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Nigerian investors lose over N40bn in first quarter

Nigerian equities closed the first quarter with net capital depreciation of N49 billion, a sharp reversal from the ...

Re-industrialisation hinges on infrastructure growth

Clive Mphambela Zimbabwe GDP growth since the mid 1950s has been fraught with many challenges and largely characterised ...

ZITF increases exhibition space

Business Writer The Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) Company has increased exhibition space for this year’s ...

Did you know?… History of the ‘Golden’ leaf board TIMB

Fradreck Gorwe The history of the present day Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) and the golden leaf itself is ...

Old Mutual braces for Cyclone Idai claims… Group has quite ...

Financial services group, Old Mutual Zimbabwe anticipates an escalation in insurance claims emanating from the recently ...

Global economy has lost momentum: Lagarde

Global growth has lost momentum since the start of the year, leaving the world economy in a “precarious” position, IMF ...

Edible oils producers stare at US$100m debts

Golden Sibanda COOKING oil producers are buckling under US$100 million external payments debts, as foreign currency ...

Stock Market Weekly Review

The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange returned to the black last week as all indicators closed the week pointing northwards. ...

World trade to grow slower in 2019: WTO

World trade shrank by 0,3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 and is likely to grow by 2,6 percent this year, slower ...

The decade of de-leveraging that wasn’t

This was the decade of de-leveraging that wasn’t. A decade ago, as the world began to piece the financial system back ...

Key to high productivity in the field

Fradreck Gorwe Farmers should tap into good agronomic practices if they are to realise high productivity on their land, ...

Price increases: What it means for the economy

Taking Stock Kudzanai Sharara The latest wave of price increases come at a time the Zimbabwean consumer was already ...

Micro-finances: Solution to formalising informal sector

Elizabeth Mfarinya Approximately, RTGS$7 billion is rumoured to be in circulation in the informal sector in Zimbabwe. ...

Duty rebate on MPs’ vehicle imports

Who qualifies for the rebate? Serving members of Parliament of Zimbabwe are allowed to import or take out of bond one ...

We still need to get imports down

The slow downwards drift of the RTGS dollar against the US dollar on the interbank market has two causes: the most ...

Nigeria’s ‘proptech’ boom on mobile phone use

Nigerians searching for their dream home to buy or rent are turning to the internet in droves, leading to a surge in the ...

Egypt to launch $57,8m fintech startup fund

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) plans to launch an EGP1 billion (US$57,8 million) fund dedicated to backing fintech ...

Painted dog conservation critical for tourism

Isdore Guvamombe In a village on the outskirts of Hwange, after days of cloudless skies, the sun sucks moisture from ...

Kenya’s Safaricom in fifth quarterly fall

Kenya’s biggest telecoms operator Safaricom lost a further percentage point of subscriber market share in the three ...

Does law fully protect women from GBV?

Danai Chirawu In an article in the Zimbabwe Electronic Law Journal entitled “Deterrent Sentences of Domestic Violence,” ...