Analysts commend establishment of the Zim Investment Development Agency

HARARE – Analysts on Monday commended Zimbabwe  for gazetting a Bill which seeks to establish a one-stop shop for  investors.

Rand on the front foot in early trade

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s rand firmed early on Tuesday, advancing alongside Asian currencies as a dollar wobble helped sustain demand for risk assets.

Global share rally cools as U.S. turns up trade heat on Europe

LONDON – April’s equities rally risked running out of puff on Tuesday, as a U.S. threat to slap tariffs on hundreds of European goods and expectations of another chunky chop to the IMF’s global growth forecasts tested investors’ stamina.

CTC engages Govt over VAT on imports

HARARE – The Competition and Tariff Commission has made submissions to Government for the removal of a 15 percent value added tax (VAT) payments on canola and sunflower imports.

How to make design thinking work

It’s still possible for companies to have a successful design thinking program. They can use design thinking as a vehicle for cultural change and for creative collaboration; for either incremental…

Some projects could never get started

Many potentially significant innovations had trouble getting off the ground because other parts of the organization were unable or unwilling to implement them. In some ways, these findings are not…

Bridging the cultural gap

At one large hospital, the design team stood out starkly from the rest of the organization. Within a culture of scientific professionalism, their casual dress contrasted with the formality of…

How businesses can determine if design thinking is right for them

David Dunne Design thinking has become the recipe du jour for innovation. For some, it is the route to transformative thinking and revolutionary change. For others, it looks like chaos,…

Oil climbs to five-month high amid OPEC cuts, U.S. sanctions and Libya fighting

Oil prices rose to their highest level since November 2018 on Monday, driven upwards by OPEC’s ongoing supply cuts, U.S. sanctions against Iran and Venezuela, fighting in Libya as well…

Rand retreats from 5-week high

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s rand weakened in early trade on Monday, retreating from a five-week best hit in the previous session, as currency traders looked for direction from U.S.-China trade…

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