FINANCIAL SERVICES

Agribank workers seek US$-indexed salaries

AGRIBANK employees are demanding interbank rated salaries as they decry current earnings which have been eroded by ravaging inflation.Agitated workers at the banking institution have rejected a recent...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 October 2019

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Agribank declares US$5,5m dividend

The Agricultural Development Bank (Agribank) has declared a US$5,5 million dividend to Government after recording a 63 percent growth in profit to $13 million in the year to December 2018, breaking aw...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 July 2019

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Agribank on schedule for $100m capitalisation

AGRICULTURE development bank, Agribank says it expects to attain US$100 million capitalisation by January 2020, predominantly for agriculture financing and development. This development comes on the b...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 April 2019

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Agribank avails $6m livestock facility

AGRIBANK has availed a US$6 million facility to livestock farmers as part of efforts to boost livestock production across the country. The financial institution has said it is targeting beneficiaries ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 April 2019

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Agribank targets $50m in foreign credit lines

AGRIBANK is targeting between US$40 million and US$50 million in fresh lines of credit from international financial institutions for on-lending to exporters, the bank's chief executive Sam Malaba has ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 April 2019

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Agribank close to securing a strategic partner

Agribank recorded a profit after tax of $4,1 million for the half year to June 30, 2018 compared to $2,2 million recorded last year.THE Agriculture Development Bank of Zimbabwe (Agribank) says it is c...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 September 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Investors target Agribank

SEVERAL investors have been lined up to snap a significant stake in Agribank, as government moves to recapitalise the financial institution.The agro-focused bank - wholly owned by government - is stru...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 July 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Agribank secures $30 million for agriculture

AGRIBANK has obtained a $30 million line of credit from the Industrial Development Corporation South Africa (IDCSA) to support the agriculture sector.The facility is favourably priced at Libor +8,9 pe...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 July 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Agribank disburses $80m to agric

Agribank has so far disbursed over US$80 million to the agriculture sector as it seeks to boost productivity and foreign currency generation.The bank, which has been directed by Government to focus on...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 July 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Agribank secures $30m line of credit

AGRIBANK has obtained a $30 million line of credit from the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDCSA) to support the agriculture sector. The facility is favourably priced at Libor +8,...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 July 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Agribank's net income grows

AGRIBANK's net income is improving, an indication of the financial institution's stability as it can meet its operating expenses from interest, a recent survey has revealed.According to the 2017 Zimba...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 July 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Agribank splashes $1m on ICT upgrade

AGRIBANK has so far spent $1,1 million on information communication technology (ICT) infrastructure hardware, as it presses ahead with efforts to ensure system stability and provide more functions for...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 July 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Agribank secures $10m for agric

AGRIBANK has secured $10 million from the Egypt-based African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), which will be channelled towards capacitating agricultural exporters and value addition.The bank's chief...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 July 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Agribank posts $2,9m profit

AGRIBANK has recorded a profit of $2,9 million in the first five months of the year to May 31, 2018, a move that thrusts the agriculture financing institution on a path to more profits by year end.The...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 July 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Agribank to deploy 10,000 swiping machines

Agribank will deploy 10 0 00 Point of Sale (POS) machines to its merchants and agencies by December 31 2018.Speaking at a media briefing, Agribank's Chief Executive Officer Somkhosi Malaba said 10 000...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 April 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Agribank NPLs decline

NON performing loans (NPLs) at agricultural lender, Agribank, declined to 13,8 percent during the year ended December 31, 2017, after ending at 21,1 percent during the prior comparable period in 2016,...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 April 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Agribank offers loans on 99-year leases

AGRIBANK has set aside a minimum of $105 million for the 2018-2019 cropping season, which would be extended to farmers on the basis of collateral and 99-year leases.It becomes the first bank to announ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 April 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Agribank eyes external credit lines

AGRIBANK is in discussions to secure an external line of credit from a foreign institution to bolster its support to the agricultural sector beyond the $105 million allocated this year.This comes as t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 March 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Agribank posts $8m profit

AGRIBANK has recorded a profit after tax of $7,9 million for the year to December 31, 2017, representing a 65 percent jump compared to 2016 driven by a surge in non-interest income.Non-interest income...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 March 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Agribank's $100m agric kitty

Agribank, the country's premier agriculture finance institution, has mobilised over US$100 million to fund the 2017-18 summer cropping season, which in some cases can be obtained without collateral. T...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 January 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Agribank trims staff costs

THE Agriculture Bank of Zimbabwe (Agribank) has reduced its staff cost to total income ratio by 25 percentage points in the past two years owing to aggressive cost containment.Minister of Finance and ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 August 2017

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Agribank lines up $98m agric, export facilities

AGRIBANK has lined up agriculture and export facilities totalling $98 million and about $20 million has so far been snapped up as the bank steps up efforts to play its key mandate of financing agricul...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 August 2017

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Agribank injects $10m into Esigodini plant

AGRIBANK has extended $10 million to finance the establishment of a fruit processing plant in Esigodini, Matabeleland South.The commissioning of the project, a brainchild of the late Vice President, J...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 August 2017

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Agribank, FBC to raise $20m for agric

STATE-OWNED agro-lender, Agribank and FBC are going into the market to raise $20 million for the 2017/18 agricultural cropping season.This development follows the permission by government last month f...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 August 2017

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Agribank clinches financial prudence awards

AGRIBANK has been honoured with three awards for its outstanding role in upholding financial prudence.The awards were awarded by the Office of the President (OPC) in conjunction with the Ministry of F...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 August 2017
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