Zimbabwe has approved almost US$1.59 billion of new investment proposals during the second quarter of 2026, although the more consequential number sits outside the licensing table. It is the amount of

First Capital Bank has started putting its rapidly growing deposit base to work, although the destination of that money gives a more precise picture of the strategy than the headline 28% increase in l

One of the more revealing findings in the latest Auditor General report is that Air Zimbabwe can produce a clean set of accounts and still remain economically fragile. The Auditor General issued an un

Zimbabwe’s two inflation measures have converged to almost the same rate after describing sharply different price environments during much of the previous year, according to the Zimbabwe National Stat

Zimbabwe entered the first review of its International Monetary Fund Staff Monitored Program with stronger fiscal numbers than initially expected with revenue collection exceeding programme assumption

Zimbabwe is folding its electricity distribution business into a single ZESA at the same time that business carries a ZWG29.9 billion working capital deficit, defaulted foreign loans and customers who

Zimbabwe has accumulated its strongest period of monetary stability since the introduction of ZiG, yet the Reserve Bank’s own 50.1% mono currency readiness score exposes the distance between stabilisi

Zimbabwe has entered the second half of 2026 with annual ZiG inflation at 3.2%, foreign currency reserves of US$1.7 billion and an official exchange rate that has remained within a relatively narrow r

The first half of 2026 therefore presents a mixed but improving picture. On one side, GetBucks has successfully crossed the US$5 million capital threshold, increasing the number of adequately capitali

That combination suggests that Zimbabwe's financial system is not simply becoming larger. It is becoming more digital. The real test in the second half of 2026 will be whether this expanding infrastru

Zimbabwe has spent US$84.35 million on electricity imports in the first half of 2026, a pace that carries the full year bill to about US$169 million, up 44% on the US$117 million recorded across all

African Sun is moving to dispose of its Holiday Inn operations in Harare, Bulawayo and Mutare to finance the acquisition of Meikles Hospitality's 50% interest in the Victoria Falls Hotel Partnership a