Importance of closing knowledge gaps in African agric
Efforts to modernise African agriculture continue to focus on the supply-side at the expense of the demand side.
Cassava’s avoidable PR disaster
When it comes to public relations, Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe and its EcoCash operation showed this week exactly what not to do, having already given a warning to other firms reliant on IT systems that pre-installation testing needs to be enhanced.
Did you know? First Mutual Holdings’ footprints
Zimbabwe Stock Exchange- listed financial services and insurance group, First Mutual Holdings Limited (FMHL), was established from the de-mutualisation of First Mutual Life Assurance Society, effective July 1, 2003, the year of its listing.
Why economists get things wrong
Economists have had a hard time in recent years, with Conservative politician Michael Gove famously saying that people were tired of “experts” during the Brexit campaign, branding them “distant”, “unaccountable” and “elitist”.
Stanbic kick-starts major health services initiative
Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe launched a Corporate Social Investment Flagship project, which debuted at the handover of the Cancer Association of Zimbabwe half-way house known as Tariro Hostel held recently.
Pension system being pushed to the brink
An extended period of negative or record low interest rates has put huge pressure on pension funds in the Netherlands, forcing them to alert retirees that their incomes could be cut.
‘Sitting on the fence’ businesses
These days, having a bucket list is considered as the “in-thing”. A bucket list is made up of the things that you want to do or you never found time to do before you die. My brother in-law recently ticked off climbing Mount Kilimanjaro with his son, a fit he trained by walking 12 kilometres with a 20 kilogramme backpack every day before he climbed the mountain.
Stock Market Weekly Review
Losses in heavyweights dragged the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) into the red during the week to Wednesday, reversing gains achieved in the prior week.
Let’s trade, shall we?
We have been following the journey of Transport Business Management for a few weeks now, and by so doing, we have scrapped the surface of the SME, MME, and the family business in Africa from one of its players.
Fired doctors told to re-apply for re-admission
Joseph Madzimure/Paidamoyo Chipunza, Harare Bureau FIRED doctors who wish to resume serving in the public health sector must re-apply for Government to review its earlier decision to dismiss them. To date,…


