Retail

Take authority in social selling

“If you are willing to go where your colleagues are not, you will get the deals they won’t.”

This week we continue on our journey with Olivia Simbajena. She is a businesswoman whose business falls under the ...

Skills for small, medium enterprises

Have you ever met a person who is so polished outside? I mean with all the works, the look the necessary gadgets, the ...

Re-branding your business

As a continuation from where we left off in the previous article, our discussion is on executing a re-brand and ...

Diversification does it for Innscor

Diversified industrial conglomerate, Innscor Africa will maintain profitability in the financial year 2020 on the back ...

Did you know? MedTech Holdings Limited’s history

Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed manufacturer and distributor of health, hygiene, beauty, and pharmaceutical products, ...

Human resources a neglected function for SMEs

An estimated 420-510 million SMEs are conducting their businesses globally. According to Meghana Ayyagari, a leading, ...

How to use customer survey for business growth

Are you wondering why the business is not growing, why the customers are slowly voting with their feet and money ...

Business lessons from kombi drivers

Joseline Sithole All of us have experienced some rather unpleasant encounters from our kombi drivers and their ...

Stock Market Weekly Review

The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) maintained a losing streak for the 6th consecutive week that saw all the indices close ...

When your client negotiates on pricing and discount

The recently ended Agricultural Show of 2019 was characterised by a number of exhibitors who had some form of a product ...

Stock Market Weekly Review

Bears continued to dominate trades on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) as three of the benchmark indices closed ...

New look at youth-oriented businesses

It is now widely acknowledged that youth unemployment is very high in sub-Sahara Africa. The African Capacity Building ...

In SA townships, ‘unseen’ businesses catch a big bank’s eye

JOHANNESBURG - Among the metal shacks and narrow side streets of South Africa’s townships, one of the country’s biggest ...

Encourage your employees to take mental health day

The concept of taking a “mental health day” is pretty widespread and becoming more and more accepted (it’s even legally ...

The business of image consulting

The first meeting I had with Joyce Shiri; one of Zimbabwe’s leading image consultants and founder of  JS Happening Image ...

Stock Market Weekly Review

The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) extended its sell off during the week as demand continued to wane across the bourse.

Forex shortages hit LGP imports

Zimbabwe’s imports of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) has slowed this year due to foreign currency shortages resulting in ...

Decoding business challenges

Picking up from where we left on tips to handle customer complaints and the crucial skills for a positive experience, we ...

2019 Mid-year budget review highlights

BUDGET THEME “Building a Strong Foundation for Future Prosperity’” TRANSITIONAL STABILISATION PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION ...