ONE important discussion topic during the 43rd Organisation of Eastern and Southern Africa Insurers Conference was titled, “Micro-insurance and financial inclusion: Adoption of Innovation, Technology and Digitisation of Insurance Business Operations beyond Covid”. (more…)

READERS that have been following the price trend of Bitcoin (BTC) would know that the cryptocurrency has been gaining a lot of traction and the price is up 60,98 percent on a year-to-date basis, despite some episodes of volatility. (more…)

FOR a long time now, Morgan & Co Research has consistently insisted that investors should park ZWL balances in blue-chip stocks. (more…)

ZIMBABWE has suffered from limited foreign direct investment (FDI) flows and lines of credit. The low levels of investor confidence and uncertainties on the economic and political environment in Zimbabwe have been a major impediment in terms of FDI flows into the country. (more…)

About a decade ago, Zambia was surfing a powerful wave of optimism as the copper-driven economy registered an all-time GDP growth rate of 10,3 percent in 2010. (more…)

RECENT news flow on capital markets indicates that the People's Own Savings Bank (POSB), has submitted a proposal to Cabinet for the listing of the bank on the local bourse. (more…)

FROM a global perspective, many factors have played a role in shaping the outcomes of the pandemic including how early the outbreak happened, the readiness to respond, the need for lockdowns and the degree of economic support provided to the economy through fiscal and monetary interventions. (more…)

OK Zimbabwe Limited (OK) recently issued a trading update for the three months ended June 30, 2021. Management highlighted in the release that while the business environment for the quarter continued to be characterised by Covid-19 induced restrictions, there were less severe compared to the same period in…

ONE common way to make money on the stock market would be to bet on a roaring rebound in the local economy, as aggregate demand improves and pushes up top and bottom-line figures of listed companies. But here is a sage piece of investment advice you might not…

GLOBALLY, hospitals are buckling under a torrent of Covid-19 patients. It appears that vaccines are the only way out of this as they can reduce deaths by protecting the vaccinated directly by stopping them from becoming ill and offering indirect protection to the unvaccinated. (more…)