finance

‘Dual pricing boosts economic revival pace’

IMARA Asset Management (Zimbabwe) Limited (Imara), says the dual currency system will help the economy recoup faster compared to when the Zimbabwean dollar was adopted as a sole currency of trade. A number of entities have recently adopted a dual pricing model nearly a year after President Emmerson Mnangagwa gazetted Statutory Instrument 85/20, which allows…

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SeedCo eyes $2,7bln sugar bean market

SEEDCO Zimbabwe (SeedCo) says it is engaging players in the sugar bean value chain to increase local production to $2,7 billion from $1,25 billion currently. Farayi Zvavamwe, the seed company’s production manager, told The Financial Gazette that support for growers through the programme, in which SeedCo is partnering a number of non-governmental organisations, will include…

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Investors scurry for Nssa assets

THE National Social Security Authority (Nssa) says it has received 20 bids for its shares in three entities on offer as part of an investment refocus strategy. Nssa is looking for suitors to take up its 32,55 percent stake in Turnall as well as its 31,22 percent shareholding in FML. The state pension fund is…

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Fall armyworm tolerant varieties for southern Africa

THE International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) has announced that it has successfully developed three fall armyworm-tolerant elite maize hybrids for eastern and southern Africa. The fall armyworm, which originated in the Americas, emerged as a serious threat to maize production in Africa in 2016 before spreading to Asia in 2018. “Host plant resistance…

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Mthuli Ncube misses foreign debts disclosure deadline

FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has missed the deadline set by the court to publish details of all loans and guarantees incurred by the government with the African Export–Import Bank (Afreximbank) and other international financiers between 2017 and 2020. This comes as High Court Judge Happias Zhou in a December 2020 judgment, gave Ncube up to…

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Government injects $75 million towards civil servants fund

THE government has injected $75 million as seed capital towards a civil servants mutual savings fund, Government employees Mutual savings Fund (Gems), aimed at providing loans and a retirement package. According to the Public Service Commission (PSC), the voluntary fund is with effect from this month. “Treasury has already provided an initial $75 million as…

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ZSE gains $117bln in January trades

THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) recovered from early losses in January to gain 35 percent, closing the month ZWL$117 billion (US$1,43 billion) firmer with a capitalisation of ZWL$435 billion. On the surface, the gains seem odd coming against a backdrop of a stable currency, with recent bull runs having been fuelled by inflation. Analysts, however,…

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TIMB backs new tobacco target

… as industry says good practices by farmers are instrumental THE Tobacco Industry Board (TIMB) believes that the country will achieve its audacious target of producing 300 million kg of the golden leaf every year, as long as challenges affecting farmers are sorted. This comes as players in the tobacco industry are targeting to produce…

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Calls grow louder for revival of drug firms

  PHARMACEUTICAL experts have renewed their calls for the government to make good its promises to resuscitate the industry, which they say is now operating at just 40 percent of its capacity. This comes two years after the authorities had engaged India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to help resuscitate fallen pharmaceutical giants CAPS…

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