PAYNET, a subsidiary of Mauritian financial services provider Payserv Africa, has suspended all local financial institutions from its transacting platform after they refused to pay in foreign currency...
"OUTPUT in Zimbabwe is expected to contract in 2019 with a sharp rise in inflation reducing real incomes and foreign exchange shortages constraining activity," the World Bank reports in its Global Eco...
ZIMBABWE'S outdated air traffic control system is putting lives of passengers in danger as it exposes planes to possible collisions, aviation experts have said.The archaic system also exposes the coun...
TRANSPORT group Unifreight Africa Limited allegedly prejudiced its shareholders on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) an estimated US$18 million wired into an offshore account in the United Kingdom (UK...
GOVERNMENT'S plans to unveil a new currency by year-end without addressing macro-economic fundamentals could be catastrophic, while the proposed local unit risks suffering the same fate as the defunct...
Whilst a single sovereign currency regime might be the way to go, own currency may not deliver desired results if we do not address what is currently weighing down our pseudo-currency (RTGS$) - the st...
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration's failure to address the economic challenges bedevilling the country - despite lofty promises - could have been described as spectacular if it were not so...
This week I was engaged in an interesting debate with fellow economists, on how Zimbabwe's economy can enter the 21st century. For a country whose future economic revival, I have suggested in my past ...
Many people probably assume that online stores are making a fortune, without all the costly bricks and mortar. But the reality is rather different.Many ecommerce activities are, in fact, unprofitable;...
Biggest banking group by assets and deposits CBZ Holdings Limited, has set eyes on diaspora mortgages, as part of its strategy to enhance foreign currency generation, a senior official has said. Throu...
The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has reviewed listing application fees in line with changes in the local functional currency. The changes are also based on an analysis of the regional listing fees an...
Air Zimbabwe has engaged the Treasury and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe for the release of outstanding Treasury Bills (TBs) amounting to US$4 million for the purchase of an Embraer aircraft. Government...
Elimination of barriers could potentially spur Africa's trade by 53 percent and eventually double in the medium term, Akinwumi Adesina, president of Africa Development Bank has said. Adesina made the ...
Zimbabwe is racing against time to find effective and sustainable ways to eliminate the use of mercury, which is widely used by small miners in processing gold, in line with dictates of global treaty ...
Prices of goods and services may have reached the plateau, amid indications volumes have started dipping significantly as consumers struggle with affordability, captains of industry and economic analy...
President Mnangagwa said focusing on currency alone will not provide solutions to economic challenges facing the country - imploring Zimbabweans to focus on strategies to boost production. Discourse i...
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has indicated he is willing to talk to President Emmerson Mnangagwa in order to move the country forward if the dialogue does not result in him being part of government.Chami...
Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) listed conglomerate, Meikles limited has announced that the proposed plan to sell shareholding in one of its hotels is now awaiting shareholder approval.The company issue...
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has impounded 5 000 unregistered vehicles since January this year as part of its ongoing crackdown on unregistered vehicles.Registration of vehicles and display of n...
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he was not plotting to purge security chiefs, but the political leadership of President Emmerson Mnangagwa that has been 'abusing Zimbabweans to pursue a parti...
Swedish information communication technologies (ICTs) giant Epson Europe BV will set up office in Harare next week in response to President Mnangagwa's pro-investment reforms under the New Dispensatio...
THE opposition MDC's elective congress in Gweru last month failed to deal with the party's thorny succession issue, setting the stage for potentially explosive power struggles in the event that its pr...
THE Zimbabwe Association of Microfinance Institutions (Zamfi) is considering foreign currency lending to assist producers in securing critical imports based on the anticipated effectiveness of the int...
Government says national political dialogue recently launched by President Mnangagwa was not a power sharing negotiation or an initiative towards the creation of Government of National Unity (GNU) but...
The Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara)'s combined revenues are projected to rise to $135,6 million for the current year, up from $133,3 million last year. The improvement in the roads aut...