SME’s
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Cross borders bemoan Ecocash transaction charges by dealers
Cross border traders have lamented the sharp increase in the percentage required on the black market for them to take out their money from the Ecocash financial application. The black market exchange rate for cashing out money from Ecocash accounts has steadily risen up to 30% leading to the erosion of the profit margins, further…
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2017 Harare Agricultural Show comes as country attains food secure status
By Byron Mutingwende Preparations for the 2017 Harare Agricultural Show are exciting as they follow a successful agricultural season with food security assured, it has emerged. In his address while addressing journalists on the preparations, Dr. Anxious Masuka, the Chief Executive Officer of the Zimbabwe Agricultural Society (ZAS) said the Harare Show sought…
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Chinese CSR exposes MSMEs to the market
By Patricia Mashiri and Byron Mutingwende In an initiative set to uplift citizens’ economic wellbeing, the management of Long Cheng Plaza sponsored the weekly micro, small-to-medium enterprises (MSMEs) Showcase Market Exhibition in Harare. In a speech read on her behalf on the MSMEs showcase launch held at Long Cheng Plaza on Saturday 5…
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Women exhibit entrepreneurship skills at showcase market
By Byron Mutingwende A showcase market held in Harare revealed that women have improved their entrepreneurship skills and are determined to leave a mark in business. Organised by the Women’s Farming Syndicate (WFS), the Women’s Showcase Market from March 3 to 4, 2017 at Long Cheng Plaza in Harare, was a platform for women…
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Informal sector rise, unemployment harmful to the economy: Yu
By Byron Mutingwende The growing rate informalistion of jobs and unemployment has a negative impact on the economy, a senior United Nations official has said. Speaking at the occasion to launch the Population Census Thematic Reports at Holiday Inn Hotel in Harare Tuesday, Yu Yu, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Zimbabwe Deputy Representative said bemoaned…
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Innovation Baraza Fair on this Friday
Nearly forty (40) innovative ideas beat out hundreds of competitors, across sectors, to be represented at the Innovation Baraza Fair to be held on Friday July 10th at the Baraza Pavilion in Tynwald, Harare. Organizers announced last week that the successful ideas include innovations in the agriculture, finance, health, resource management, infrastructure, community, retail, and…
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WOMEN TURNS WASTE INTO ‘MONEY’
BY FARAI MAPOSA Many women in some parts of the country are smiling all the way to the bank owing to them collecting plastic waste which they sell to plastic recycling company. A plastic recycling entrepreneur Mary Wazara spoke to this paper saying they have empowered most women through plastic waste collection. “We are empowering…
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Rural women represented at HIFA
by Kundai Marunya Rural women who earn a living through arts and craft are well represented at the ongoing Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA). Their art is being exhibited at different stands in the British American Tobbaco Zimbabwe Crafts and Design Centre by different organisations notably the Zienzele Foundation, Step Zimbabwe Trust and the Lupane…
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Car boot sale gain popularity
So goes an old saying, ‘one man’s meat is another man’s poison’. While this may sound as mere statement, a visit to The Borrowadale Country Club where second hand goods sale like hot cakes will bring to life to the saying. Low income earners are turning ‘waste’ from the elite into valuable treasure. The Borrowdale…