Agriculture remains key to positive outturn
2019 is a year many Zimbabweans would like to forget in a hurry. Following the implementation of austerity measures, the liberalisation of the foreign currency markets, prices skyrocketed and high inflation returned, bringing back memories of 2008. It is against this backdrop that the Minister of Finance and Economic Development Mthuli Ncube presented his 2020 National Budget statement.
Vast pins hope on Zim diamond project
London Stock Exchange-listed resources group, Vast resources, says its Zimbabwean diamond asset will be one of the mining concern’s key growth drivers.
We must get rid of binding constraints
Alfred M. Mthimkhulu In 2015, four economists at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe led by the then Director of Research, Mr Sam Nyarota, shared an insightful paper titled “An empirical…
United Refineries upbeat on cash injection
Zimbabwe’s leading producer and exporter of personal care brands, hygiene and value added agro products — United Refineries Limited (URL) — has welcomed new cash injection into the economy saying it’s a positive move solving shortages that threatened business sustainability.
Stock Market Weekly Review
Bulls dominated trades on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) as all benchmark indices continued to trek upwards ahead of the 2020 National Budget Presentation yesterday.
ZSE envision a positive uptake of traded funds
The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) says it will this month conduct an Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) training in Harare to appraise key stakeholders on fundamentals of the new instrument.
US, China fight over AI
“China is betting on AI and investing in AI and deploying AI on a scale no other country is doing,” says Abishur Prakash, a futurist and author of books about the effect of artificial intelligence (AI) on geopolitics.
‘The Crown’ returns to Netflix
The entire cast of the worldwide hit series has been replaced for its third series, as the story moves into the 1960s and 1970s and follows Queen Elizabeth II and her fellow royals in the second decade of her reign. Oscar-winning British actress Olivia Colman tops the bill, taking over from Claire Foy as the Queen. She’s joined by an array of notable faces and a handful of actors introducing themselves to an international audience for the first time. Here’s a guide to who’s playing whom.
CBZ’s profit hits $631,2 million
The country’s biggest financial services group, CBZ Holdings Limited’s non-performing loans surged 27 percent to $127 million in the third quarter to September this year from $100 million recorded in the same period last year.
Global gold rally boon for RioZim
Long-term optimistic prospects for the international gold price should have a positive impact on Zimbabwean gold producer, RioZim, analysts have said.







