Opinion

Cartoon 17 September 2021

‘Agriculture not development activity but profitable business’

The re-elected president of the African Development Bank (AFDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, famously remarked that ...

Setting sales objectives

 A sales team without sales objectives is like a ship without a sail — the boat is at the mercy of the wind and sea with ...

Failure is an option

Arthur Marara We grew up being told that “failure is not an option”. In school, teachers are reminding students that ...

Tips on how to get more clients, new business

Robert Gonye Ever wonder why people are in business and never ask for referrals with the anticipation that it will ...

LAST WORD: Action to clear auction bids needs to work

Action is being taken to clear the build-up in auction allotments that have yet to be converted to actual foreign ...

Cartoon 3 September 2021

Think or Sink

The leader’s strength lies in how he or she thinks. You cannot navigate your business in this environment with ...

Zim’s US$ addicts, poor prescriptions adherence and refusing rehab

Zimbabwe’s monetary system is a complex system and the answers might be in continued restructuring.

Investment lessons from the ‘Oracle of Omaha’

Every once in a while, I like to share some nuggets from legendary investor Warren Buffet. Few investors have the ...

Digital transformation drive affects customer experience

Digital transformation refers to the changes companies must undergo in order to adapt their behaviours to new ...

For US Fed taper: It’s end that matters

These days, all the talk in financial markets is about when the Federal Reserve will start paring its debt purchases. ...

From the History Books: The Rethinking of the IMS

Fifty years ago, the world changed. On August 15, 1971, US President Richard Nixon slammed shut the “gold window,” ...

US weekly jobless claims fall

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week as the labour market steadily gains ...

Win more sales while working from home

Robert Gonye We are weeks into stay-at-home lockdown in an attempt to #flattenthecurve. This has caused millions of ...

Zombies, debt horror cast shadow on EU recovery

Gathering signs of a strong bounceback for the eurozone in the second quarter were tempered today by a warning from the ...

RBZ auction list shows the opportunities

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is now becoming fanatical about transparency and providing information, with the latest ...

An overview of project finance documents

The quintessence of project financing is the parcelling out of project and other risks amongst the numerous parties ...

Make the most of every opportunity

The greatest risk in life, is not taking any risks. Life is too short to spend it cautiously; this is not in any way a ...

New bridge is node of new road network

There have been some doubts expressed over whether Zimbabwe’s late buy-in into the new Kazungula Bridge across the ...