THE opening of the one-stop border post this weekend at Chirundu can only be the start of a process that leads to open trade in Southern and East Africa.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe is negotiating bilateral air service agreements to establish new destinations for Zimbabwean airlines and attract more foreign airlines into the country.
African Consolidated Resources has approached the High Court to evict two companies recently granted concessions to exploit diamonds in Chiadzwa as well as two other mining concerns.
MOST stockbrokers are reeling under financial distress owing to the limited number of deals they are handling on the stock market.
THE proposed reform of the country's income tax system in the 2010 National Budget statement will be done within the next three years.
PROVINCIAL deputy ministers have assured that they will use the budgetary allocations to their respective provinces towards developmental programmes.
THE ZESCO board of directors has given management 12 months in which to improve operations aimed at delivering quality service to its customers countrywide.
local companies dealing in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) products have been urged to cooperate with their Indian counterparts so as to hasten the pace of the sector's development.
The European Union has pledged to support Tanzania to revive her coffee industry, it was announced here early this week.
The Small Entrepreneurs Loan Facility (SELF) has so far dished out Sh21 billion to 228 micro finance groups in the country, the minster for Finance and Economic Affairs said in Dar es Salaam yesterday.
The East African Business Council (EABC) with support from TradeCom Facility has embarked on a regional private sector sensitisation programme aimed at educating private sector players on ways of harnessing business opportunities under the World Trade Organisation.
THE Soroti Deputy Resident District Commissioner, Michael Bwalatum, has rejected goats supplied to the six model farmers in Eastern Division, Soroti municipality under the National Agricultural Advisory Services.
GOVERNMENT is looking at the establishment of fibre optic infrastructure linking the Harare -Mutare and Harare-Beitbridge routes in efforts to improve local communication links in a world where Information and Communication Technology determines economic growth.
Finance Minister Tendai Biti has lashed out at the mining sector for failing to contribute meaningfully to the fiscus, despite making huge profits and exploiting natural resources.
President Mugabe has hailed the establishment of the Chirundu One-Stop Border Post between Zimbabwe and Zambia as a major step towards regional integration and reducing the cost of doing business on the continent.
Accra, Dec 4, GNA - The General Transport, Petroleum and Chemical Workers Union (GTPCWU) has called on drivers to observe traffic laws and regulations to avoid road accidents during the Christmas festivities.
Diamond prices are recovering from last year's slump as demand for precious stones picks up on the back of a global economic recovery, the newly appointed head of Angolan state-owned diamond firm Endiama said yesterday.
The Government will launch the long-awaited state-owned mining company this month.
People living around the Kilembe mines in Kasese District have threatened not to cooperate with the mine managers to leave the land on which they are squatting.
Ugandans should pull resources together, create social capital and invest, a Bangladesh central bank official has said.
Utz Certified, the worldwide certification programme for coffee, has awarded the Utz Kapeh certificate to the Ankole Coffee Processors Ltd.
Century bottling company has pledged to increase financial support towards the corporate league, a monthly event where different companies enter staff teams in sports competitions in different sports disciplines throughout the year.
An SA Airlink passenger plane missed the runway at George Airport, crashed through a security fence and came to a standstill on a major road next to the airport shortly before 11am today.
THE Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, says an apex association for microfinance banks in Nigeria will not only strengthen and boost rural economy but is capable of strengthening the national economy, generally.
The National Forestry Research Institute has embarked on a project to test the viability of biodiesel from jatropha, a drought resistant crop.
