HARARE - Zimbabwe has recorded a 3% increase in gold earnings in the four months to April at US$297.46 mln from US$289.52 mln recorded in the same year ago period.
Latest figures show that April earnings increased 53% to US$97.06mln...
HARARE - The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe expects inflation to go down below 55% by July 2021 in line with its current declining trend.
In Monetary Policy Committee deliberations published today, the RBZ said the committee had reaffirmed its commitment...
Davison Kaiyo
HARARE – Seventeen African heads of state signed on to the commitment to boost agricultural production by doubling current productivity levels through the scaling up of agro-technologies. This will include investing in access to markets, and promoting agricultural...
BULAWAYO – The Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube, says close to $300 million has been disbursed to entrepreneurs under the National Venture Capital Fund (NVCF).
The disbursements mark the operationalisation of the fund, which is responsible...
Davison Kaiyo
HARARE – Cement manufacturers are seeking government intervention in reducing key cost-drivers that are making its products uncompetitive compared to its regional peers.
This came out at the commissioning of Lafarge Cement’s new US$2.8m dry mortar plant with the...
Davison Kaiyo
HARARE – In order to attract investments into the pharmaceutical industry, a new strategy document is proposing tax incentives into the sector.
According to the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Strategy in Zimbabwe: 2021-2025 which was approved in Cabinet yesterday, competitiveness of...
Professor Oliver S. Saasa
LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – In early 2020, The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) announced its intention to start implementing a Digital Tax Stamp (DTS) Solution, which is essentially a physical paper stamp that is applied to goods and contains...
HARARE – In order to meet the foreign currency needs of small-scale enterprises and individuals which will ensure that trades move away from the parallel market, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe will, effective tomorrow, start selling foreign currency to...
HARARE – More than 200,000 Zimbabweans have returned home over the past year due to the economic fallout from COVID-19 in countries where they had been working.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is providing nurses to help Zimbabwean officials...
By Vitor Gaspar, Michael Keen, Alexander Klemm, and Paolo Mauro
The economic costs of the pandemic have fallen most heavily on those least able to bear them. Governments have taken steps to support people and firms through wage subsidies, unemployment...
