Conference to tackle Sadc trade barriers on cards

Conference to tackle Sadc trade barriers on cards   Business ReporterIN an attempt to strengthen the continent’s trading ability, the United States Agency for International Development (USAid) in collaboration with INTL FCStone, a NASDAQ listed US-based company, will be hosting a landmark conference that will strategically tackle commodity challenges, highlight tax harmonisations, and outline a …

Hybrid, GMO and heirloom plants?

Hybrid, GMO and heirloom plants?   Tapuwa MashangwaIN today’s world of fast changing technology dynamics, agriculture is being shaped into a sector that requires one to be constantly conversant with new developments. Each new invention or technological application means that the gross margins in farming are increasing. Many farming and non-farming individuals say acquirement and …

Only 11pc of plastic waste recycled in Zim: EMA

Only 11pc of plastic waste recycled in Zim: EMA   Jeffrey Gogo Climate StoryEvery June 5 the world commemorates the World Environment Day, a day set aside by the UN Environment Programme at its formation in 1972, aiming to draw public attention to pressing global environmental issues, and to encourage people to take action against …

Zimplats cedes land to govt

Zimplats cedes land to govt  Financial Gazette 8/6/2018 Ndakaziva Majaka Deputy Markets Editor  ZIMBABWE’S largest platinum producer, Zim-plats, has agreed to release 23 903 hectares of land to government within its mining lease after a two-year wrangle, it has emerged.  In an update released yesterday, Zimplats, parent company, Implats, said the move was in “support …

Tongaat banks on new political climate

Tongaat banks on new political climate  John Kachembere Markets Editor  SOUTH African sugar producer Tongaat Hulett is planning to ramp up production in Zimba­bwe due to an anticipated economic recovery ushered in by the new political environment.  The Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed agri­culture and agro-processing group’s chief execu­tive officer Peter Staude {pictured) said the major transition …

Britain fully behind us – Shiri

Britain fully behind us – Shiri   Kenneth Marimaire Own Correspondent  BURMA VALLEY — Britain fully backs the new Zimbabwe govern­ment and its economic turnaround ef­forts, Agriculture Minister Perrance Shiri (pictured) has said.  He said Britain had expressed its support and confidence in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s adminis­tration by making available a $100 million grant to …

Econet goes green, puts HQ on solar power

Econet goes green, puts HQ on solar power   Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (EWZ), the country’s largest telecom and technology company, has completed the installation of a solar power system at its head office in Msasa, Harare. BY OWN CORRESPONDENT The 99.9KW solar system, which was installed by Distributed Power Africa (DPA), a pan-African renewable energy …

Ecobank donates 25 000 gumtree seedlings to schools

Ecobank donates 25 000 gumtree seedlings to schools newsday ECOBANK Zimbabwe will donate 25 000 gum trees before year-end to different schools across the country as part of its corporate social responsibility programme, an official has said. BY KENNEDY NYAVAYA Speaking on the sidelines of World Environment Day celebrations running under the theme Planting today, …

SHDF rolls out ‘green’ plan for small enterprises

SHDF rolls out ‘green’ plan for small enterprises newsday A LOCAL women empowerment organisation, Self-Help Development Foundation (SHDF) has rolled out several environmentally-friendly projects to help communities appreciate the importance of environmentally-sustainable economic activities. BY Kennedy Nyavaya The organisation said it had so far initiated projects in 11 regions across the country under its Enterprise …