The ultimate luxury holiday to Africa

If you’ve been considering booking your first luxury holiday to Africa, then here, we take a look at the secrets to planning the trip of your dreams. Africa, a continent…

China restores coal tariffs in threat to Russian exporters

China has restored import levies on coal from the beginning of the year, a move that could threaten Russian exporters dependent on the world’s largest market for the fuel. The…

2023 tobacco exports up 25 percent

Oliver Kazunga Senior Business Reporter ZIMBABWE exported tobacco valued US$1,237 billion last year compared to US$983,4 million generated in 2022 figures from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) show.…

ZSE launches a national stock market index

Nelson Gahadza Business Writer The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has introduced the Zimbabwe National Stock Market Index (ZNSMI), designed to track the performance of companies listed on the ZSE, Victoria…

Caledonia Mining maintains quarterly dividend policy consistency

Oliver Kazunga Senior Business Writer CALEDONIA Mining Corporation has declared a US$0,14 quarterly dividend to its shareholders for the quarter ended December 31, 2023 as the group remains consistent with…

 Shipping costs soar as war and climate risks upend trade

Bloomberg Global shippers of crude and fuels are grappling with a spike in booking costs for some tankers taking lengthy diversions to avoid disruptions at the Suez and Panama canals.…

Nigeria’s cash crunch returns on anniversary of failed demonetisation campaign

Bloomberg Nigerians are hoarding cash again amid memories of a failed official campaign around this time last year to demonetise high-value naira notes. Many ATMs have been unable to dispense…

Africa must stop selling land on “depreciated” carbon credit market, says report

African countries must stop selling land rights cheaply if they are to extract more value from the “tarnished and depreciated” global carbon credits market, according to a new report from…

Climate scientists hail 2023 as ‘beginning of the end’ for fossil fuel era

Global efforts to slow a runaway climate catastrophe may have reached a critical milestone in the last year with the peak of global carbon emissions from energy use, according to…

In Zimbabwe, Disaster at the intersection of cholera and climate change

HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Linnet Mapuranga, 27, a mother of three, noticed her 7-month-old’s upset stomach first. A few days later, her 3-year-old and 9-year-old had similar symptoms, and by the…

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