OLD Mutual Insurance Company (Omico) has launched vehicle assessment centres in Harare and Bulawayo in a bid to eliminate excess processing costs within the claims value chain. The newly-launched centres allow policyholders the convenience of vehicle pre-insurance inspections, valuations, claim registrations and accident assessments. The centres will also have facilities for Zimbabwe National Roads Administration…

LISTED sugar miller Hippo Valley Estates says the scrapping of the suspension of duty on basic commodities will improve the local industry’s viability, as the cost structure continues to harden in foreign currency. In May this year, the government suspended duty on commodities including cooking oil, maize meal, toothpaste, bath soap, rice and others for…

NATIONAL Foods (NatFoods) says it plans to develop a solar plant capable of producing at least 60 percent of energy requirements at the Aspindale site by the end of 2024. This comes at a time when Zimbabwe is facing acute power outages and is hastening investments in renewable energy like solar. Other companies in different…

TANGANDA Tea Company (Tanganda) says it expects yields of avocado and macadamia to increase with enhanced maturity profiling of plantations over the next three to five years. In a statement accompanying results for the year ended September 30, 2022, chairman Herbert Nkala said the company will enhance mechanised efficient farming practices to maximise production output.…