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1 month ago | 
theindependent.co.zw | Grace Chirenje |Tafadzwa Mhlanga |Mthandazo Nyoni |Gamuchirai Nyamuziwa
I FACILITATED a training session with the Institute of Global Leadership and Administration on the Psychology of Driver Management. One of the key topics we explored was emotional intelligence — a critical skill for effective leadership and personal growth. During the session, I asked participants to identify five emotions they were sitting with at that moment. What unfolded was both revealing and deeply concerning: The men in the room could not identify a single emotion.
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1 month ago | 
theindependent.co.zw | Julia Ndlela |Tafadzwa Mhlanga |Mthandazo Nyoni |Gamuchirai Nyamuziwa
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has introduced digital banking and other initiatives aimed at integrating informal sector players into the formal banking system, deputy governor Innocent Matshe said this week. This move comes as the majority of Zimbabwe’s small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs), particularly those in rural areas, remain unbanked. Many startups have also avoided formal banking channels due to ongoing currency volatility, which has destabilised the local unit.
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1 month ago | 
theindependent.co.zw | Charles Nyika |Tafadzwa Mhlanga |Mthandazo Nyoni |Gamuchirai Nyamuziwa
IF there are any lessons that have been learnt over the years, it is that everything we do in life will remain unknown and uncertain. In this volatility, finding calm and clarity becomes even harder. In the intricate and high-stakes business arena of supply chain management, it would appear the hours in the normal working day are not long enough to accommodate the procurement’s ever uncertain workload, resulting in a workday that never truly comes to an end.
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1 month ago | 
theindependent.co.zw | Antony Jongwe |Tafadzwa Mhlanga |Mthandazo Nyoni |Gamuchirai Nyamuziwa
ZIMBABWE’S business environment is evolving, shaped by economic reforms, technological advancements, and regional trade opportunities. However, challenges such as limited access to finance, infrastructure deficits, and regulatory complexities persist. In this landscape, strategic partnerships — collaborations between private firms, government, universities, and international investors — offer a viable path to unlocking sustainable business growth.
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1 month ago | 
theindependent.co.zw | Memory Nguwi |Tafadzwa Mhlanga |Mthandazo Nyoni |Gamuchirai Nyamuziwa
AS a consultant who has worked on numerous job evaluation projects, I have observed a recurring challenge: many leaders and executives do not fully understand why a job evaluation is conducted. Job evaluation serves as a systematic method to determine the relative worth of different positions within an organisation. Many leaders often see it as a box-ticking exercise — a process to grade jobs and move on. But job evaluation serves a much bigger purpose.
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1 month ago | 
theindependent.co.zw | Jacob Kudzai Mutisi |Tafadzwa Mhlanga |Mthandazo Nyoni |Gamuchirai Nyamuziwa
Your Excellency,I write this letter to you, Mr President, as a concerned and patriotic Zimbabwean, deeply troubled by the dire state of our business environment. When you assumed office in 2017, you declared yourself a “listening President”, a leader who understands the plight of his people and is willing to make tough decisions for the greater good of our nation. Today, I appeal to that commitment, to that promise and to your vision for Zimbabwe as an upper-middle-income economy by 2030.
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1 month ago | 
theindependent.co.zw | Kevin Tutani |Tafadzwa Mhlanga |Mthandazo Nyoni |Gamuchirai Nyamuziwa
LAST week’s article gave an introduction into the importance of upgrading an economy from low-value activities, into more complex and financially rewarding ones. It articulated that research has proven that economies, which have complex industries, are richer than those which have basic ones.
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1 month ago | 
theindependent.co.zw | Gloria Ndoro-Mkombachoto |Tafadzwa Mhlanga |Mthandazo Nyoni |Gamuchirai Nyamuziwa
IN Part (I) of this instalment published last week, we explored the intricate relationship between power, access to power and wealth generation, explaining how these elements can create a divide between those who thrive and those who struggle. Power and access to power facilitate not only just personal wealth, but also the ability to shape industries, policies and societal norms, creating pathways for generational wealth creation.
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1 month ago | 
theindependent.co.zw | Tafadzwa Mhlanga |Mthandazo Nyoni |Gamuchirai Nyamuziwa |Freeman Makopa
Zimbabwe’s business community has urged the government to reconsider its de-dollarisation plans, warning the policy could trigger capital flight and deepen economic instability. Capital flight refers to the rapid and large-scale withdrawal of investments from a country, often in response to economic or political uncertainty. Business leaders fear that the government’s push to phase out the use of the United States dollar, despite its dominance in the economy, will create further volatility.
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1 month ago | 
theindependent.co.zw | Gwynne Dyer |Tafadzwa Mhlanga |Mthandazo Nyoni |Gamuchirai Nyamuziwa
“They kidnapped; they killed; they humiliated; they kicked people out of jobs,” explained an Alawite writer living in coastal Syria. “One way or another, this was going to happen.”“This” is the outbreak of violence in Syria that killed 745 civilians in 30 “massacres” along Syria’s Alawite-majority Mediterranean coast last Friday and Saturday, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
