Mobile payment agents reach 50 000

Livingstone Marufu Mobile payment agents have increased 25 percent to 50 000 from 40 000 units last year as Zimbabwe moves closer to achieving financial inclusion strategy targets meant to…

Africa in cross-hairs of USA’s trade ideology

KIGALI/ABIDJAN. — Early last year, weeks after Donald Trump was sworn in as president, a little known American trade association filed a petition with the US Trade Representative.

$200 million RBZ funding lies idle

Taurai Mangudhla Close to $200 million worth of funding under 13 different facilities with a bias towards supporting increased production is sitting idle at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)…

New dispensation pushes tourism receipts up

Isdore Guvamombe Since the coming in of the new political dispensation in Zimbabwe, tourism receipts have dramatically increased and statistics from the Victoria Falls alone, can confirm the assertion, captains…

Bankers should help reduce credit, sovereign risk cost

Chris Chenga In the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s last Sub-Saharan Africa regional report that was issued in the fourth quarter of 2017, a key risk was highlighted in most countries’…

Coffee waste is now fetching a 480pc premium over coffee itself

Aida Batlle grows coffee on her family’s farm in the hills surrounding El Salvador’s Santa Ana Volcano.

Sunset experiences at Khami Ruins

Tawanda Musarurwa There’s nothing quite like watching the African sun melting into the landscape. Of course there is! There is watching the Zimbabwean sun setting on the hills of the…

Company results: How real are they?

Kudzanai Sharara The dramatic events that took place in 2017 coupled with the significant shift towards electronic based payment systems have made it very difficult for analysts and investors alike…

Bank account vital for small businesses

Kudzai M. Mubaiwa Serious business owners ensure they formalise — they move from basic trading to a proper registered company that would naturally go on to acquire a bank account…

Inflation: What to expect in 2018

Clive Mphambela “We all know that inflation is an evil thing, but when it runs its course unplanned, it brings certain natural correctives. Today, these correctives have not been allowed…

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