GOVERNANCE and ac­countancy professionals should adapt to a profes­sion transformed by digital disrup­tion, sustainability pressure and rising public scrutiny, or risk irrel­evance, the Chartered Governance Institute in Zimbabwe (CGI) chief executive, Lovemore Gomera, has said. Gomera issued the call at the in­stitute’s 2026 Winter School, held at Tamarind Resorts and Confer­ence last week under the…

LOCAL companies are losing out on lucra­tive value-addition opportunities in the ex­tractive sector to foreign investors despite government efforts to promote indigenous partici­pation, the chief director in the ministry of Indus­try, Douglas Runyowa, has said. This comes amid concerns that foreign inves­tors continue to dominate strategic sectors such as cement production, lithium mining and man­ufacturing.…

Prisca Tshuma ZIMBABWE’S national customer satisfaction score rose to 67,5 percent in 2025, the high­est level in a decade, reflecting steady gains in service delivery across most sectors, according to the latest National Customer Satisfaction Index (NCSI). The score increased from 66 percent last year and stands 15,5 percentage points above the Sub-Sa­haran Africa average…

Mishma Chakanyuka                                                                                                                                                                                            THE Insurance and Pensions Com­mission (IPEC) has urged life assurers accepting cash premiums to strengthen their transaction monitoring processes in view of the risks associated with the escalating proportion of US$ transac­tions. This comes as US$ cash transactions continue to dominate Zimbabwe’s econ­omy, accounting for over 90 percent of physical cash transactions…

NEWLY-elected Zimbabwe Nation­al Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) president Josephine Takundwa has pledged to strengthen private sector competitiveness and counter rising import penetration into the local market through aggressive policy advocacy. Takundwa was elected during the business lobby group’s annual gen­eral meeting held in Victoria Falls last week. She took over the reins from Tapi­wa Karoro,…

Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO ZIMBABWE is strengthening cooperation with Nigeria in the mining sector as part of efforts to expand indigenous participation, promote value addition and deepen intra-African trade under Vision 2030. This comes after a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Nigeria’s Festival of Black and African Arts and Culture (FESTAC Africa) and the Zimbabwe…