Implications of new VAT rules on informal traders
Many informal retailers operate on thin profit margins, and adding Vat to their prices could make their goods less affordable for consumers.
By Tinashe Duma
Dec. 8, 2023
African mass markets not only about pushing commodities
In fact, there are now specialist traders on packaging, including plastic polybags used to pack chilli pepper, okra and other commodities.
By Charles Dhewa
May. 31, 2023
Business warned over disclaimer clause abuses
“Consumers need to be given receipts, they need to check quality, and should ask questions as to how the products that they would have bought work,” he said.
By Nizbert Moyo
May. 1, 2023
The ‘hidden middle’: the transformation of agri-food systems in Africa
Tom Reardon, lead author of the AGRA and IFAD reports that have highlighted this phenomenon so effectively, argued at a launch event
By Ian Scoones
Apr. 18, 2023
Xmas barter deals…hard hit consumers sell off assets to buy food
Consumers in Zimbabwe were this month selling off household assets to get money for food, a new report showed yesterday, warning of more pain in 2023.
By Tatira Zwinoira
Dec. 27, 2022
