RECENT research from the World Bank estimates that approximately 40-60 million people will be pushed into extreme poverty …
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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 …
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ECONOMIC & MARKET INTELLIGENCE: Strong corporate governance is important for investor visibility
ACCORDING to the African Corporate Governance Network (ACGN), most African countries (including Zimbabwe) have also not escaped the …
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ECONOMIC & MARKET INTELLIGENCE: Covid-19 and the informal economy
MEASURES to combat the spread of Covid- 19 have had far-reaching consequences, particularly in developing countries such as …
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ECONOMIC & MARKET INTELLIGENCE: Get out of tourism & hospitality stocks…Now!
MOST stock market enthusiasts might have come across “Margin Call”, a 2011 film that follows the key people …
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ECONOMIC & MARKET INTELLIGENCE: The Gig Economy – The future of businesses and jobs
DISRUPTION has proved to be an inescapable challenge for many businesses and industries across the world. The sad …
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ECONOMIC & MARKET INTELLIGENCE: More a house of cards than stones
ANYONE who has studied physics would tell you that, “God does not roll a dice on Earth but …
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ONE of the main concerns surrounding the outbreak of the Coronavirus has been low productivity as output in …
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Suspension of fungibility: A blow to Zimbabwe’s capital markets
IN our recently published article entitled, The fallacy of economics by coercion — where we discuss the issue …
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ECONOMICS & MARKET INTELLIGENCE: Current policies perpetuating poverty
ONE of the main focus areas for the modern-day economist is to advocate for policies earmarked at alleviating …
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Sometime back in April 2019, we had a heated debate that was aired on national television with a …