admin
- businessweekly
- April 5, 2019
- 54 views
Edible oils producers stare at US$100m debts
Golden Sibanda COOKING oil producers are buckling under US$100 million external payments debts, as foreign currency shortages in the country continue taking a toll on their operations. Similar challenges last…
- businessweekly
- April 5, 2019
- 232 views
Stock Market Weekly Review
The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange returned to the black last week as all indicators closed the week pointing northwards. Market watchers believe the tobacco selling season will significantly help the foreign currency shortages and improve liquidity on the market that have been negatively affecting the economy. Tobacco is the second single largest foreign currency earner after gold.
- businessweekly
- April 5, 2019
- 64 views
The decade of de-leveraging that wasn’t
This was the decade of de-leveraging that wasn’t. A decade ago, as the world began to piece the financial system back together after an epic credit crisis, there was agreement on one thing: Too much debt had caused the crisis, and so there must be a huge de-leveraging. It has not worked out like that.
- businessweekly
- April 5, 2019
- 49 views
World trade to grow slower in 2019: WTO
World trade shrank by 0,3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 and is likely to grow by 2,6 percent this year, slower than 3,0 percent growth in 2018 and…
- businessweekly
- April 5, 2019
- 62 views
Key to high productivity in the field
Fradreck Gorwe Farmers should tap into good agronomic practices if they are to realise high productivity on their land, an agronomist has said. Speaking on Capitalk FM recently Horticulture Crop Consultant…
- businessweekly
- April 5, 2019
- 106 views
Micro-finances: Solution to formalising informal sector
Elizabeth Mfarinya Approximately, RTGS$7 billion is rumoured to be in circulation in the informal sector in Zimbabwe. This includes money exchanging hands in popular informal markets like Mbare Musika, Machipisa…
- businessweekly
- April 5, 2019
- 73 views
Price increases: What it means for the economy
Taking Stock Kudzanai Sharara The latest wave of price increases come at a time the Zimbabwean consumer was already experiencing a decline in disposable income and will certainly add a…
- businessweekly
- April 5, 2019
- 143 views
Duty rebate on MPs’ vehicle imports
Who qualifies for the rebate? Serving members of Parliament of Zimbabwe are allowed to import or take out of bond one motor vehicle within the life of a Parliament in…
- businessweekly
- April 5, 2019
- 69 views
We still need to get imports down
The slow downwards drift of the RTGS dollar against the US dollar on the interbank market has two causes: the most obvious is that there are more RTGS dollars chasing…
- businessweekly
- April 5, 2019
- 57 views
Nigeria’s ‘proptech’ boom on mobile phone use
Nigerians searching for their dream home to buy or rent are turning to the internet in droves, leading to a surge in the number of property-focused technology firms. The emergence…