Agricura is rolling out smart climate solutions to help farmers prepare for the projected 2026/27 Super El Niño drought, placing TSL Limited’s agricultural-trading subsidiary at the centre of the grou
TSL Limited’s first trading update after moving to the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange shows group earnings holding through the nine months to 31 July 2026, even as a policy-sensitive part of its logist
Zimbabwe’s tourism expansion is opening a prospective new financing frontier for the capital market, with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe advancing structures that could package sta
At current prices, GDP increased 7.7% from ZWG424.6 billion (US$15.86 billion) in Q1 to ZWG457.3 billion (US$17.08 billion) in Q2. Real GDP increased by 5.8% over the same period. The difference is im
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced visa restrictions for foreign nationals involved in South African laws or policies that Washington says enable uncompensated land seizures, race-based d
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South Africa recorded a US$2.1 billion agricultural trade surplus in the second quarter of 2026 as exports rose 10% from a year earlier to US$4.1 billion, supported by larger harvests, higher export
Zimbabwe’s higher-value service industries lost momentum in the second quarter of 2026, with financial and insurance activities contracting 3.6% quarter-on-quarter and professional, scientific and tec
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s intervention in banking charges is beginning to alter the economics of Zimbabwe’s transation-banking franchises, although H1 results show that lower regulated prices hav
Zimbabwe’s mining sector has expanded 33.3% quarter-on-quarter in Q2 after a sharp first-quarter decline, yet remains the weakest major sector on an annual basis as the economy’s dependence on mineral
Government will no longer approve single-mineral mining operations, with new investments required to identify, separate and process multiple minerals contained in ore deposits at source, Vice Presiden
Zimbabwe intends to seek a sovereign credit rating as its re-engagement programme advances. * Public and publicly guaranteed debt stood at an estimated US$22.8 billion at the end of 2025. * A rating w
* Foreign reserves reached US$1.7 billion by end-July, covering 1.7 months of imports. * First-half foreign-currency receipts increased 47.8% to US$10.72 billion. * Two months of cover remains below t
Zimbabwe’s economy rebounded 5.8% quarter-on-quarter in the second quarter of 2026, recovering from a 3.5% contraction in the first quarter, but the stronger quarterly performance came alongside a sha
Zimbabwe’s private-sector credit stock is equivalent to only 6.5% of GDP, according to the World Bank’s Zimbabwe Country Growth and Jobs Report, compared with approximately 22% in Côte d’Ivoire, 32%
Zimbabwe’s human-capital problem is increasingly becoming an allocation problem, as the country has a relatively educated workforce, yet the formal private sector remains too small to absorb the peop
TN CyberTech Bank is using technology to attack one of Zimbabwe’s persistent banking problems, the economics of serving customers who need small amounts of credit but are too expensive to reach throug
South Africa imported about 1.8 million tonnes of wheat between October 2025 and early September 2026, led by Poland, as domestic production remained below the requirements of millers and food manufac
Zimbabwe’s competition watchdog, the Competition and Tariff Commission, has conditionally cleared Mega Market Private Limited’s proposed acquisition of 100% of Lobels Holdings, imposing behavioural re
Tharisa Plc has raised approximately US$294 million through a five-year senior secured bond that will be used mainly to complete construction of the Karo Platinum Project in Zimbabwe, giving the miner
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe plans to retire its third-generation (3G) mobile network by the end of December 2027, beginning a major reallocation of spectrum and infrastructure toward fourth-generation (
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has disclosed 6,995 additional hotel rooms at different stages of development in Harare, alongside investment opportunities within the 1,200-hectare Masuwe Special Econom
Zimbabwe has raised producer and planning prices for the 2026/27 agricultural season, lifting maize and traditional grains to US$432 per tonne, soya beans to US$660.95, sunflower to US$826.19 and whea
Zimbabwe’s beverage and food manufacturing landscape is entering a new phase of scrutiny as the proposed acquisition of a significant stake in Dairibord Holdings by Varun Beverages raises questions ar
Zimbabwe’s platinum industry is entering a market where the next demand cycle may increasingly come from advanced industrial applications rather than its traditional automotive base, as artificial int
