LISTED agro-concern Zimplow’s share price was the biggest mover last week, registering a growth of 43, 8 percent to 0,75 cents from 0,12 cents after the company announced that it expected to record increased profit on the back of the current investor-friendly environment. The company is also seeking shareholder approval to buy back 20 percent…
NEW energy firm Bulls Power Fuel has said demand for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in Zimbabwe is expected to increase in the next five years due to increased awareness, unreliable electricity supply and affordability. Micheal Munhuwei, the group’s chief executive, made the remarks after the official launch of the Bulls Gas division last Friday, which…
ZB FINANCIAL Holdings’ (ZB) profits have lately come from untraditional channels as earnings from custom sources have been falling, the company’s latest financial statements show. This comes as an unstable monetary environment characterised by currency risk and inflation has put the local financial system out of whack. The financial group’s net incomes from lending activities…
THE Securities Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe (SECZIM) has said it does not recognise crypto-assets as securities. Regulators the world over have been struggling to define and implement definitive rules for the rapidly emerging asset class, which is characterised by digital tokens that exist in decentralised networks, which are based on cryptographic principles. In May, the…
GOVERNMENT should close all bogus insurance companies that are not registered with the regulator and short-changing clients by not paying claims, an insurance executive has said. Takura Dzimwasha, the chief executive of Glenrand, a short-term insurance firm in Zimbabwe, told The Financial Gazette that the closure of non- complaint insurance players would allow the industry…
ZIMBABWE’s sub-optimal monetary environment, characterised by foreign currency shortages and inflation, is a dark cloud over Proplastics, a company that is in an otherwise very strong position. The listed plastic pipe manufacturer, one of the few local companies that have thrived in the face of the crippling economic conditions in the country, faces a serious…
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THE Zimbabwe Asset Management Corporation (ZAMCO) was established by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe in July 2014 as part of measures to curb rampaging non-performing loans (NPLs) in the banking sector. This was after the NPL ratio had reached an alarming 20 percent.As at October 2017, after it stopped assuming the toxic loans, the special…
ZIMBABWE will soon start designating Special Economic Zones (SEZ) after the country gazetted the statutory regulations that activated powers of the statutory body. The Zimbabwe Special Economic Zones Authority (Zimseza) was set up in a staggered process that was only wound up recently with the appointment of Edwin Kondo as chief executive after almost a…
ZIMBABWE’S economy is yearning for the revival of the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco) whose inactivity over the past decade has created a serious gap in the local industry. Zisco, which was once the largest integrated steel works in the region, closed in 2008 and industry is hoping that the latest revival bid involving…
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