THE National Bakers Association (NBA) this week initiated fresh talks for a review of the price of bread by the National Incomes and Pricing Commission (NIPC), as prices soared across the board after the depreciation of the Zimbabwe dollar on
ZIMBABWE'S tobacco farmers are having cash problems. They have so much money in their pockets, but cannot buy what they need because it is in the form of cheques.
ZIMBABWE is one of the African countries likely to be hardest hit by rising food prices, an international news agency reported, citing an African Development Bank (AfDB) chief economist, Louis Kasekende.
TEXTILE giant, David Whitehead Textiles Limited (DWTL), was last week plunged into chaos after its 1 700 strong workforce went on strike to press for salary increments, The Financial Gazette has heard.
INTERBANK rates swelled higher as banks scrambled for cash to avoid punitive accommodation rates from the central bank, which were hiked two weeks ago to limit borrowing.
Investors, that for a very long time, had suffered from a problem of very limited choices of viable and legal investment destinations, had their prayers answered when the Central Bank Governor liberalised the foreign exchange market at the end of
CFX Financial Services is planning to spend $58 trillion in rolling out new branches for its retail bank as Zimbabweans witness a growing trend of bank holding companies diversifying their income streams to include investments in property.
THE Supreme Court this week nullified government regulations that threatened registered insurance brokers with a ban if they did not comply with a directive to re-register.
The Association of Insurance Companies in Cameroon, ASAC, is worried that many Cameroonians appear not to realise or bother about the importance of obtaining an insurance policy.
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, Gideon Gono, raised a pertinent question last week on the issue of an electoral run-off following the announcement of the presidential election results.
WALKING past Harare's busy Roadport cross-border bus terminus, one cannot miss the fact that a huge number of people are leaving Zimbabwe for neighbouring countries, particularly South Africa.
