Zimbabwe’s mobile penetration rate dropped 9.8 percentage points in the first quarter of 2019 to 83.3 percent compared to the fourth quarter in 2018 as a result of the tough economic times,latest data from the telecommunications sector regulator shows. Cellphones became the biggest telecommunications tool in the last decade, with government and phone companies making […]
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday met Zimbabwe’s ambassador designates at State House before they leave to commence their official duties in various capitals across the world. President Mnangagwa appointed new ambassadors drawn from different sectors to replace those who had either died, recalled or retired. Among those who attended the Wednesday meeting included Lieutenant Generals […]
The Zimbabwean government on Tuesday conducted its first Treasury Bill (TB) auction in over a decade, described by Finance and Economic Development Minister, Mthuli Ncube as setting the foundation for plans to mobilise long term funding through an infrastructure bond. Professor Ncube could not immediately share how much government intended to mobilise via the infrastructure […]
Zimbabwe has taken delivery of an assortment of state of the art equipment worth over US$1 million from India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as government makes strides towards re-equipping public hospitals, cabinet ministers said on Tuesday. Doctors at the country’s main referral hospitals have repeatedly bemoaned critical shortages of equipment and other sundries […]