BUSINESS NEWS

By Tendai Matunhu & Christopher Makaza

Zimbabwe is among the Top-20 improvers in Doing Business 2020 with countries like China, India, Djibouti, Kenya, Kuwait, Qatar among others, for making business start ups easier,  faster approval of construction permits, implementation of internal tracking system and also for obtaining post-commencement finance and improving access to credit.

By Elijah Chihota

President Emmerson Mnangagwa informed the international community during his address at the 74^th Session of the United Nations General Assembly that Zimbabwe was in the process of repealing and aligning laws to do with the economy and trade to the new Constitution.

By Tendai Matunhu

A Norwegian energy company is set to establish a massive coal bed methane gas plant with a potential to produce 1000MW and fertilisers.

By Rungano Dzikira

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has ordered freezing of accounts of five additional companies, as it ramps up its efforts to contain the runaway parallel market exchange rate.

By Tendai Matunhu

Speaker of Parliament, Advocate Jacob Mudenda has revealed that Parliament is in the process of working on the Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency Bill that will ensure the establishment of Special Economic Zones across the country and a one stop investment centre.

By Christopher Makaza

Government of Zimbabwe and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) have both announced that Zimbabwe will host the 6th Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFD) in February 2020 in Victoria Falls.

By Rudo Saungweme

Miners in the mining sector have commended the Zimbabwe Alternative Mining Indaba (ZAMI) for creating a platform for mining communities to convene and share their ideas and experiences.

By Tendai Matunhu

The coming in of the New Dispensation has seen several improvements having been and still being implemented in the country so as to enhance investor confidence notably in the Land Reform Program and the Mining Sector.

By Patience Rashai

The Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) has slated this November for its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and inaugural conference as the sector props up efforts to align artisanal and small scale miners to the mainstream economy.

By Bulawayo correspondent

The Professional Women, Women Executives and Business Women’s Forum (PROWEB) is set to launch its Bulawayo chapter today, 18 September 2019 at M & M Joyous Events in Bulawayo CBD.

By Rungano Dzikira

Zimbabwe’s trade promotion and development agency, Zimtrade, has engaged Manicaland farmers in export farming as it intensifies its efforts to energize agricultural exports in the country to compete with the regional market.

By Business Editor

Mines and Mining Development Minister, Winston Chitando said the economy was on a recovery path with the mining sector expected to contribute massively to the reclamation process.