The best fruits to eat for weight loss

Giving up dessert, which seems to be consumed by everyone, is a major hurdle for many people when it comes to reducing weight. Perhaps a co-worker brought doughnuts in for…

Of climate change and mitigation measures

A conversation with Wendy Madzura Sometime in March this year, Business Weekly in partnership with the Financial Markets hosted a Climate Change Adaptation Conference. One of the panel discussions was…

Oil nearing US$100 is red flag for central banks’ inflation fight

Just as global monetary policy switches toward high-altitude cruise control, another bout of turbulence is bearing down on the world economy with surging oil prices. The approach of crude toward…

The answer to SA’s predicament is complete state reform

In his address to the public last week, Lesetja Kganyago, the Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (Sarb), announced that the Monetary Policy Committee will keep the repurchase rate…

FBCH shareholders approve StanChart acquisition

Business Writer FBC Holdings shareholders have approved the acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank (Zimbabwe) Limited (SCBZ) at an EGM held yesterday. The approval includes the transfer of the business, assets…

Inflation paces up in September

Business Writer Goods and services got a bit more expensive in September 2023 with inflation for the month coming out higher than that of August. According to statistics released by…

Climate change ‘being increasingly felt with greater ferocity’ — Ramaphosa

The recent catastrophic floods in Libya are a stark reminder of the extreme vulnerability of developing economy countries to the effects of an ever-changing climate. Many other countries on the…

CFO’s role in balancing ESG risks with financial reporting

ESG or Environmental, Social, and Governance factors are gaining importance in the C-suite. Many choices made there must pass through an ESG lens in addition to the economic lens that…

New insights into reducing mosquito-borne viruses

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have made an important discovery about Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which could one day…

Zim companies to showcase products, services at IATF2023

Nqobile Bhebhe ZIMBABWEAN firms are targeting to forge strong linkages with several potential partners across the continent at the upcoming Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2023) to be held in Egypt in…

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