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…

Why people exercise: Health, looks, fun?

Chipo Sabeta Simply put exercise refers to bodily physical activity. Better still, it refers to the physical exertion of the body resulting in an improvement in the levels of physical…

Top-of-the-table clash: Platinum Derby tomorrow

Chipo Sabeta The Castle Lager Premiership continues tomorrow with a potentially explosive clash of platinum miners at Baobab Stadium in Mhondoro, as log leaders Ngezi Platinum Stars host FC Platinum.…

Housing projects push IDBZ profits

HARARE – The Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ)’s revenue for the year to December 31, 2017 grew 16 percent to $8, 6 million on the back of strong performance…

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