The Financial Gazette

THE Grain Marketing Board has established 1 804 mobile buying and collection points across the country to ease transport costs for farmers, who previously incurred high expenses delivering produce to depots. >tinyurl.com/yfjkzfth

THE African Export-Import Bank has extended a US$15 million finance facility to Ecobank Zimbabwe to support small and medium enterprises operating within export value chains under its Export SME Development Programme. >tinyurl.com/mupsxbtv

THE International Monetary Fund has commended Parliament’s active oversight role in promoting accountability and transparency, while highlighting progress made by Zimbabwe in strengthening economic governance under the Staff-Monitored Programme. >tinyurl.com/3n45mvk2

EVER interacted with per­sonalities that swing from one extreme of emotions to the other? Managing these roller-coaster experiences can be demanding and even costly if not navigated intelligently. >tinyurl.com/5n77rvcn

WEBSITES have changed significantly over the years. In the early days of the internet, websites were simple digi­tal pages that displayed information with very little interaction. >tinyurl.com/kd9pyu58

LAST week I attended an event in Salima, on the shores of Lake Malawi, where one of the speak­ers reflected on the concept of entropy. In simple layman’s terms, entropy suggests that if things are left unattended, they naturally drift towards disorder, decay and eventually death. >tinyurl.com/357js75d

CHINA’s ambassador to Zimbabwe Zhou Ding says his country’s new zero-tariff policy on imports from African countries will help boost Zimbabwe’s exports and strengthen economic cooperation between the two nations. >tinyurl.com/ywduuj89

ZIMBABWE’S textile and clothing industry, once a major employer, has seen capacity utilisation fall below 30 percent in some segments, as the competition watchdog proposes phased local content increases to revive the value chain. >tinyurl.com/4r7h5jr3

STATE-owned mobile telecom­munications company NetOne is accelerating network expan­sion, digital product rollout and infra­structure modernisation as it seeks to strengthen market share amid rising costs, growing competition from Star­link and increasing demand for con­nectivity. >tinyurl.com/3veja8as

The African Development Bank Group has approved a US$4 million grant to support Zimbabwe’s efforts to clear its debt arrears and re-engage with the international financial community. >tinyurl.com/bdzk43p8

THE government’s swift acknowledgement of growers’ frustrations over subdued tobacco auction prices is both welcome and worth noting. For a crop that remains Zimbabwe’s largest agricultural export earner, sustaining hundreds of thousands of rural households, weak prices strike at the heart of livelihoods, confidence and broader economic stability. >tinyurl.com/4e39st3b

INDIA-BASED company Jindal is set to refurbish Units 1 to 6 at Hwange Power Station under a US$455 million deal aimed at boosting electricity generation and improving the reliability of the country’s ageing power infrastructure. >tinyurl.com/4uua4a28

TREASURY’S move to introduce zero-cost bank accounts for micro, small and medium enterprises has been overshadowed by the ‘burdensome’ intermediated money transfer tax, an industry expert has warned. >tinyurl.com/399p4r2c

NMBZ Holdings says strict credit management systems helped reduce non-performing loans to 3,14 percent de­spite growing pressure on retail borrowers, with agricul­ture remaining the bank’s largest lending sector. >tinyurl.com/3r2nh6mx

THE Competition and Tariff Commission (CTC) says the government should establish a funding facility for the textile industry to encourage the production and up­take of local content. >tinyurl.com/yjsnvhce

DELTA Corporation says it is optimistic that ongoing engagements with the gov­ernment over the country’s sugar tax regime will result in a fa­vourable outcome, as the beverage giant battles mounting pressure from the levy on its soft drinks business. >tinyurl.com/2kt8c3vz

LOCAL technology firm, Avantis Technologies is targeting a listing on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange in October as the company seeks to raise capital, strengthen corporate governance and expand its footprint across Africa. >tinyurl.com/3u4hv9t8

PREMIER African Minerals has raised approximately £1 million through a new share subscription as it pushes ahead with com­missioning works at its flagship Zulu Lithium and Tantalum Project in Zimbabwe. >tinyurl.com/8jdyjeuk

ARISTON Holdings is investing in tech­nology-enabled farming and value-addition initiatives to improve competitiveness and pro­tect margins amid rising costs and operational challenges. >tinyurl.com/4kmm5dtd

AFRICAN Distillers invested US$4,4 million in plant modernisation during the year ended March 31, 2026, to improve efficiency, expand capacity and sup­port rising demand across its product portfolio. >tinyurl.com/yta5d68b