Big Data: New frontier of finance?

Many economists and Information Scientists are claiming that Big Data is now the new oil for the financial services. Global management consulting firm, McKinsey, has referred to Big Data as “the next frontier for innovation, competition and productivity.” 

NMBZ operating income below budget

Banking firm, NMBZ Holdings Limited’s operating income for the four months to 30 April, 2019 was 22,7 percent below budget as the company experienced a slowdown in business during the quarter.

Kenya’s shilling management flirting with disaster

Many emerging market currencies have had a wild ride over the last year, yet Kenya’s shilling has remained largely stable.

Zim solid waste project back on track

Zimbabwean solid waste-to-energy project is back on track with an investor, Pragma Leaf Consulting Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd, committing to pump up to US$150 million to set up the conversion plant and kick-start production.

Rise of African start-up cities

The geographical focus of innovation and entrepreneurship is shifting and cities in the United States are no longer the predominant location for high-tech start-ups. Instead, they have spread globally and the past decade has witnessed a dramatic growth of start-up ecosystems around the world (Florida, Hathaway 2018).

Borders Timbers net profit up 14pc

HARARE – Border Timbers said on Wednesday it recorded a 14 percent jump in net profit to RTGS$4.4 million for the eight months ending February 2019, compared to the same…

RTGS$180m TBs were for restructuring maturing debt

Tawanda Musarurwa HARARE – Treasury Bills (TBs) to the tune of RTGS$180 million that were recently issues by Government were solely for the purpose of restructuring previous years’ maturing debt,…

Tobacco farmers sell 124m kgs

BH24 Reporter HARARE – Farmers have sold 124 million kilogrammes of tobacco since the opening of the 2019 marketing season, with the bulk of the crop coming from contracted farmers.…

Banking union pickets Cabs

HARARE – The Zimbabwe Banks and Allied Workers Union (Zibawu) on Tuesday picketed at the Central African Building Society (Cabs), accusing the financial institution of unfair labour practices and violating…

Former Victoria Employees still to get a cent

Freedom Mupanedemo MIDLANDS – About 36 former Victoria Foods employees retrenched four years ago, are still to get any pen from the employer, the company’s former the workers committee Chairperson,…

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