BUSINESS NEWS

Concerns that informal market may mop up US$ as parallel rates creep up

Industry is yet to gather data on how much sales are being generated in foreign currency although there is an increase in the use of domestic nostro accounts to settle transactions as RTGS liquidity b...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 September 2020

ZSE TODAY

ZSE falls as RBZ readies corporate OMO Bills to mop up excess liquidity

The stock market fell on Wednesday but at a much slower pace as investors have adopted a somewhat wait and see approach until the dust settles on the ongoing currency reforms that Treasury and the Res...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 March 2020

ECONOMC INDICATORS

Zimstat says Zimbabwe unemployment rate at 16%

About 1.2 million people in Zimbabwe have given up on securing employment, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has said as it reported that the national unemployment rate stood at 16 per...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 March 2020

BUSINESS NEWS

Mthuli Ncube to pull a few tricks to stabilise the exchange rate

The government will pull a few tricks up its sleeves soon to stabilise the exchange rate as part of a broader task of creating a viable environment for business, Business Times reported.A team of Pres...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe pushes for US$14 bln export earnings by 2030 in National Export Strategy

Government through the National Trade Policy and Export Strategy blueprint is targeting to grow Zimbabwe's export by 10% annually to US$6.4 billion in 2023 and ultimately to US$12.4 billion by 2030 fr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Simbisa suffers exchange rate loss

LISTED fast food retail giant, Simbisa Brands Limited suffered a net foreign exchange loss of $2,7 million during the year ended June 2019, arising from revaluation of foreign denominated assets and l...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 October 2019

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

NetOne's back-to-basics strategy pays off

NETONE CEO Lazarus Muchenje believes the state-owned mobile phone operator is on the road to recovery because of a back-to-basics strategy.Muchenje (LM) told Alpha Media Holdings chairman Trevor Ncube...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 October 2019

FINANCIAL SERVICES

'Bureaus not allowed to transact with corporates'

Bureaux de Change are not allowed to transact with corporates or enter into twining arrangements with customers to prefund foreign currency purchases, according to a directive from the Reserve Bank of...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 October 2019

ZSE TODAY

Moderate gains in big caps see ZSE close 0.9% higher

The ZSE closed 0.9% higher after moderate gains in Econet and Innscor offset losses in Cassava and Delta. The session yielded ten gainers and ten fallers, with mid-tier stocks featuring prominently am...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

RBZ works on Fintech strategy

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe in partnership with other stakeholders is working on a National Fintech Strategy and has already put in place an Interagency Fintech Working Group that is expected to play...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 September 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe has the highest inflation rate in the world

Annual inflation in Zimbabwe was 300 percent in August, according to new data released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). At that level, the troubled southern African nation's inflation rate is...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 September 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Bureaux de change align rate to interbank

Government, through the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), has moved to refine the operations of bureaux de changes to align their foreign currency exchange rate with that of the official interbank marke...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 September 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Mthuli Ncube speaks on approximate exchange rate

THE appropriate exchange rate between the Zimbabwe dollar and the United States dollar should hover around US$1: ZWL$5,6 based on "founded quantitative estimates", Finance and Economic Development Min...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 September 2019

ZIMBABWE

Exchange rate policy consistency remains elusive for Zimbabwe

The issue of the exchange rate has progressively become the focal point of local economic discourse as uncertainty continues to grip the country's future. Following the accelerated depreciation in the...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 September 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Money supply growth accelerates in June

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) released its monthly economic review for June detailing monetary statistics for the 2019 half year. The report comes in the build up to Governor Dr. John Mangudya's ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 September 2019

OPINION

Exchange rate upward pressure on

Exchange rate upward pressure onTHERE were signs this week that the grey market was slowly returning from its brief sabbatical following the monetary policy dawn raid of June 24 that called out the mu...

By Brett Chulu | Published: 12 July 2019

POLITICS

Sikhala to appear before Bikita magistrate

The MDC-Alliance deputy national chairperson, Job Sikhala, who was arrested on Monday for allegedly subverting a constitutionally elected Government is expected to appear before a Bikita magistrate to...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Mthuli Ncube could hike rates over 50% to deal with speculators

Zimbabwe won't hesitate to raise interest rates above their current level of 50 percent to deal with speculative borrowers, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said on Monday.As inflation soared, the govern...

By Reuters | Published: 10 July 2019

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe mining industry set to generate US$3bn

Zimbabwe's mining industry expects to generate US$3 billion in revenue this year, which is short of government's US$4 billion target, an industry official has said.In 2018, the sector earned US$3,4 bi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 July 2019

OPINION

ZCTU can do better than demonstrate for redollarisation

No good deed goes unpunished.Normally, the doer of a good deed expects just a "thank you", but usually someone is adversely affected by the good deed. For example, saving someone's life from a crimina...

By Conway Tutani | Published: 05 July 2019

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Interbank rate overtakes black market

THE interbank exchange rate has surpassed parallel market rates with some banks offering more in local currency for those exchanging their foreign currency. Government last week outlawed the use of mu...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 July 2019

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Zimbabwe banks paying more than the black market rates

THE interbank market exchange rates have registered increases with most banks are now paying more than the parallel market rate.NewZimbabwe.com says it's market assessment shows that the once thriving...

By newzimbabwe | Published: 02 July 2019

ZIMBABWE

Black market rates retreat after policy change

The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange shed 0.6% as big caps stalled under thin trading following yesterday’s significant monetary policy developments. The imposition of the 90-day vesting period for dual...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 June 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

RBZ hikes interest rate to 50%

THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has increased the interest rate on its overnight window to 50 percent per annum from 15 percent in a bid to tame inflationary pressures alongside other measures mean...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 June 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

'Trade policy, export strategy ready by third quarter'

ZimTrade chief executive Allan Majuru says he expects the trade policy and export strategy (TPES) document meant to boost exports to be ready before the end of the third quarter.The TPES is an impleme...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2019
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