
Dangers of impulsive decisions
Shelter Chieza Change Management A couple was going on vacation but the wife was on a business trip so the husband went ahead on his own and his wife was…
E85 gains popularity
Business Reporter THE use of locally produced cheaper biofuels especially E85 is increasing rapidly with Harare alone now having over 2 000 petrol vehicles that are now flex fuel compliant.…
Fare thee well ‘Chicken King’
Tinashe Makichi Business Reporter IRVINE’S is a household name in the poultry industry in Zimbabwe, thanks largely to the efforts of the late William Mitchie Irvine , who died two…
India’s new central bank chief talks tough
MUMBAI. — Top economist Raghuram Rajan yesterday warned that he may have to take unpopular steps to tackle India’s worst economic crisis in decades as he took over as the…
Go for green buildings, architects urged
Sifelani Tsiko Senior Writer Zimbabwean architects should lean towards making greener buildings that are ecologically sound and increase efficiency while at the same time moderating the use of building materials,…
Profile of a ‘rock star’ economist
MUMBAI. — India’s new central bank chief Raghuram Rajan is an outspoken economist described by one newspaper as having “rock star appeal”, who famously predicted the 2008 global financial crisis…