Bulls n Bears Investors Notebook : 17 March 2023

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Bulls n Bears Investors Notebook : 17 March 2023

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Bulls ‘n Bears Investors Diary: Today’s Events

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Power outages hit PPC cement sales

REGIONAL cement maker PPC expects sales volumes at its Zimbabwean unit will
drop by 14% in the full year compared to the same period last year due to
recurrent power outages and grey imports. PPC operates a clinker plant at
Colleen Bawn in Gwanda in the southern part of the country, as well as
cement-milling plants outside Bulawayo and Harare.
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Small-scale miners focus on US$10m fund

THE ZIMBABWE Miners Federation (ZMF) says it is currently working on
modalities of how the US$10 million incentive released by the government
will benefit small-scale miners. Last month, Finance and Economic
Development minister Mthuli Ncube launched a US$10 million gold facility to
fund mining expansion and increase productivity.
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Farmers urged to venture into agroecology

PARTICIPATORY Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) Zimbabwe, in
partnership with Knowledge Transfer Africa, have urged  farmers to venture
into agroecological farming practices to promote national biodiversity and
healthy foods in the country. Agroecology is a sustainable farming approach
that centres on food production that makes the best use of nature’s
resources without damaging them. <https://bullszimbabwe.com/> Read more »

PPC Zimbabwe declares US$8,8 million FY dividend

SOUTH Africa-headquartered cement producer, Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC),
says operations in Zimbabwe continue to experience growth in cement demand
supported by infrastructure spending and retail demand. So solid is the
Zimbabwe unit that for the 2023 financial year, PPC received US$8,8 million
in dividends as compared to US$6,2 million realised in full year (FY) 2022.
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Labour market changes freeze 477 pension funds

A COMBINATION of labour market changes including migration and closure of
some companies in recent years have trimmed down the number of active
pension funds in Zimbabwe to 504 from 981 as at December 31, 2022. According
to the Insurance and Pensions Commission (Ipec), the country has 981 pension
funds of which only 504 were active as of December last year, which means
477 pension funds are now defunct. <https://bullszimbabwe.com/> Read more »

Fast-food outlet spreads wings

Fast-food service provider, Solomon’s Café, has embarked on an expansion
drive targeting opening more branches across the country. With two branches
in Kwekwe and Willowvale in Harare, the young business is set to open two
more branches in Gutu, Masvingo province and another in Beitbridge.
Construction of the Gutu branch is at advanced stages of completion with
business earmarked for opening by end of March while the Beitbridge branch
is set for opening in May. <https://bullszimbabwe.com/> Read more »

Revolving loan scheme for smallholder farmers

A REVOLVING loan facility has been unveiled to support small-scale farmers
under the Smallholder Agriculture Cluster Project (SACP), a joint initiative
by the Government in partnership with the International Fund for Agriculture
Development (IFAD), and the Opec Fund for International Development (OFID).
The revolving loan facility provides investment support to lead value chain
enterprises to enhance capacity and linkages with smallholder producers and
key market sectors. The SACP seeks to bridge the gaps in the country’s
smallholder value chain, which have been blamed for low productivity and low
farmer income. <https://bullszimbabwe.com/> Read more »

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Beitbridge Expo pushes for showground construction

THE Beitbridge Business Expo has unveiled plans to construct a showground in
Beitbridge in line with the town’s transformation into a medium city. A
number of fundraising initiatives are being rolled out to ensure the dream
becomes a reality. A showground is a facility designed to host assorted
events including agricultural shows and related business events. At the
moment, such events have been confined mainly to Dulivhadzimu Stadium.
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Old Mutual Zim equips women with digital skills

Old Mutual innovation hub, Eight2Five will today, host a computer coding
training for women to hone computer programming skills in the female gender
as well grow its

interest in digital technologies and innovation. The coding boot camp, to be
conducted today, is being held in the context of this year’s theme for
International Women’s Day, aptly titled DigitALL: Innovation and Technology
For Gender Equality. <https://bullszimbabwe.com/> Read more »

Revenue growth drives 36pc jump in Axia halfyear margins

DIVERSIFIED Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) listed specialty homeware
furniture

and electrical appliance retailer Axia saw its gross margin grow by 36
percent driven by

growth in revenues in the half year to December 31, 2022.
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Bulawayo solar tile producer eyes Sadc market

A BULAWAYO entrepreneur who produces solar roof tiles and kitchen
countertops from plastic waste is eager to penetrate the Southern regional
market and help promote intra-regional trade. Solar tiles are 

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Raymeg to inject US$1m into rabbit business

RAYMEG Consultants, a diversified local firm, plans to invest US$1 million
into the establishment of rabbit grills nationwide as well as a centre to
distribute rabbit meat which will begin 
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more »

Steward Bank unveils new online payment platform

Steward Bank, Zimbabwe’s largest bank by depositors, has unveiled Steward
Pay, an online payment gateway that facilitates the processing of local and
international payments online via VISA, Mastercard, EcoCash and 

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Africa Data Centres, DPA Southern Africa ink power deal

AFRICA Data Centres (ADC), a subsidiary of Cassava Technologies has signed a
20-year power purchase agreement with Distributed Power Africa (DPA) for the
supply 12MW of renewable solar energy. Under 
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ZSE confident of new listings

ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange (ZSE) chief executive Justin Bgoni says he is
confident that the bourse will see new listings this year despite a number
of companies jumping ship to the 
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INVESTORS DIARY 2023

Company

Event

Venue

Date & Time

Good Friday

April 7

Easter Saturday

April 8

Easter Sunday

April 9

Easter Monday

April 10

Independence Day

April 18

Workers’ Day

May 1

Africa Day

May 25

REST OF AFRICA

Counters Trading Under Cautionary

CBZH

TSL

Fidelity

Willdale

FMHL

ZBFH

GetBucks

Zimre

Seed Co

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