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EcoCash Sets Aside RTGS$5 Million for Small Businesses
EcoCash, has set aside RTGS$5 million for small businesses in the country’s cyclone-hit areas. The funding is meant to help rebuild the economy in areas such as Manicaland and Masvingo. In a statement, Econet said the initiative named ‘Project ReBoot Livelihoods (PRL),’ is a brainchild of the company’s founder Mr Strive Masiyiwa. It will see…
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TN Reopens ‘cattle bank’ with RTGS$25m
TN Livestock Trust (TNLT), a subsidiary of Lifestyle Holdings, has re-opened its “cattle bank” where farmers can deposit their cattle for a number of years and are able to earn interest and borrow funds from a selected bank at “low” interest rates. The firm is owned by lawyer, Tawanda Nyambirai. The cattle bank, a 540-hectare…
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Masiyiwas Put Their Money Where Their Mouth Is By Launching a $100m Rural Entrepreneurship Fund
Econet founder and executive chairman, Mr Strive Masiyiwa and his wife Tsitsi, have launched a $100m Challenge Fund to support rural entrepreneurs and other entrepreneurs focusing on rural areas in Zimbabwe as part of their extensive philanthropic work in Zimbabwe and across Africa. The fund is being financed from their personal resources and will be…