Padenga moves towards a low carbon footprint

Kudzanai Sharara Reduce crocodile density? Check. Installation of LED lighting? Check. Solid waste management? Check. Solar panels? Check. Reduce the usage of fossil fuel? Yes, check that too. These are…

Zanu-PF eyes Hwange Central

Africa Moyo recently in HWANGE Some constituencies in Matabeleland North province, mainly in Binga District, have been grabbed in recently elections by the opposition MDC-T and the development has been…

Is IPEC fit to regulate?

By Martin Tarusenga In the wake of the debate on the Report of the Commission of Inquiry on insurance/pensions benefit conversion to US$ (the Commission), by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee…

Infrastructure development Zim’s path to re-industrialisation

Zimbabwe GDP growth since the mid 1950s has been fraught with challenges and characterized by extremely volatility. From around 1955, when the massive Kariba Dam project was completed, the economy…

Tobacco farmers in quandary

Livingstone Marufu Tobacco farmers are in a big dilemma as to what they can do to realise real profits in a billion-dollar industry, which has kept the country’s economy running…

Capital markets diversification drive a boon for investors

Enacy Mapakame The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)’s plan to introduce new products on the local bourse will broaden the market providing investors with more options, analysts have said. This comes…

Africa’s green revolution stumbles

Dakar. — In 2014, Democratic Republic of Congo officials trumpeted the launch of a sweeping initiative they said would solve food shortages in one of the world’s poorest countries. The…

Gonarezhou: The place of elephants

Tawanda Musarurwa Gonarezhou is a “shona” term, which literally translates to “the place of elephants”, then again, it has also been suggested that the name means “elephant’s tusk” since the…

New boutique store opens

Chipo Sabeta The tale of the Zimbabwean economy is a tale of mixed fortunes. At a time when discussions at the lower end of the market are dominated by rising costs…

Who benefits as DRC’s neighbours jostle for influence?

Last week, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) government spokesman Lambert Mende Omalanga publicly demanded an explanation from French president Emmanuel Macron for his “subliminal proposals, (which are), to say…

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