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AfriKonekta’s Tichaona Dande wins award for intercity online bus booking platform
AfriKonekta CEO, Tichaona DandeAudrey GalawuFinland-based Tichaona Dande last Wednesday won an award for his Intercity online bus booking platform AfriKonekta which was named the second-best bus booki...
ITC report reveals key obstacles to small business formalisation
Audrey Galawu The International Trade Centre has reported that for most small businesses, the lack of financial resources and awareness of the benefits of formalisation were the main obstacles to the...
First Capital records 29% increase in income during Q3
Audrey GalawuFirst Capital Bank has reported a 29% increase in total income during the third quarter on a year-on-year basis to US$48.7 million compared to US$37.9 million for the same period in 2022....
NMBZ appoints Pearson Gowero Board Chairman
Pearson GoweroAudrey GalawuNMBZ Holdings has announced the appointment of Pearson Gowero as the new Board Chairman of the NMBZ Bank Limited Boards and Emilia Chisango as the new deputy chairperson of...
Govt clamps down on poultry product imports from SA, Mozambique to curb Avian flu
Patience MuchemwaThe government has restricted the importation of any poultry products from South African and Mozambique due to the outbreak of Avian flu. In an interview with Zim Now, Department of V...
Nearly 4k lose jobs in mining sector in Q2
Zim Now WriterClose to 4 000 people who were employed in the mining industry lost their jobs in the second quarter of 2023, statistics from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency show.According to Zi...
Glendale community receives 5 000 Nile tilapia fish breeders
Zim Now WriterIn a boost to local food security and income generation, the Glendale community in Mazowe District has received a donation of 5 000 Nile tilapia fish breeders under the Presidential Fish...
Govt launches Bolvac trials against theileriosis in Makoni District
Patience MuchemwaThe Bolvac vaccine, which has been developed in Zimbabwe to combat January disease, is undergoing field trials, starting with Makoni District in Manicaland Province before being rolle...
Zim Cyber City opened for investment
Zim Now WriterMulk International and Zimbabwe Global Investments launched investment into Zim Cyber City at Johannesburg event this Wednesday.“We have worked diligently to understand the market and ga...
Ariana Resources begins due diligence on Tsholotsho gold project
Ariana Managing Director, Kerim SenerZim Now WriterAriana Resources has announced that it has begun an exploratory due diligence drilling programme on the Dokwe gold project in Tsholotsho.Ariana’s man...