2024 National Budget analysis

Note from ZNCC This is a continuation from last week. The Zimbabwean economy is expected to grow by 5.5 percent in 2023 and 3,5 percent in 2024. Growth is being…

SA inflation back on downward path thanks to fuel

South African inflation slowed for the first time in four months in November thanks to cooling fuel prices which overpowered still-rising food costs. Headline consumer inflation fell to 5,5 percent…

Crackdown-hit crypto industry sets sights on Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi is becoming a popular destination for crypto companies seeking eager investors and friendlier regulators, at a time when major markets like the US are experiencing an absence of…

Ecobank secures US$200m climate financing facility

Enacy Mapakame Ecobank Group has secured an historic $200 million sustainability – linked loan from European Development Finance Institutions. In a groundbreaking move, a syndicate of European Development Finance Institutions…

FLY NGONI FLY!. . . From washing cars in H-Town to flying planes in Argentina . . .Ngoni is living his dream, including life on sandy beaches

Mangaliso Kabulika A FEW years ago, Ngonidzashe Fusire, who recently moved to work in Argentina, was washing cars at the Seke Road flyover, but today he is living his dream…

Mercedes-AMG SL 63 most potent roadster ever

It has been almost 20 years since Mercedes unleashed its SL 63 AMG, a 450kW, V12-powered sledgehammer that became the world’s most powerful and torquiest roadster. Now the Affalterbach based…

Value of participatory budgeting

Dr Keen Mhlanga Individuals’ participation in governance is an ancient global practice that may be traced back to the city-state of Athens around 2,500 years ago, when individuals were given…

Musician, actor Terry G dies of cardiac arrest

Latwell Nyangu JUST days after the country joined the world in mourning the death of South African sensation, Zahara, the nation has been hit hard by the death of gospel…

Africa could lose US$25bn a year as new EU carbon tax comes into effect

Africa could lose up to US$25 billion (R472 billion) a year as a result of the EU Carbon Border Tax Adjustment Mechanism, African Development Bank (AfDB) group president Dr Akinwumi…

Stanbic voted 2023 Zim bank of the year

Business Writer Stanbic Bank has been voted 2023 Bank of the Year in Zimbabwe by world-renowned London-based magazine, The Banker, cementing the bank’s place as one of country’s leading financial…