MINING & RETAIL

Mwana Africa mulls Bindura debt finance

MWANA Africa has revealed it is looking for debt financing to fund the reopening of its Zimbabwe nickel smelter and refinery to benefit from rising metal prices.Restarting the Bindura Nickel smelter ...

By Bloomberg. | Published: 26 May 2014

CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY

Liquidity crunch chokes property sector

THE economic challenges prevailing in the country have affected the viability of the property sector with some buildings in Bulawayo having gone for almost a year without tenants.Estate Agents Counci...

By Sithandazile Moyo | Published: 26 May 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Ecobank offers to fund Zesa smart meters

Ecobank has expressed willingness to fund a national rollout of smart meters for the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) through a local independent energy solutions com...

By BH24 | Published: 18 May 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Interest income boosts Delta's profitability

A 38 percent rise in interest income led Delta to an increase in profitability for the year to March 31 in spite of the marginal decline in revenue.For the period, the bottom-line was 3 percent highe...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 May 2014

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

WhatsApp bundle pays off for Econet

REAL-TIME mobile messaging application, WhatsApp, now accounts for at least 23 percent of mobile telecoms service provider Econet Wireless Zimbabwe's network activity.Sandvine, a leading provider of i...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 May 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

SA firm wins bid to buy Homelink

ADDAX Trading, a South African-based company has won the bid to buy Homelink Private Ltd for $22 million, sources familiar with the transaction said.The company won the bid ahead of other contenders i...

By Martin Kadzere | Published: 18 May 2014

MINING & RETAIL

Hwange rejects van Hoog's offer

HWANGE Colliery Company has terminated discussions with major shareholder Mr Nicholas van Hoogstraten for a $50 million loan citing issues around management control and cost of the funding.The board i...

By Martin Kadzere | Published: 18 May 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Cimas issued with air operator's certificate

Cimas Medical Aid Society has been issued with an air operator's certificate by the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe to allow it to operate air medical services.Cimas board chairman Mordecai Mahla...

By Chengetai Chinembiri | Published: 14 May 2014

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Econet subsidiary sinks $200m into Sadc

Econet Wireless Global's Liquid Telecom will inject $200 million for the expansion of its fibre-optic cable network in the Sadc region.Liquid chief executive Nic Rudnick said they intend to spend the ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 May 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Old Mutual appoints new finance director

Old Mutual plc today announced the appointment of Ingrid Johnson as its group finance director with effect from 1 July 2014.Johnson will succeed Philip Broadley who will remain an executive director t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 May 2014

MINING & RETAIL

Blanket mine gold output dips 2,2%

Gwanda-based gold producer Blanket Mine's gold output for the first quarter of the current year was down 2,2 percent due to 10 241 ounces compared to the prior period last year.Production was adverse...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 May 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Delta Beverages profit rises 38% to $104m

Delta beverages posted a profit of $104 million for the year ended March 31, 2014 up 38 percent from $75 million in the prior year.According to the group's financials released today, group revenue gre...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 May 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Astra's four months sales volumes down 5%

Astra's four months to April 2014 volumes declined 5% compared to last year, Managing Director Mac Mazimbe told an AGM this afternoon, adding that their performance mirrors the economy. "Sales re...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 May 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Word Bank urges Zim to strengthen the banking sector

The World Bank says Zimbabwe must strengthen its financial sector to curb systemic risk and avoid bank failures.Nadia Piffaretti, the institution's local economist, last week told a Sapes Trust busine...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 May 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Lafarge appoints new CEO

French cement maker Lafarge has appointed Amal Tantawi as new chief executive of its Zimbabwean unit.She succeeds Jonathan Shoniwa who was elevated to executive chairman late last year, following Much...

By Business Live | Published: 14 May 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Fuel prices to go up

Cash-strapped Zimbabweans should brace for an imminent fuel hike after government gazetted new pricing regulations.Statutory Instrument 80 of 2014, crafted by the Energy ministry in consultation with ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 May 2014

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Zim targets 40 airlines by 2018

Zimbabwe plans to have 40 airlines flying into the country by 2018, nearly trebling the current figures, Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) general manager David Chawota said yesterday. At th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 May 2014

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

'EcoCash to drive Econet's revenue'

Financial analysts have predicted that Econet Wireless Zimbabwe's mobile money transfer service EcoCash will contribute a weighty 7 percent to revenue.IH Securities predicted that EcoCash has potentia...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 May 2014

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Price disparity pushing tobacco farmers to contract

Tobacco auction floors say price differences and the high number of contract floors in the country are threatening their existence as 70 percent of the crop is now produced under contract. Auction flo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 May 2014

MINING & RETAIL

Chamber of Mines proposes think tank

The Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe has proposed the establishment a think tank to advise Government on policy with a view to spur growth and investment in mining. The think tank would look into issues o...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 May 2014

CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY

ZPI to invest $5m in property development

Listed property developer, Zimbabwe Property Investments Limited is waiting for regulatory approval from the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing to start developing a resid...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 May 2014

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

70 tourists arrives for classic safari challenge

A total of 70 tourists from across the globe arrived in the country through Beitbridge border post yesterday in 28 vintage cars.The convoy arrived at the border post at around mid morning and were wel...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 May 2014

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Cotton producer price to be decided today

Farmers and ginners are today expected to hold a final meeting to decide on the producer price of cotton for the 2014 marketing season.The negotiations between the two parties have been opened as a wa...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 May 2014

MINING & RETAIL

Premier African Minerals' option exercise to fund Kamativi

London Stock Exchange listed commodity firm Premier African Minerals has exercised an option to acquire Toronto-listed AgriMinco's entire interest in its subsidiary Mandalore Development, which has a ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 May 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

BancABC shareholders to waiver employee share sale restriction

BancABC shareholders will convene early next month seeking approval to waiver a one-year restriction on the sale of employee shares that had been granted under an earlier scheme. The move will facilit...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 May 2014

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