Economy

Talkmore Gandiwa  Metropolitan Bank of Zimbabwe's suspension from trading in foreign currency has been lifted by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. The bank's foreign currency dealership licence was suspended two months ago for breaching Exchange Control regulations relating to trading in...

Itai Ndongwe HARARE - Zimbabwe's Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority commissioned a US$19 million telecommunication traffic monitoring and revenue assurance system (TTMS) Monday, which will effectively monitor telecommunication traffic and provide accurate real-time data collection. The TTMS has elements that will...

Davison Kaiyo The current economic upheaval that is currently prevailing in the local market will have minimal impact on the growth projections of the mining sector. This was said by the Chamber of Mines CEO Isaac Kwesu in a briefing to...

Talkmore Gandiwa Zimbabwean tobacco farmers are at risk of being banned for endangering the environment resulting in climate change with calls for them to establish woodlots for curing their crops to continue with their activities. Most Zimbabwean tobacco farmers, especially the...

Staff Writer African Risk Capacity Limited chief executive officer of  (ARC Ltd) Lesley Ndlovu has been named among the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leader’s class of 2022. Born in Filabusi, Matabeleland South, Ndlovu is an international financial services executive with...

Plans are underway to establish a regional Agricultural Commodity Exchange Centre as part of the implementation of the 2021-2031 strategy for the Alliance for Commodity Trade in East and Southern Africa (ACTESA). The centre shall link small-scale farmers to national,...

HARARE –  Local manufacturing sector capacity utilization during fourth quarter (Q4) of 2021 marginally increased by a single percentage point to 66% from 65% prior quarter indicating the continued capital investment by Zimbabwean firms to boost production despite facing...

Tadiwa Musiyiwa Growth strategies and quality employment generation are key factors towards the formalisation of Zimbabwe’s economy. The informal sector contributes above 70% of the country’s GDP. According to Zimstat’s labour force survey for the fourth quarter to December 2021, the informal sector is the...

Tadiwa Musiyiwa  Crisis outcomes are expected to persist in most typical deficit-producing areas through March due to non-availability of own-produced food stocks, reductions in agricultural labour opportunities and income, and limited access to food and other commodities on the market,...