adminBlue Ribbon gets big boost
Audrey Rundofa Herald Reporter Government has commended a Tanzanian company, Bakhresa Holdings, for investing in Blue Ribbon Foods Limited and boosting production through the injection of $21,5 million. Speaking during…
Transnet extends tentacles into Africa
JOHANNESBURG. – Transnet has launched a new company, Transnet International Holdings (TIH) to facilitate multiple rail, port and pipeline projects in the rest of Africa. TIH, which has a capital…
$70m boost for small-scale tobacco farmers
Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter Government, through the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), will provide $70 million to small-scale tobacco farmers for this year’s planting season, up from $28 million…
Franchising: Big possibilities for small businesses
LAGOS. — Many commentators attribute the parlous state of the economies of most African states to the underperformance of their small and medium enterprises (SMEs), the driving force of successful…
Govt helps procure water chemical
Blessings Chidakwa in Kadoma Government will assist councils in acquiring aluminium sulphate which is used in water treatment. Most local authorities are understood to have limited stocks of the chemical.…
Kenya launches pan-African skills development programme in agriculture sector
NAIROBI. — Kenya’s ministry of education in partnership with a private university and a multinational company on Tuesday launched a training program targeting mid-level professionals working in the agriculture sector…
‘Agric can spur youth employment in Africa’
UNITED NATIONS. — Agriculture will continue to generate employment in Africa over the coming decades, but businesses around farming, including processing, packaging, transportation, distribution, marketing and financial services, could also…
Mash West housing backlog soars
Mash West Bureau The housing backlog in various urban centres in Mashonaland West has soared to 40 000, and desperate home seekers are increasingly becoming victims of predatory property developers.…
$1m lifeline for Durawood products
Prince Sunduzani Business Reporter ONE of the country’s oldest wooden flooring and furniture companies, Birdlands Trading Private Limited, formerly, Durawood Products, has survived liquidation and is now under judicial management,…
Zanu-PF hails Potraz kiosks
Masvingo Correspondent zanu-pf Masvingo Province has applauded Government, through the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe for establishing information kiosks that have improved access to information by the previously…