Villagers benefit from ‘pass on the goat’ project

Dumisani Nsingo, Senior Farming Reporter FIVE years ago, Mrs Frederick Nxumalo of Gwamba Village in Lupane was just like any other villager.

Big counters shift positions. . . as Econet sheds $354 million in value

Enacy Mapakame TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (EWZ) had $354 million of its value shaved off last year, tumbling from being second-biggest counter to the fourth largest by market capitalisation…

Low business hits JMN airport

Roberta Katunga, Senior Business Reporter AIRLINES continue to shun Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo airport in Bulawayo despite the facility having been upgraded to meet international standards with only two companies servicing…

Timing error costs GetBucks

Senior Business Reporter MICROFINANCE institution GetBucks Zimbabwe’s first day of listing on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange received no trades in a move that investment analysts blamed on a timing error…

If you are guilty of bad advertising, stop it

Lennox Nhando THIS year you have to make every advertising dollar stretch to the max for your business. It doesn’t matter whether you’re doing above or below-the-line advertising; through-the-line advertising;…

El Nino eats into $6m agric insurance

Enacy Mapakame Business Reporter THE prevailing weather conditions that are being induced by the El Nino will likely eat into the earnings of local crop insurers. Local crop insurance business…

How to manage poultry fleas

Farming issues with Mhlupheki Dube THIS week we take a look at another external parasite of importance in poultry especially the indigenous poultry which is a common fowl reared by…

Rumbie’s birthday bash with a cause

WHAT do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other? Although a bit of a cliché, the above remark proved true, especially after…

Rainbow Airlines optimistic

Livingstone Marufu LOCAL airline start-up Rainbow Airlines has indicated that it will take to the skies “anytime soon” after it acquired the Foreign Operator Permit from South African regulatory authorities.…

Iraq’s southern oil exports unaffected by clashes

Iraq’s exports from its southern region have been running at an average daily rate of 3.297 million barrels per day (bpd) so far this month, higher than December’s average and…

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