The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has spelt doom for alcohol and tobacco-related businesses given that health concerns …
Batanai Matsika
A recent article in The Economist cites that Microsoft will pay US$69 billion in cash for the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, a video-game developer in what represents a huge bet on the future of …
-
-
Uncategorized
ECONOMICS & ECONOMICS INTELLIGENCE: The post-Covid future is online
by Batanai Matsika 0 minutes readTHE Covid-19 has by far become a significant disruption catalyst in terms of how business is being conducted …
-
Opinions
ECONOMIC & MARKET INTELLIGENCE: An explosion of RSBs and the informal economy
by Batanai Matsika 0 minutes readTHE Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the structure and shape of economies across the globe. In the case of …
-
Uncategorized
ECONOMICS & MARKET INTELLIGENCE: The headline effect of negative news
by Batanai Matsika 0 minutes readReaders may have seen some alarming news articles on various media quoting Zanu PF’s acting spokesman Patrick Chinamasa …
-
Columns & CommentEconomics & Market Intelligence
ECONOMIC & MARKET INTELLIGENCE: The logic behind randisation
by Batanai Matsika 0 minutes readFollowing on our article titled; “USD or ZAR? What makes sense? we re-iterate our call that randisation cements …
-
Columns & CommentEconomics & Market Intelligence
ECONOMICS & MARKET INTELLIGENCE: The nexus between democracy & economic development
by Batanai Matsika 0 minutes readHUMAN rights, free elections, inclusiveness, equality, freedom of assembly and expression, rule of law are some of the …
-
Columns & CommentEconomics & Market Intelligence
ECONOMICS & MARKET INTELLIGENCE: When hoarding mentality invades a stock market
by Batanai Matsika 0 minutes readAS Covid-19 social distancing measures are slowly being relaxed and formal businesses have resumed operations, one reality that …
-
Columns & CommentEconomics & Market Intelligence
ECONOMICS & MARKET INTELLIGENCE: To re-dollarise or not: What makes sense?
by Batanai Matsika 0 minutes readLAST I participated in a debate organized by the Financial gazette on whether Zimbabwe should re-dollarise or not? …
-
Columns & CommentEconomics & Market Intelligence
ECONOMIC & MARKET INTELLIGENCE: A sentiment & predictive analysis of the ZSE
by Batanai Matsika 0 minutes readBULLS have been raging on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) while smart investors and traders have been smiling …
-
Columns & CommentEconomics & Market Intelligence
ECONOMIC & MARKET INTELLIGENCE: Data providers primed for earnings boost
by Batanai Matsika 0 minutes readFOLLOWING the unbundling of the Econet Group into two separate entities (Econet Wireless Zimbabwe and Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe …