adminComesa records $3,8 trillion investment on mergers
Business Reporter The Common Markets for Eastern and Southern Africa Competition Commission said the year 2015 saw a record $3,8 trillion investment on mergers and acquisitions being approved. The Commission is…
Africa’s banking industry needs to be innovative
Ndubuisi Ekekwe The old banking order is failing in Africa and central banks are losing their powers with all the disintermediation. Africa has to innovate — for example by building…
Students, research and the public sphere
Stanely Mushava : Features Correspondent A colourful, if amateur, website announces the hands behind it as “the Apple” of a new industry. Their claim to fame involves flexible offers for writing…
Tanya Muzinda charms Europe
Collin Matiza : Sports Editor ACE Zimbabwean motocross female rider Tanya Muzinda is turning herself into a “Princess Charming” of several top European sports personalities during her current month-long tour of…
When a young woman falls for an older man
Dr Sekai Nzenza On Wednesday Blessers, a new term to describe older men who go out with young women and bless them with holidays, cash, clothes, rent or various gifts…
More evidence why Africa must ditch the ICC
Sydney Kawadza : Senior Writer Calls for Africa to ditch the International Criminal Court continue to grow louder in the context of its unbridled bias towards the continent’s leadership. Since its inception,…
Kim Kardashian game makes history
Move over Lara Croft — Kim Kardashian has been named queen of all gaming. The 35-year-old revealed on Snapchat that she owns the “top grossing game based on a person” of…
Govt backs farmers to grow pulses
Elita Chikwati : Agriculture Reporter Government has encouraged farmers to grow pulses which perform well under harsh climatic conditions in order to boost nutrition and food security. Pulses are annual leguminous crops…
Brexit may severely affect African economies
Amelia Tan By 6:30am on June 24, less than 12 hours after a successful referendum on Brexit (Britain’s exit from the European Union), South Africa’s currency, the rand, took the…
Hiroshima: Crime that keeps on paying
Diana Johnstone : Correspondent On his visit to Hiroshima last May, Obama did not, as some had vainly hoped he might, apologise for the August 6, 1945 atomic bombing of the…