HARARE – The 2018/19 maize marketing season kicked off on April 1, with the Grain Marketing Board urging farmers to deliver grain to all GMB depots that are ready to receive grain crops. The summer cropping season ended on March 31 and harvesting of the early-planted maize crop has already started in some areas, while…
HARARE – ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe has demonstrated its stellar organisational capabilities by bagging top global and national awards for outstanding human capital development. The company was recently awarded the top SMI (Success Motivation International) World Client of The Year prize in the USA, in recognition of its immense investment in employee development and adherence to…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s tobacco farmers have so far earned over $236 million from 83 million kilogrammes (kg) that have gone under the hammer at the country’s auction floors in the last 30 days. Statistics from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board show that last year during the same period, the farmers had sold 79 million…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian government aimed at upgrading the Indo-Zim technology Centre in Harare. The Indo-Zimbabwe project was established in 2006 following an agreement between the two governments, which included a grant of $5 million from India to support the development of the SME sector in…
HARARE – AIM-listed mining company Vast Resources (Vast) says it plans to invest significantly in its operating mines in Zimbabwe and Romania. This was after the miner, which operates Pickstone-Peerless Gold Mine, recently partnered Botswana Diamond Plc to seek opportunities in diamond exploration in Zimbabwe. Vast chief executive Andrew Prelea said the company’s focus in…
HARARE – CFI Holdings Limited says its board is compliant with the provisions of its articles of association and the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) must provide evidence showing that it has violated listing requirements in terms of directors. The ZSE suspended CFI in January for reasons that include appointment of directors who are affiliated with…
HARARE – From rolling hills to mountain ranges, views make any road trip memorable, but for blind passengers this is part of the experience that they miss. A prototype smart car window aims to change this by enabling blind or partially-sighted people to visualise passing scenery through touch. Feel The View takes pictures that are…
HARARE – Newly-resettled farmers continue to shun insurance products despite efforts by government and the corporate sector to provide cheaper programmes targeting the agriculture sector, industry experts have said. Zimbabwe’s insurance penetration rate, which reached a high of 10 percent in the early 1990s, has been declining significantly over the last two decades with official…
HARARE – ZIMRE Holdings Limited (ZHL) says the consolidation and restructuring of its reinsurance operations under Emeritus Reinsurance is expected to provide a vehicle to mobilise offshore capital required to strengthen operations and embark on regional expansion. ZHL chairperson Ben Kumalo said the rebranding of Baobab Reinsurance to Emeritus Reinsurance was reflective of the firm’s…
HARARE – The Gideon Gono-led Zimbabwe Special Economic Zones Authority (Zimseza) said yesterday its board had appointed strategic marketer and manager Edwin Kondo as its new chief executive. The SEZ, mandated with spearheading the country’s quest for increased foreign direct investment through Special Economic Zones (SEZs), said in a statement a start date for Kondo…
