AGRICULTURE minister Anxious Masuka says the government is introducing infrastructure, finance and market support for smallholder horticulture under the Presidential Rural Development Programme. (more…)

BUSINESS is concerned that the economy continues to show signs of stress, amid growing inflation and volatility of the local currency, threatening Zimbabwe’s projected 5,5 percent economic growth for 2022. (more…)

FINANCIAL Securities Exchange (FINSEC) yesterday launched Zimbabwe's first derivatives market, which it says will be available for futures, options and indices. (more…)

HOUSING minister Daniel Garwe says pan-African development financial institution, Shelter Afrique, is set to extend a US$25 million facility to finance the construction of 3 000 housing units in Zimbabwe. (more…)

THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and the National Bakers Association of Zimbabwe have entered into an agreement which will see the price of bread in the country going down. (more…)

NICOZDIAMOND Insurance (Nicoz) says it has increased its shareholding in Diamond Companhia de Seguros to 71,4 percent from 51,4 percent, after successfully injecting additional capital into the Mozambique general insurer during the year ended December 31, 2021. (more…)

THE mining sector is Zimbabwe’s major foreign currency earner, accounting for around 70 percent of the country’s export receipts. The sector is however dogged by challenges including inadequate foreign exchange allocations to fund operational requirements and expansion projects, loss of value on the surrender portion of export proceeds…