Driving business strategy with AI in modern HR

Open Forum Leornard Mhute FOR decades, human resource operations have been shack­led to a purely reactive ethos: administrative firefighting, manual resume sorting, and standard, post-hoc performance evaluations. However, a profound paradigm shift is underway. Globally, and explicitly within Zimbabwe, the traditional person­nel department is undergoing a dig­ital renaissance. Driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI), HR is…

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Mutapa Gold Resources declares US$35m dividend

MUTAPA Gold Resources has declared a US$35 million dividend to shareholders after recording a profit after tax of US$70 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2025 driven by favourable international gold prices. The mining group, formerly Kuvimba Mining House, underwent a restructuring exercise earlier this year and now operates as Mutapa Gold Resources.…

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Construction boom lifts Zeco’s outlook

ZECO Holdings (Zeco) is banking on sus­tained construction activity across the country to boost demand for its window and door frames products and enhance profitabil­ity. This comes after the diversified group’s rev­enue for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026, declined by 3,4 percent to ZiG2,178 million from ZiG2,265 million a year earlier. The group,…

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Ariston hit by funding strains

ARISTON Holdings (Ariston) says limited work­ing capital and high cost of borrowing weighed on profitability and cash generation in 2025, prompting management to focus on operational recovery in 2026. The agro-industrial group’s challenges reflect broader pressures facing many local businesses, which continue to grapple with tight liquidity conditions and constrained access to affordable capital. Speaking…

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Masimba flags ZiG payment risks

MASIMBA Holdings (Masimba) says the government’s decision to pay con­tractors in local currency poses cash-flow and project-planning risks in the wake of rising US dollar denominated costs. The group remains significantly exposed to government-funded infra­structure projects but has been progres­sively rebalancing its order book to in­crease the contribution of private sector contracts. The government’s decision…

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