adminComesa receives 33m euros from EU
COMESA has received 33 million euros from the European Union to support regional integration and has invited its member states to apply for the funds before October 28, 2014. The…
Mobile phone operators under the microscope
Prosper Ndlovu Business Editor THE Postal and Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) is keeping a hawk’s eye on mobile phone operations and will soon be coming up with a monitoring…
$50m bond facility RBZ arranges issuance of coins
Harare Bureau The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has arranged a $50 million bond facility to back the issuance of special coins meant to ease change shortages in the country. According…
Zim losing out in raw tobacco sales
ZIMBABWE could have earned $6,5 billion instead of $650 million that it realised from tobacco sales in the 2014 marketing season had it processed the crop into finished products, an…
Timber sector works on realistic wages
Harare Bureau The Timber Producers Federation (TPF) says the sector needs to implement a 60 percent performance based wages and 40 percent guarantee pay system to match current production and…
‘Exempt tax on share option schemes’
Harare Bureau DELTA Corporation says taxing capital gains from the sale of shares acquired under share option schemes is inconsistent with the indigenisation and empowerment thrust. Giving oral evidence before…
‘Embrace ICTs to attract markets’
Charity Ruzvidzo Business Reporter EMERGING businesses and entrepreneurs have been urged to embrace modern information communication technologies to attract mobile markets and grow their enterprises. Discussion on the topic dominated…
ECB in bid to avert deflation
FRANKFURT — The European Central Bank (ECB) cut interest rates to a fresh record low yesterday, unexpectedly bringing borrowing costs close to zero to lift inflation from rock-bottom levels and…
Zim Mining, Infrastructure indaba set for October
Business Reporter FINANCIAL and human resource capacity building towards enhancing infrastructure development will take centre stage at the 6th edition of the Zimbabwe Mining and Infrastructure Indaba next month. The…
Ebola: Sadc ministers meet
Paidamoyo Chipunza in Victoria Falls— Sadc Health Ministers are meeting here to deliberate on how best to respond to the deadly Ebola outbreak following confirmed cases of the virus in…