Privatisation: A panacea to state enterprises decay

Victor Bhoroma Privatisation is a topic that has dominated Zimbabwean economic discussions, policy and budgets since the early 90s. Privatisation was pursued successfully between 1990 and 2000. During the Economic…

Nyaradzo starts operations in SA

Chipo Sabeta The country’s largest funeral service company, Nyaradzo Group, has commenced operations in neighbouring South Africa as part of the its drive to expand into the region. Nyaradzo corporate…

Zesa must reorganise as Kariba hits 1GW

Over the course of the next few days Kariba South becomes Zimbabwe’s first “gigawatter” power station as the second new unit comes on stream and the power station is able…

Strategies for managing difficult customers for small business

Kudzai Mubaiwa Every small business needs paying customers to grow. The global mantra “customer is king” is mostly true, but there are instances when this is very difficult to accept.…

Art generates half of its forex requisites: Macheka

Kudzanai Sharara Art Corporation generates approximately half of its foreign currency requirements, group chief executive officer Milton Macheka has said. This comes as most Zimbabwean companies are struggling to make foreign…

Are we seeing the return of quasi-fiscal operations?

Taurai Togarepi During 2004 to 2008, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe embarked on massive quasi-fiscal operations, which included helping funding the farm mechanisation project among other operations. We all know…

Limits of monetary stimulus on economy

Joseph Mverecha “For my people have committed two sins (commissions) — they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters and have hewn out broken cisterns that cannot hold water”…

New crypto exchange Styx24 seeks to break Golix’s monopoly

Jeffrey Gogo When Tatenda Mabungu founded Styx24.com (pronounced Sta-i-x) last September to rival Golix.com — until now Zimbabwe’s only cryptocurrency exchange – he had already made up his mind this…

Turnover percentiles versus inflation

Mamvura’s Market Minute This past week saw three more sets of earnings and an update from Cafca on their performance. Interestingly at the Powerspeed AGM last Thursday, there were grumbles…

Property market stagnant: Dawn

Business Writer The uptake of lettable space has slowed down and the rentals have been flat since the last quarter of 2017, Dawn Property Consultancy has said. Responding to Business Weekly,…

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