HARARE – Advertising and Multimedia firm, VPCG is now Zimbabwe’s first fully data-driven agency which offers a vast selection of social media global tools and access to massive database of case studies and digital services. The Agency now offers all round digital solutions following the signing of an affiliation agreement with world renowned digital agency,…
HARARE – Low-cost airline Fly Africa Zimbabwe (Fly Africa) has resumed operations after an 18-month hiatus after the company was acquired by a local firm, Mugwagwa Resources. Our deputy business editor, Ndakaziva Majaka spoke to Fly Africa executive chairperson, Cassidy Mugwagwa, about the airline’s operations. Below are excerpts of the interview. Q: Fly Africa has…
HARARE – Two Zimbabwean entrepreneurs, Shaleen Manhire Nullens and Knight Ganje, are among the top 30 successful African entrepreneurs under the age of 30, according to the latest Forbes Africa 2017. The list features 300 young innovators, entrepreneurs and leaders — 30 in each of the 10 categories —who are challenging conventions and making an…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has collected over $1,4 billion in the five months to May this year due to intensified audits and enforcement activities, improvements in operational efficiency, and client engagement initiatives that are being undertaken to enhance revenue collections. The national tax collector surpassed the cumulative target of $1, 338 billion…
HARARE – The National Social Security Authority (Nssa) is mulling a pension cover scheme for domestic workers this year, an official with the organisation said. Nssa general manager Elizabeth Chitiga last week said the scheme, the first such package targeted at this often exploited and neglected group of workers, was aimed at improving the financial…
HARARE – Property development firm, Aspindale Park, is constructing over 1 200 high-density houses in Harare, in a move that is expected to ease the country’s housing backlog that is estimated to be over 1,25 million. The company’s financial advisor, Bianca Swan, said majority of the houses — to be built on a scheme modelled…
HARARE – Readers, welcome to this entrepreneurial monthly column, we seek to develop, nurture, motivate and encourage entrepreneurs to take the initiative to exhibit and commercialise innovation and entrepreneurship. Our interactive platform will endeavour to be very practical, radical, thought-provoking and very limited in terms of bookish and theoretical approach to starting, developing and growing…
HARARE – Plaza Pharmacies, which has been operating in the country for the past 20 years, has been placed under judicial management. This comes as at least a dozen firms from various sectors of the economy applied for either liquidation or judicial management in January this year due to worsening economic conditions. [GoogleAd] The company’s…
HARARE – Safari operator African Bush Camps is set to open a new campsite in Mana Pools National Park. The new development is in line with an offer letter from the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) and a proposed lease. The new semi-permanent 24-bed tented exclusive camp at Nkupe Campsite inside the game…
HARARE – Zimre Holdings Limited (ZHL) is seeking shareholder approval to buy back about 10 percent of the company’s equity. The listed diversified conglomerate, which will hold its annual general meeting on June 28, 2017, is also proposing that the purchase price shall not be lower than the nominal value of the company’s shares and…
