Every morning, Mrs Maureen Chauke wakes up early to take care of her animals in Gwanda. The sun feels hot, and there is very little rain where she lives. She used to struggle because her cows did not have enough grass to eat.
Mrs Chauke joined a special farming program called LIPS-Zim. This program helps farmers learn better ways to raise their animals. She learned to grow special plants that can live even when there is little rain. These plants make good food for her cows.
The program teaches farmers to think of their animals as a business. Mrs Chauke learned how to keep track of her money and make smart choices about selling her animals. Before she learned these new ways, her cows made only twelve bottles of milk each day. Today...
The National University of Sciences and Technology started teaching students new ways to farm. This helps Zimbabwe improve and modernize its farming. The university wants to help farmers grow more food and protect the land at the same time.
Farming gives many people in Zimbabwe jobs and helps the country make money. Old methods sometimes make it hard to feed all the people in Zimbabwe. The new program teaches farmers to use computers and special machines. These help them grow more food using less water and fewer chemicals.
The university wants to ensure Zimbabwe has enough food for everyone. It teaches ways to grow more crops without harming the environment. This means people will have better food to eat, and farmers will make more...
Gold prices stayed very high because President Trump made new rules about trading with other countries. The price of gold reached US$2,930 for a small piece, and people kept buying it for seven weeks straight. This hasn't happened since August 2020.
President Trump signed a paper on Thursday telling his helpers to look at each country and decide how much extra money they should pay to sell things to America. He hasn't made them pay yet, which might mean he wants to talk with these countries first. He already makes Chinese companies pay more money to sell their things in America, and next month he plans to charge more for steel and aluminum from all countries.
On Tuesday, gold hit its highest price ever, at US$2,942.68. People like to...
A big hotel company called African Sun wants to sell one of its hotels. They plan to sell the Great Zimbabwe Hotel for 4.2 million US dollars to a family group named Mewame Family Trust. They will use this money to make their other hotels look better.
African Sun has been doing well since Covid-19 ended. They think selling the Great Zimbabwe Hotel makes sense because it did not make much money for them. The Mewame family came to African Sun and asked if they could buy the hotel. Both sides agreed to the sale on January 28, 2025.
The deal includes the hotel building and a big piece of land around it. The Mewame family will pay 3.2 million dollars for the land and 1 million dollars for everything inside the hotel. They need to pay all...
A company called Nampak Zimbabwe had a hard time selling boxes and other packaging because many other companies started selling the same things. They also had problems because their supplies came late through a port in Mozambique. The late supplies made it hard for them to give customers what they needed during Christmas time.
The company head, Mr Van Gend, told everyone that the company made less money than last year. They earned 23 percent less money, and their profits went down by 56 percent because people bought fewer things from them. The company started using US dollars for its business in April 2024.
One part of Nampak, called Hunyani Paper and Packaging, sold 35 percent fewer boxes than last year. This happened because other...
The richest person in Africa, Aliko Dangote, wants Nigeria to make everything it needs instead of buying from other countries. He started with oil and wants to do the same with sugar. His company will build things in Nigeria to help create more jobs and strengthen the country's money.
Dangote went to court to stop other companies from bringing oil products into Nigeria. He wants his new oil factory to make all the oil products Nigeria needs. He also plans to spend $700 million to help Nigeria make its sugar. He shared this news at a big trade fair in Abeokuta city.
Someone who works for Dangote's company explained they bought land and machines to start making sugar in Nigeria. They also hired many people and helped local communities...
African leaders want to develop their system for checking whether countries can pay back the money they borrow. They met in Ethiopia to discuss this new plan. They believe the current system, conducted by companies outside Africa, isn't fair to African countries.
These unfair checks have stopped Africa from using $75 billion that could help make people's lives better. Kenya's leader, William Ruto, pointed out something interesting. Africa has many good things, like natural riches, good farm land, and money sent home by Africans living in other countries. Yet the companies that check if countries can pay back loans have given bad scores to almost all African countries. Only two African countries received good scores in the last ten...
A terrible accident happened near Beitbridge last Thursday. A big truck crashed into a bus, and sadly, twenty-five people lost their lives. Seventeen people died right away, and eight more passed away after they reached the hospital. Twenty-nine other people were hurt and needed medical care at Beitbridge District Hospital.
The crash was very serious, and the government said they would help pay for the funerals of everyone who died. Special ambulances are taking some of the injured people to Harare for better treatment.
The police found out who most of the people were who died in the crash. Many of them lived in Beitbridge, but others came from different places like Harare and Masvingo. The police need help finding out who four more...
The leader of Zimbabwe's Parliament, Jacob Mudenda, believes good pensions will help make the country richer by 2030. He shared this idea when talking to other leaders about a new plan to help government workers save money for when they stop working.
Mr. Mudenda explained that people who have finished their working life need special care. He wants to make sure they have enough money to live well. He even quoted a famous boxer named George Foreman who said the important thing about retiring isn't your age - it's having enough money to live on.
A government worker named Mr. Masanga talked about how much money they need each month to pay people who used to work for the government. They need 32 million US dollars and 406 million ZiG. He...
