HARARE – Three entrepreneurs have won $35 000 seed capital to kick-start their businesses in the Total Zimbabwe “Startupper challenge” competitions which concluded in Harare last week. The contest, which seeks to unearth and support young and budding entrepreneurs with financial packages and coaching packages, was launched in the last quarter of 2015. Overall winner…
HARARE – MBCA bank, one of the largest privately held financial institutions in Zimbabwe with over $240 million in assets, has unveiled new products aimed at making home improvement and equity release loans more accessible. The bank’s head of marketing, Dedrey Mutimutema, told businessdaily that the new products offer loans at extremely competitive rates and…
HARARE – The African Development Bank president (AfDB) Akinwumi Adesina says the greatest contributor to economic growth is not physical infrastructure, but brainpower, or ‘gray matter infrastructure’. Adesina told delegates attending an event on global nutrition organised by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Washington on Saturday that malnourished children do not feed their…
HARARE – The Taking, a play that explores complex issues surrounding the land issue in Zimbabwe, will be performed at Harare’s Theatre in the Park from April 21 to 23. The play, written by Intwasa director Raisedon Baya and directed by Memory Kumbota, officially kick-started the Bulawayo Theatre 2015 calendar. Ably executed on stage by…
HARARE – Award-winning protest actor Sylvanos Mudzvova, who was briefly arrested last week in Harare for staging a controversial one-man play titled Missing Diamonds: I Want My Share, insists that he will take the contentious play to the Chinese Embassy. Last week Mudzvova intended to stage the play at Parliament and at the Chinese Embassy…
HARARE – With the 2018 elections just on the horizon, the photo exhibition titled Reflections that commemorates victims of the 2008 political violence acts as a reminder to perpetrators of political violence to desist from such barbaric acts while at the same time it seeks to heal victims of violent intimidation, rape, torture, assault and…
SPORTS WRITER HARARE – Chicken Inn were yesterday crowned the Independence Cup champions after coming from behind to edge Bulawayo rivals Highlanders 2-1 at the National Sports Stadium yesterday. This was the Gamecocks’ first ever Uhuru silverware and also their first accolade for this season. Chicken Inn coach Joey Antipas saluted his players after rallying…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Under-20 rugby team open their Junior World Rugby Trophy campaign with a tough clash against Samoa at Harare Sports Club this afternoon. The Junior Sables, who entered the development tournament through automatic qualification as hosts, are naturally the tournament’s dark horse, but will have to fight like a cornered bull if…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has a good chance of making an impact on the world golf scene judging by the performance of young golfers at the just-ended Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open championship. South African Lyle Rowe put in a great final round performance of five-under-par 67 to win the tournament after flying under the radar in…
HARARE – Zimbabwe-born England triathlete Parys Edwards will this morning hold a motivational talk on elite sport training at Innovate High Performance Centre in Harare. Edwards, a former hockey player brings a unique perspective on mental toughness and courage required to compete at professional and Olympic levels. “I played hockey to a high level and…
