Business confidence high despite poll challenge

Africa Moyo Business has continued as usual in the country, with all basic goods and services readily available on the market at relatively low prices despite the challenge of presidential…

Zimplow underpropped by critical sectors

Tawanda Musarurwa Analysts say listed diversified group Zimplow will continue benefiting from leveraging on the critical economic sectors of agriculture, infrastructure and mining. Analysts at Akribos Research Services estimate that…

Zim annual inflation quickens to 4,29pc in July

Kudzanai Sharara Higher food and non – alcoholic beverages prices pushed inflation to 4,29 percent in July, the quickest rate since 2012, figures released by Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStats)…

Zim’s political risk profile improves: Implats

Golden Sibanda The world’s largest platinum miner, Impala Platinum Holdings, says Zimbabwe’s political risk profile is improving since President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over power in November last year. Implats, which…

A primer on the stock market — agric nexus

Enacy Mapakame Agriculture continues to make headlines in Zimbabwe as some investors look at the fortunes of the sector as a bell-weather for the macro-economy. In the last few months,…

Stock Market Weekly Review

Enacy Mapakame Investors on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) lost a hefty $245 million as bearish sentiment prevailed with all indices closing in the red, in one of the shortest…

Mangudya curbs money in circulation

Tawanda Musarurwa The level of money circulating in the economy declined in the first quarter of the year as strategies put in place by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to…

Zim needs sustainable agric mechanisation strategy

Tawanda Musarurwa Over the last couple of decades Zimbabwe has witnessed the growing significance of small-to-medium agricultural producers, but the attention paid to agricultural mechanisation as a means to enhance…

Can China free Africa from dependency on the mighty dollar?

By extending the influence of the yuan, China could become the new champion of globalisation. Is China, aided and abetted by the other BRICS member countries – Brazil, Russia, India…

Mining holds golden key to middle income status

The expectation that Zimbabwe will earn $3,5 billion from mining this year, almost $1 billion more than the $2,7 billion of last year, coupled with the record tobacco harvest will…

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