INSURANCE firms are tackling high costs by breaking down comprehensive packages into modular, event-based coverage and automating underwriting and claims. To rebuild trust, companies are simplifying policy documents into local languages and using AI to slash processing times, including settling some motor vehicle claims within 48 hours instead of 14 days. These strategies were outlined…
By Ephraim Chawoneka IN recent years, credit ratings have become an important element of financial market infrastructure in growing economies. For Zimbabwe, where investor confidence, transparency, and corporate accountability remain a center to economic recovery, credit ratings play a critical role in enhancing corporate governance and strengthening market trust. The establishment of a local rating…
ZIMBABWE will next year conduct a nationwide survey of residential rooftop solar systems to measure the country’s growing dependence on alternative energy sources, the energy regulator has announced. The move follows a surge in home solar installations, which have become a popular response to chronic power cuts. This has created a vast, privately owned power…
CASSAVA Technologies (Cassava) has successfully closed three strategic transactions, securing over US$150 million in fresh equity for its subsidiary, Liquid Intelligent Technologies’ ongoing debt refinancing strategy. Cassava has received an…
CONSTRUCTION of a US$600 000 boutique hotel at the Milan Restaurant site in Gweru is expected to ease the city’s shortage of tourist accommodation. The project, a joint venture between Milan Restaurant and Ultimate Bricks and Pavers, is scheduled for completion next year. The 13-room boutique hotel, whose groundbreaking ceremony was officiated by Midlands Provincial…
THERE is an urgent need for a strategic partnership between the country’s formal businesses and the informal sector. So says the chief executive of Old Mutual Zimbabwe, Samuel Matsekete, who…
Leonita Mhishi IN Zimbabwe’s traditionally paper-heavy and relationship-driven property market, a digital transformation is quietly taking hold. The local real estate sector, long characterised by opaque transactions, manual record keeping, and costly bureaucracy, is being reshaped by a wave of technological innovation. From online listing platforms and drone-based surveys to experiments with blockchain land registries…
THE Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) recorded a 14 percent surge in total mineral sales to 3,8 million tonnes for the nine months to September 2025, reflecting robust operational activity in the sector. Speaking at the MMCZ annual general meeting, the country’s minerals marketing agent’s general manager, Nomusa Moyo, said the total mineral sales…
DELTA Corporation and Caledonia Mining Corporation dominated this year’s edition of the prestigious Top Companies Awards that were held in Harare yesterday. The awards, which celebrate Zimbabwe’s best-performing firms for…
BEVERAGE giant Delta Corporation has once again been crowned the Top Company on the ZSE at the Top Companies Survey (TCS) Awards held in Harare this morning. The company also…
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