African Sun sets aside $2m for renovations

Enacy Mapakame Hospitality group African Sun will spend over $2 million in the last quarter of 2018 towards refurbishing its hotels to international standards to tap into anticipated increase in…

CBZ not worried by OFAC penalty

Kudzanai Sharara Financial services group CBZ Holdings, says the outcome of ongoing investigations by the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) regarding historical transactions involving a party…

White gold blings with $80m

Africa Moyo Cotton is slowly regaining its yesteryear billing as the country’s “white gold” after generating a commendable $80 million this year, driven by the Presidential Inputs Scheme, statistics show.…

IDBZ to approve $79m for infrastructure projects

Enacy Mapakame The Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) is set to approve $79 million worth of infrastructure bankable projects for implementation by year-end. The projects approved during the first…

IT security firm opens shop in Byo

Natasha Chamba Axis Solutions, an information technology (IT) security firm, has opened a new branch in Bulawayo where it seeks to assist businesses curb cyber-security crime and associated risks. The…

Are Zim fuel prices correctly pegged?

Clive Mphambela Is the demand for fuel being driven by economic uses or is there a perception that says, our pump prices for fuel are now too low. Late last…

United Refineries in bid to increase soya bean production

Kudzanai Sharara United Refineries Limited, one of the country’s largest producers of cooking oil, is looking at partnering eligible farmers in the production of soya bean. In a scheme named,…

Fidelity disburses $100m loan to gold miners

Dumisani Nsingo The gold sector received major impetus after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), disbursed $100 million out of the $150 million Gold Development Initiative Fund (GDIF) and plans…

Sinking Indian rupee remains hostage to oil

Forget Turkey and Argentina. The Indian rupee’s real bugbear is the price of oil. India’s currency had its worst month in three years in August as crude rallied on speculation sanctions…

Govt bags investors for six mines

Ishemunyoro Chingwere Government is this month expected to announce successful investors for joint venture partnerships with the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) in six of its mining assets for which…

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