Opinion

6 years ago | November 24, 2017

Zimbabwe. From here our economy rises!

Richard Mawarire Zimbabweans this week, woke up to a new dispensation, which relieved the independence moment of April ...

6 years ago | November 17, 2017

Vela dismisses ‘NSSA crisis’

THE last three weeks or so, have been testing for National Social Security Authority (NSSA) board chairman Robin Vela ...

Old Mutual shares: The new forex to move funds

Kudzanai Sharara A block of Old Mutual Plc (OML) shares worth over $9 million changed hands on the local bourse on ...

Delta going back to its roots

Mamvura’s Market Minute The jury is out on whether Delta, which makes more than half its profit out of sorghum beer, ...

SMM to re-open Mashava Mines

Martin Kadzere SMM Holdings will soon re-open Mashava Mines, one of its asbestos mines in southern Zimbabwe, Mines and ...

Increased dividend payouts, bad sign for the economy

Kudzanai Sharara Taking Stock In an economy that is generally described as under-performing, the increased dividend ...

Padenga shelves share buyback

Taurai Mangudhla Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) listed crocodile skins and meat producer Padenga Holdings, has shelved a ...

Zim industry requires $200m quarterly for raw materials

Martin Kadzere Zimbabwe’s industry requires about $200 million quarterly to import raw materials to operate ...

Bitcoin costs ‘only’ $7 000 in Zim

Business Writer The price of Bitcoin in Zimbabwe cannot be around the $13 000 mark as reported by a number of media ...

Springs watered Great Zimbabwe’s people

This week we return to Great Zimbabwe but asking new questions about its available natural resources and how those ...

Inflation lower for the poor

Some people, and perhaps many readers of Business Weekly, will be surprised that annual inflation rose to “just” 2,24 ...

ZSE records its biggest pull-back

Business Writer The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange recorded its biggest pull-back in more than a year yesterday as investors ...

Single minded policy interventions do not work

Chris Chenga There is a theory of a multiplier effect, where policy interventions have respective levels of ...

6 years ago | November 10, 2017

Demonetisation: Most reactionary, illogical policy ever (book extract)

Excerpts from the preface by R. Ramakumar for the upcoming book “Note-Bandi: Demonetisation and India’s Elusive Chase ...

How African youth can manufacture the world

Tinashe Mukogo and Musekiwa Samuriwo Over the last series of articles, we have looked at the inherent advantages that ...

Crowd-funding: Rife for raising capital

Kudzai M. Mbaiwa The task of raising capital is certainly one of the toughest things any entrepreneur will experience. ...

Heed the globalisation risks and standard convergence

Chris Chenga In a candid interview earlier this year, former Finance Minister Chinamasa gave a nuanced perspective to ...

6 years ago | November 3, 2017

Zimra seeks to cash in. . . as Bitcoin soars to $12 000 locally

By Jeffrey Gogo As the price of Bitcoin on the local exchange Golix.io this week hit a world record $12 000, almost ...

IMF report: Falling behind in tomorrow’s comparative ...

The IMF recently launched the sub-Sahara Economic Outlook 2017 in Harare. This was an intentional choice by the IMF; a ...

Zim-Asset needs better co-ordination

My Two Cents Last week, the Office of the President and Cabinet led a Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic ...