Analysis

2 years ago | June 24, 2022

Founder’s control freak mentality can doom a startup

There are a lot of things that can sink a startup. Most of them can be fixed, but by far the hardest to fix is a founder ...

Brand image: A customer’s perspective

Leslie Mupeti Brand image is the customer’s perception of your brand based on their interactions with the brand. It is ...

Pensions value preservation under spotlight

Business Writer PRESERVATION of value for pension savings has come under spotlight amid concerns over low public ...

Transformation in the banking sector

Dr Keen Mhlanga Banking in old times was not the tightly monitored and tightly regulated business that it is today. ...

Steps to change corporate culture

Arthur Marara Changing a company’s culture is complex. Human beings are creatures of habits, tied to those habits are ...

2 years ago | June 17, 2022

Renewing old systems, building new ones

Clifford Shambare The Shorter Oxford English dictionary that I use regularly, defines a system as, “A set or assemblage ...

Understanding corporate culture

Arthur Marara There is no doubt that culture is important in an organisation. It drives or ruins it. When aligned with ...

2 years ago | June 10, 2022

Valuation is important in growing a brand

Leslie Mupeti Apple is the most valuable brand in the world valued at more than US$355 billion followed by Amazon and ...

2 years ago | June 3, 2022

ZSE: When buying the dip comes right

Taking Stock with Kudzanai Sharara On May 12, 2022, the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) fell into a bear market dropping ...

Bears on recession watch

The two phrases investors don’t want to hear are “bear markets” and “recessions”. Unfortunately, they’ve been hearing ...

Zim’s chicken and egg conundrum

Clifford Shambare Part One Zimbabwe is currently faced with a paralysing economic condition, which has dogged her for ...

Create safe spaces at work

Arthur Marara Columbia Shuttle Disaster On the 1st February 2003, what was supposed to be one of the normal missions for ...

Why the Ukraine war may power Asia’s green energy shift

For years there have been calls for Asia — which is home to some of the world’s biggest CO2 emitters – to ...

AFC proposes pragmatic path to net zero in Africa

A white paper from the Africa Finance Corporation argues that there are limited benefits to be gained from reducing ...

2 years ago | May 27, 2022

Adopting Newfangled Financing Options

Dr Keen Mhlanga The business operating environment is flatly becoming complex for both startups and established ...

Develop your personal credibility

Arthur Marara There are two things that will take you and your business far; visibility and credibility. You will not be ...

What are you reading?

Clifford Shambare Generally, speaking communication is critical in the life of all systems. In the extreme of ...

2 years ago | May 23, 2022

Going round in circles

Clifford Shambare On 9, May 2022, I happened to watch a programme where Tendai Munengwa of ZBC was interviewing the ...

2 years ago | May 13, 2022

Foreign Direct Investment

Dr Keen Mhlanga A huge population around the globe has made the question, “what should l do with money?’ Often business ...

Master personal leadership

Arthur Marara “Take a lesson from the ants, you lazy fellow. Learn from their ways and be wise! For though they have no ...