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- businessweekly
- March 20, 2018
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Traditional African medicine and conventional drugs: friends or enemies?
By Chrisna Gouws Africa is home to an extensive and diverse medicinal plant life. This includes commonly used herbs like Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis), Devil’s claw (Harpagophytum procumbens), Buchu (Agathosma betulina),…
- businessweekly
- March 20, 2018
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All Share Index in weekly loss
HARARE – On a week-on-week basis the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange’s All Share Index declined by 0.05 points (or 0, 06 percent), while the Industrial Index shed 0.29 points.
- businessweekly
- March 20, 2018
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Oil prices rise on Middle East tension, falling Venezuela output
SINGAPORE – Oil prices rose by almost 1 percent on Tuesday, lifted by a weak dollar, tensions in the Middle East and concerns of a further fall in Venezuelan output. U.S.…
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- March 20, 2018
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NicozDiamond begins merger with Tristar Insurance
Mapakame HARARE – Short term insurance firm, NicozDiamond’s merger with Tristar Insurance has already started following its successful acquisition by First Mutual Holdings Limited last year.
- businessweekly
- March 19, 2018
- 375 views
Bourse trades positively
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange’s All Share index was slightly higher at 86.22 after gaining 0.02 points.
- businessweekly
- March 19, 2018
- 396 views
Kenya has a massive skills gap: how it can fix the problem
By Dr. Melba K. Wasunna Kenya’s extractives sector – covering oil, gas and mining – is booming. There have been recent discoveries of commercially viable resources, like oil and gold.…
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- March 19, 2018
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World stocks on longest slide since November as Fed caution hits
LONDON – Shares were stuck on their worst run since November on Monday, as caution gripped traders in a week in which the Federal Reserve is likely to raise U.S. interest…
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- March 19, 2018
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Bonds wobble as rand slips to worse than R12/$
South African government bonds were wobbly on Monday morning, at the start of a week packed with key data releases and event risks.
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- March 19, 2018
- 405 views
Zim/India ties set to further improve
HARARE – The Indian government is working on strengthening ties with Zimbabwe through increasing co-operation at government level and promoting linkages between the private sectors of the two countries, the…
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- March 19, 2018
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Zim to spend $1,7bn on infrastructure
Budget increased by 1000 percent…Govt to prioritise feasibility studies Business Writer Zimbabwe’s infrastructure spending will expand by 980 percent this year — from $157 million last year — to $1,7…