Tobacco seed sales in Zimbabwe have risen sharply ahead of the 2025-2026 farming season, with a 12 percent increase compared to the same period last year, according to the Tobacco Industry and Market...
By Staff reporter | Published: 20 August 2025
Seed Co International Limited (SCIL) has earmarked US$7,24 million for capital expenditure (capex) in its current financial year ending March 31, 2026, as the regional seed producer consolidates its e...
By Staff reporter | Published: 18 August 2025
Tobacco industry stakeholders in Zimbabwe have sounded the alarm over a surge in cheap, low-quality tobacco seeds allegedly smuggled from Zambia, warning that the influx threatens to erode the countr...
By Staff reporter | Published: 31 July 2025
Zimbabwean farmers have significantly ramped up grain production this year, marking a powerful rebound from the devastating El Nino-induced drought of the previous season. The renewed agricultural mom...
By Staff reporter | Published: 08 July 2025
Seed Co Limited is poised for sustained growth across Africa as it continues to benefit from heightened structural demand for food security, regional seed shortages, and a broadening retail and export...
By Staff reporter | Published: 07 July 2025
Seed Co Limited is reeling from a severe liquidity crisis after the government, its biggest shareholder, failed to pay a staggering US$40 million for seed deliveries made over the past 18 months, the ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 04 July 2025
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has launched a regional seed certification and labelling system designed to enhance seed quality, strengthen cross-border trade, and improve ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 30 June 2025
Zimbabwe's major seed producers have raised serious concerns over a new government regulation that mandates chemical treatment of all certified maize seed, warning that the move could sharply increase...
By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2025
Zimbabwe's seed industry is teetering on the edge of collapse as the government grapples with ballooning debt, having failed to pay seed suppliers nearly US$270 million over the past three farming sea...
By Staff reporter | Published: 22 May 2025
Finance and Investment Promotion Deputy Minister David Mnangagwa has come under fire in Parliament after it emerged that the Government owes Valley Seeds Private Limited nearly US$200 million for agri...
By Staff reporter | Published: 19 May 2025
Pursuant to the proposal to transfer the ZSE Secondary Listing of Seed Co International Limited from the ZSE to the soon to be established VFEX, a proposal to merge the Zimbabwean operations, held und...
By Staff reporter | Published: 01 September 2020
TOBACCO seed sales have declined by 20%, with the volumes being the lowest since 2015, a development that could see reduced hectarage of the crop next season, a Zimbabwe Tobacco Association (ZTA) repo...
By Staff reporter | Published: 30 September 2019
Seed Co Limited posted an after-tax-profit of US$90,7 million in the year ended March 31, up from US$21,4 million recorded in the prior year, driven by an increase in revenue.Revenue was up 16% to US$...
By Staff reporter | Published: 14 June 2019
REGIONAL seed producer, Seed Co, has warned against buying uncertified seed, saying it has poor germination rate and results in low yields. Seed Co southern region manager, Mr Charles Munyoro, said fa...
By Staff reporter | Published: 01 May 2019
GIANT seed house, SeedCo says it is working on developing rice varieties suitable for local climatic conditions to reduce the country's reliance on imports. Naturally the cereal originates in tropical...
By staff reporter | Published: 24 December 2018
Regional seed producer Seed-Co says it is working on developing rice varieties suitable for the local climatic conditions in order to scale back the country's reliance on rice imports.Naturally, the c...
By Staff reporter | Published: 19 December 2018
SEED CO posted a $69,03 million profit after tax for the half-year ended September 30, 2018 following a fair valuation of its subsidiary, Seed Co International Limited.The fair valuation was undertake...
By Staff reporter | Published: 05 December 2018
Zimbabwe's special court for income tax appeal has dismissed with costs a long list of preliminary points made by Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed seed manufacturer Seed Co Limited (Seed Co) in its appe...
By Staff reporter | Published: 04 December 2018
LOCAL seed manufacturer Agriseeds (Pvt) Ltd is now looking into the southern African region for potential synergies, as the company looks to lift its capacity to 100% in the next two years.The regiona...
By Staff reporter | Published: 20 July 2018
Local farmers have been urged to grow sesame seeds for export with indications that global imports of the oldest oilseed crop raked in $2,2 billion in 2017.Sesame seed is one of the oldest oilseed cro...
By Staff reporter | Published: 19 July 2018
SEED Co Limited board has proposed to its shareholders to partially unbundle 71% of its Seed Co International Limited shares by way of a pro rata dividend-in-specie distribution as part of a strategy ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 18 July 2018
Regional seed manufacturer Seed Co Limited seeks to raise $19 million through a partial unbundling, which will also result in separate listings of its regional operations. The seed producer wants to u...
By Staff reporter | Published: 18 July 2018
Demand for seed in the 2018/2019 season will remain unchanged because the Command Agriculture programme will still likely be in place, financial analysts IH Securities have said.In an analysis of Seed...
By Staff reporter | Published: 15 June 2018
SeedCo says it is occupied with dealing with product shortfalls which have negatively impacted on the seed company.The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed pan-African company's chief executive officer Morg...
By Staff reporter | Published: 12 June 2018
ZSE entity Seed Co has received an expression of interest for the acquisition of its 40 percent in Quton's Tanzania and Malawi based operations that have earmarked for disposal, chief executive office...
By Staff reporter | Published: 08 June 2018
Top Zimbabwe business executive arrested for fraud 
South Africa is in serious trouble 
US halts visa services for Zimbabwean nationals 
ZSE and VFEX recover after weak 1st half 
Gold edges up as traders await guidance 
Zimbabwe Agricultural Show 2025 kicks off 
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