Silicon Valley, Wall Street taking notes on Spotify debut

NEW YORK – Spotify Technology SA’s unusual route to becoming a public company is a test case for other multibillion-dollar tech companies that are looking to sell their shares but…

Explainer: what happens when a bank is put into curatorship

By Jannie Rossouw The South African Reserve Bank has placed a small bank – VBS Mutual Bank – under curatorship. The decision was based on concerns that the bank was…

ZimTrade, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade sign pact

Business Reporter The country’s trade promotion body, ZimTrade and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will enhance trade and…

RioZim gold output up 31pc

Enacy Mapakame HARARE – Listed resources group, RioZim Limited’s gold production of the year to December 31, 2017 increased 31 percent to 2, 1 tonnes on the back of increased…

Parastatal forced to arrange quick $30m loan . . . Minister bungles management system tender

Tinashe Makichi The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe is in negotiations for a $33 million syndicated loan through Standard Chartered Bank of Zimbabwe as a last gap measure to set…

Waiting for the front of the line

With the Easter crowds, we take a look at the method and madness behind the venerable institution of queuing

Is Zim open for small business?

Kudzai M. Mubaiwa The first quarter mantra has been that Zimbabwe is open for business. It is therefore appropriate to close the period with a simple qualitative reflection on the…

African continental free trade area . . . Challenges and the road ahead

Francis Mangeni World history was made on 21 March 2018 in Kigali, Rwanda, when Africa launched its Continental Free Trade Area, the largest economic integration project ever undertaken.

Taming Government expenditure

Victor Bhoroma Zimbabwe’s Finance Ministry made a bold budget presentation of $5,07 billion in anticipated revenues against a planned expenditure bill of $5,74 billion.

Zim total trade for February up 29pc

Zimbabwe’s total trade for the month of February 2018, stood at $922 million, 29 percent higher than the $715 million recorded in February 2017.

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