ZIDA on track to meet US$4bn investment target
Business Reporter THE Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA) is on track to achieve its 2023 target of attaining US$4 billion worth of investment proposals on the back of an…
Police introduce 24-hour patrols on Lake Kariba
Edgar Vhera Agriculture Specialist Writer POLICE in Binga has launched a 24-hour patrol programme on Lake Kariba’s Sengwa Basin 3 to contain escalating armed robbery cases in which marauding gangs…
Agriculture Commodity Prices – Mbare Market 20 September 2023
Product Description Price Potato/Pocket Chat US$2 Small US$2,50-US$3 Medium US$4 Large US$5-US$6 Extra large US$8 Tomatoes 30kg sandak US$10-US$15 Wooden box US$2-US$4 Plastic dish US$1 Vegetables Cabbage head US$0,25-US$0,60 Covo/bundle…
Zim agri-tech entrepreneur among top in Africa
Enacy Mapakame Zimbabwe’s budding entrepreneur Tafadzwa Ron Chikwereti was recently named among 12 top innovators in Africa in the 2023 GoGettaz Agripreneur Competition hosted at the Africa Food Systems Summit…
Naira crashes to record low on street as $ supply dries up
The Nigerian naira plunged to a record low on the parallel market as shrinking dollar supply from the central bank forced buyers to the street for hard currency. The naira…
So Eskom, how is the reliability maintenance coming along?
Halfway into the current financial year, Eskom has completed only eight of the 54 outages in its reliability maintenance programme for the period. That is not even 15 percent. This,…
Strong tobacco output lifts TSL earnings
Nelson Gahadza Senior Business Reporter Zimbabwe’s record national tobacco output for the 2023 season boosted TSL’s performance after the group’s tobacco-related businesses achieved strong growth in three months to July…
Zim pledges support to exporting firms
Michael Tome Business Reporter GOVERNMENT will continue crafting policies that will facilitate the growth of export-oriented firms in a bid to boost the country’s foreign receipts Last year, the Treasury…
SA inflation ticks higher despite lower food prices
Annual consumer price inflation picked up slightly to 4,8 percent in August from 4,7 percent in July — the first increase in four months, but in line with economists’ expectations.…
Svoboda headlines 2023 Good Food and Seed Festival
Edgar Vhera Agriculture Specialist Writer ALL is set for the 2023 Good Food and Seed Festival (GFSF) scheduled for September 29 and 30 in Harare where Svoboda, a local millet…










