Businesses grapple with Covid-19 effects

Enacy Mapakame As local businesses grapple with the effects of the Covid-19 on their operations, employees are not going to be spared with the tourism sector expected to be the…

PSG could play Champions League games abroad

Paris St Germain will look at playing Champions League home matches in another country after the French government on Tuesday decided to end the 2019-20 domestic season, the Ligue 1 club’s president Nasser Al-Khelaifi said on Tuesday.

Three imperatives to keep food moving

The sight of supermarket shelves temporarily out of staple products is always unsettling. Combined with sweeping travel bans affecting many countries grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic, it can be tempting to think that shortages are linked to low global food supplies. But that’s simply not the case.

Cassava rebrands medical insurance business

Business Reporter CASSAVA Smartech Zimbabwe has rebranded its medical insurance business Steward Health to Maisha Health Fund. Cassava Smartech chief executive officer, Mr Eddie Chibi, said the rebranding would reposition…

RioZim takes hit on gold output

Listed mining group, RioZim Limited, took a 7 percent knock in gold output last year to 1 658kg from 1 792kg in 2018 as all its three gold mines recorded production declines due to power outages and a plant breakdown.

Reduce prices by 20 percent: Econet

Harare Bureau Zimbabwe’s largest mobile phone operator, Econet Wireless, has requested suppliers to reduce prices by 20 percent in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic. Econet, which cannot easily pass rising…

Invictus signs equity deal

Golden Sibanda, Harare Bureau INVICTUS Energy, an Australia Stock Exchange (ASX) listed junior oil and gas exploration company advancing the Muzarabani project in Zimbabwe, has signed an equity subscription agreement…

Importance of taking the market to farmers

Following the extension of the lockdown period by a further 14 days which ends this Sunday the 3rd of May 2020, bringing  the number of days that country has been under lockdown to 45, many questions are being asked on the effectiveness of the measures and its impact on the economy. During the same period the number of Covid-19 cases has risen from just a handful to 40 with 7642 people  having been tested.

How will Covid-19 hiatus hurt sports fandom?

Does absence make the heart grow fonder? Or, out of sight, out of mind? That’s the question facing sports fandoms during the Covid-19 hiatus.

Local firms should capitalise on ACFTA’s delay

Business Writer Local companies should take delay in the implementation of an Africa-wide free-trade agreement to come-up with products that will compete across the continent, Zimtrade chief executive officer Allan…

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