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Sweet Deal: Zimbabwe and African Sugar Associations form major business partnership
Audrey GalawuThe Zimbabwe Sugar Association has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the African Sugar Producers Association to strengthen cooperation and collaboration in the sugar sector.The MoU wa...
Revolutionising Zim economy: Boost for women and youth in trade sectors
Women Affairs, Community Small and Medium Enterprises Development Minister, Monica MutsvangwaMichael Mashiri The government will ensure there’s an enabling business and trade environment that will hel...
Stakeholders call for probe in cotton inputs utilisation
Zim Now WriterStakeholders in the cotton industry have called for a probe into how farmers are utilising inputs under the presidential input scheme. The scheme was introduced in 2014/15 to help farmer...
Harvest fast, Gvt tells wheat farmers
Zim Now WriterThe Government has implored farmers to expedite wheat harvesting before the onset of the rains to avoid losses, as the country targets 420 000 metric tonnes of the crop this year.Masving...
Macadamia nuts offering new hope for Zim farmers
Zim Now WriterSmallholder farmers in Zimbabwe are facing many challenges, including erratic rainfall patterns, climate change, and poverty. However, a new cash crop is offering hope to these farmers:...
US dollar use to continue until 2030
Zim Now WriterThe multi-currency system will continue operating in Zimbabwe until the end of 2030, the government has said.Government made the announcement through Statutory Instrument 218 of 2023 whi...
Zim’s mining boom spurs calls for railway investment: NRZ
Respina ZinyandukoPatience MuchemwaThe National Railways of Zimbabwe has said investors are welcome to invest in new railway lines in the country in response o the need for railway services spurred by...
Invictus Energy finds more gas deposits
Zim Now WriterAustralian energy firm, Invictus Energy Limited, says the total gas observed from drilling at its Mukuyu 2 drill site in Muzarabani, Mashonaland Central Province, is now four times more...
Unveiling the retail mafia: Zim’s formal retailers blamed for informal market growth
Informal traders sell groceries right at the entrance of a large retail chainPatience MuchemwaThe proliferation of informal retailers in the country is largely caused by the retailers, the Progressive...
BRICS group attracts interest from 20 countries
Zim Now Writer The BRICS group, an economic bloc of five major emerging markets, is becoming increasingly popular in today’s multipolar world, with about 20 countries interested in establishing partne...