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- businessweekly
- July 19, 2019
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Cindy: Classy, fabulous diva
On the evening of the annual NAMA 2019 awards ceremony, award winning musician and fashion star Cindy Munyavi wore an outfit that she describes as a disruptive masterpiece.
- businessweekly
- July 19, 2019
- 112 views
Agric insurance necessary for farmers
There is a general belief that farmers may not purchase insurance policies because they are not convinced the insurer will actually pay them if their crops fail.
- businessweekly
- July 19, 2019
- 93 views
Currency intervention: How would US do it, would it work?
The US dollar is near a multi-decade high, on a trade-weighted basis and President Donald Trump is not happy about it. His increasingly blustery rhetoric, accusing other countries of manipulating their currencies lower to boost exports, could mean that the US Treasury Department intervenes in FX markets for the first time in years.
- businessweekly
- July 19, 2019
- 82 views
‘Govt takes women miners seriously’
The era of discriminating against women in the mining industry is over as Government is putting in place policy measures to empower women miners so as to increase their contribution to the economy.
- businessweekly
- July 19, 2019
- 112 views
A currency backed by nothing
On February 25, 1862, United States President Abraham Lincoln signed the Legal Tender Act, a brainchild of Elbridge Spaulding. Those were terrifying times. The republic was at war with itself and would be till 1865.
- businessweekly
- July 19, 2019
- 89 views
4IR, Africa: Promise or peril?
The fourth industrial revolution (4IR) is unfolding on the continent, bringing with it African solutions for African problems. But is it a threat to livelihoods or does it provide an opportunity for Africa to leapfrog the earlier industrial revolutions?
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- July 19, 2019
- 70 views
Storm clouds prompt louder pleas for fiscal aid
Global finance ministers are facing intensified nagging to loosen purse strings and aid the world economy at a time when central banks can’t keep carrying the burden alone.
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- July 19, 2019
- 80 views
Customer is always right until . . .
You are in a sales demo, the company principal arrives 40 minutes late, apologises for being tied down and immediately jumps into aggressive questioning. This is the biggest deal in your pipeline, you’ve been forecasting it for nine months and, suddenly, it’s being threatened.
- businessweekly
- July 19, 2019
- 289 views
Soya bean: Strategic, profitable crop
Increased soya bean production is necessary to meet an increasing domestic and global demand. Soya bean is one of the most common crops with multiple benefits to the farmer, the industry and the economy.
- businessweekly
- July 19, 2019
- 65 views
What Africa’s key central banks will discuss in next 10 days
Central banks in sub-Saharan Africa’s key economies will take direction from US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell when they make calls on interest rates in the next 10 days.