Global economic outlook — June 2022

Unrelenting global inflation pressures continue to intensify, with increasingly adverse implications for the growth outlook. Recent Covid-19-related lockdowns in China are adding to global manufacturing supply-chain pressures. Energy and food…

Gadzikwa to step down from SAZ

Oliver Kazunga THE Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ) director general, Dr Eve Gadzikwa, is set to step down from her post at the end of the month after 14 years…

Africa hardest hit as pollution kills 9m a year

Air pollution from industrial processes along with urbanisation drove a seven percent increase in pollution-related deaths from 2015 to 2019, according to scientists. Covid-19, by comparison, has killed about 6.7…

Waning aggregrate demand takes toll on business

Nelson Gahadza Zimbabwe’s business is worried over continued waning aggregate demand in line with inflation and exchange rate developments that will negatively impact volume and overall performance in the short…

Morgan & Co. delivers another ETF on ZSE

Tapiwanashe Mangwiro Senior Business Reporter Financial services firm Morgan & Co. will launch its Made in Zimbabwe Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), which will be listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange…

Zim soil magical for blueberries?

Delecta Fruit’s Zimbabwean blueberry season has been underway for three weeks: the first berries are of excellent quality and size, flown out from Harare to high-value markets like the Far…

Biggest methane leak detected at Russian mine

New satellite observations show Raspadskya mine, in central Russia’s Kemerovo Oblast, has 13 separate methane plumes leaking massive amounts of the explosive greenhouse gas in one of largest “ultra emission”…

AfDB president urges ‘polluter pays’ principle in climate financing

ACCRA. — President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Akinwumi Adesina (pictured right) urged the global community late Friday to use the “polluter pays” principle in dealing with climate…

Six fruits, vegetables that have anti-ageing properties

The nutritionist explained that eating fresh fruits and vegetables keeps our cells “young, vibrant and disease-free” Ageing is inevitable. However, due to our erratic and stressful lifestyle coupled with certain…

Mutanda appoints consultant to handle CAPS de-merger

Business Writer City businessman, Fred Mutanda, has appointed a consultant to implement the resolutions of the CAPS Holdings’ extra ordinary general meeting held in June 2011 entailing share consolidation and…

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