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ZIMBABWE’S largest mobile network operator, Econet Wireless, has increased its voice, data and SMS bundle prices by an average 20 percent.

THE Ecobank Group has launched a programme for women-owned and women-focused businesses across its 33 markets, including Zimbabwe.

BANKERS Association of Zimbabwe president Ralph Watungwa has assured depositors that their funds are in safe hands due to the current sound standing in the financial services sector, the Daily News reports.

ORGANISERS of the Post-National Budget Business Breakfast Forum, which was headlined by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya last Monday, have described the event as an “unqualified…

ZIMBABWE will record a trade surplus for the second year running, after recording a threefold-increase in its current account to US$939 million in the first nine months of the year, Finance and Economic Development minister, Mthuli Ncube…

Media from across the South African region experienced Galileo, Huawei’s immersive exhibition hall that explains 5G technology and its benefits.

SIX people, who were arrested in a suspected foreign currency and money laundering scam involving $5 billion using a mobile money transfer platform, will have to stay in prison as their fate is yet to be decided.

CASSAVA Smartech Zimbabwe (Cassava) has extended its ‘My Ecocash Rewards’ promotion to the diaspora community as a way of bringing smiles to local customers during this festive season.

THE Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators in Zimbabwe (ICSAZ) has been admitted to the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) as an associate member ICSAZ becomes the second professional accountancy organisation in…

VIVO Energy Zimbabwe, which distributes and markets fuels, lubricants and liquefied petroleum gas, recently commissioned a world class fully automated high-tech fire system in Harare.

KEY stakeholders in the Zimbabwean tourism sector yesterday convened in Harare to deliberate on the progress in terms of disbursement of the $500 million economic stimulus package provided to them by government in May this year.

EMIRATES, the largest airline and flag carrier of the United Arab Emirates, resumed flights to Harare at the beginning of last month.

REGIONAL electrical power utility firm, Power Giants Private Limited, has opened a new branch in Mutare, cementing its position as one of the leading service providers in the electrical engineering field in Zimbabwe.

ON THE back of a successful migration of their banking systems, First Capital Bank Zimbabwe has launched two new innovative products and services for customers and the general public.

THE Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) has launched a domestic tourism campaign, dubbed ZimBho.

ZIMBABWE’S appetite for loans and the absence of a comprehensive plan to service both foreign and domestic arrears will result in the country being trapped in a debt crisis, a new report has said.

Econet, through its subsidiaries Liquid Telecom Group (LTG) and Cassava Fintech International (CFI) yesterday launched a network of #SasaiWifiFinder hotspots in Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Rwanda, providing locals with most affordable…

THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has announced new fuel prices which have seen diesel slightly going down by five percent, while petrol slightly increased by four percent, the Daily News reports.

ZIMBABWE’S export promotion body, ZimTrade, is set to launch an online store, Shop@Zim, in a bid to enable local companies to access international buyers amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

THE Infrastructural Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) says it is seeking Green Climate Fund (GCF) accreditation as it increases its focus on renewable energy projects following the energy shortages faced by the country lately.

CEMENT manufacturing giant, Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe (Ltd), has recorded a strong come back from the Covid-19-induced slowdown of business operations as indicated in the company’s half-year performance results.

ZIMBABWE’S cost of living, as measured by the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ), food basket for a low income family of six, rose to $14 438 in August from $14 256 in July, representing a 1,27 percent increase.

THE government has, through Statutory Instrument (SI) 223 of 2020, gazetted regulations for the resumption of inter-city travel, which will see operators applying for the routes they want to service to the Commissioner of Road Motor…

FBC Bank has announced the launch of Noku, a smart Digital Assistant who has been equipped with the capability of assisting clients with executing banking and insurance services on Whatsapp at any time of the day...24/7.

In response to the growing customer needs to transact in foreign currency, most banks have responded by upgrading their payments infrastructure to allow processing of nostro payments.