EFT Corporation has appointed Farai Tigere to head up its Zimbabwean operations, where he will spearhead the company’s initiatives in financial inclusion, digital transformation, and economic empowerment.Having joined EFTCorp first as an implementation engineer, before shifting focus in 2018 to business development and solution architecture, Tigere has played a key role in Zimbabwe’s payment digitisation…
Banning the sale of zombie knives is a positive step, but schools need to intervene earlier to help tackle the UK’s knife crime crisis, says Idris Elba.AdvertisementsThe actor, 52, has spent the last year making a documentary for the BBC about solutions to knife crime, during which he met victims’ families, police officers and teenage…
OUR hands perform thousands of complex tasks every day – can artificial intelligence help robots match these extraordinary human appendages?AdvertisementsThe human hand is one of the most staggeringly sophisticated and physiologically intricate parts of the body. It has more than 30 muscles, 27 joints alongside a network of ligaments and tendons that give it 27 degrees of…
Lewis Hamilton has crashed his Ferrari during the team’s pre-season testing programme in Spain.AdvertisementsThe seven-time champion was unhurt after losing control of the team’s 2023 car at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Wednesday.Ferrari declined to comment on the incident, which happened on Hamilton’s second day of running at the Spanish track, where he is sharing…
Brazilian club Santos are in talks to re-sign Neymar after his contract with Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal was cancelled by mutual consent.AdvertisementsThe 32-year-old Brazil record goalscorer is expected to sign a short-term deal at the club where he began his career.The termination of his contract at Al-Hilal was considered the biggest step, according to…
ZIMBABWE’s formal retail sector is at a crossroads, faced with a confluence of challenges that include “unfair” competition from the bourgeoning informal sector, supply chain complexities arising from exchange rate distortions and high operational costs among others. One of the country’s largest retail firms, OK Zimbabwe Limited (OK Zim) is among the worst affected. The…
THE current tight liquidity crunch is likely to persist as authorities seek to curb inflationary pressures, analysts say.AdvertisementsThe country has experienced a significant depreciation of the local unit, primarily driven by both demand and supply factors which resulted in inflationary pressures.Fiscal and monetary authorities have introduced measures to stabilise the economy on the back of…
SOARING feed costs are threatening the survival of Zimbabwe’s pig farming sector, with farmers struggling to balance rising production expenses and stagnant market prices.AdvertisementsThe Pig Industry Board (PIB) has warned that this escalating crisis could disrupt supply chains, drive up pork prices, and jeopardise food security.Speaking to The Financial Gazette, the director of the PIB,…
Third T20, RajkotAdvertisementsEngland 171-9 (20 overs): Duckett 51 (28); Chakravarthy 5-24India 145-9 (20 overs): Pandya 40 (35); Overton 3-24England win by 26 runs; India lead five-match series 2-1England produced a strong bowling performance to beat India by 26 runs in Rajkot and keep the T20 series alive.Having lost the opening two matches of the five-match series, England…
TIGER Woods says his meeting with fellow co-founder Rory McIlroy at the latest Tomorrow’s Golf League (TGL) event was “what we had envisioned” for the fledgling technology-driven tournament.AdvertisementsWoods’ Jupiter Links Golf Club team beat McIlroy’s Boston Common Golf squad 4-3 after overtime on Monday in the closest match of the tournament so far.World number three…
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