When one reads Zimbabwe's April 2026 merchandise trade data at the headline level, its a story of a widening deficit, declining gold revenues, and compressed tobacco prices. However, when read at the

Cabinet has approved two separate pieces of water sector legislation at its seventeenth meeting, the principles of the Water Act Amendment Bill and the Zimbabwe National Water Authority Amendment Bill

First Mutual Properties Limited, one of the only purely property-focused listed entity on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, has voted itself off the exchange. At an Extraordinary General Meeting held on T

Meikles Limited, one of Zimbabwe's oldest listed conglomerates, is in discussions to sell its remaining interest in hospitality operations, according to the latest cautionary circular. The asset in q

Nampak Zimbabwe Limited, the country’s largest packaging firm has reported revenue of USD 41.7 million for the six months ended 31 March 2026, a 10% increase from USD 38 million in the comparable peri

Zimbabwe has started exporting other sulphates, recording US$12.6 million in shipments in April 2026, the first meaningful export in the category since September 2023 when the recorded value was US$4

Zimbabwe's merchandise trade deficit widened to US$169.6 million in April 2026, the largest monthly shortfall in the thirteen-month series under review, as export earnings fell sharply to US$792.3 mil

RioZim Limited has reported an 80% decline in gold production for the year ended 31 December 2025, with output falling from 428 kilograms in 2024 to 84 kilograms, as the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-liste

Zimbabwe has harvested 261,868 metric tonnes of sorghum across eight provinces in the 2025/26 season, with Matabeleland South recording the highest provincial output at 44,310 metric tonnes according

Zimbabwe harvested 94,103 metric tonnes of soyabean in the 2025/26 season, with Mashonaland Central Province recording the highest provincial figure of 44,686 metric tonnes, equivalent to 47.5% of nat

Zimbabwe's 2026 cotton marketing season has opened against a backdrop that is, for the first time in more than a decade, genuinely encouraging. The Agricultural Marketing Authority's nationwide crop v

The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency has put the Food Poverty Line for one person in May 2026 at ZWG 916.59 per month, which translates to USD 36.66 per month or USD 1.22 per day using the formal m

The African Development Bank's Africa Industrialisation Index 2025, which ranks all 54 African countries on the depth, quality, and diversification of their industrial development, has delivered a ver

TSL Limited, the diversified agriculture, logistics, and property group incorporated in Zimbabwe since 1957, has issued an Abridged Circular to shareholders seeking approval for the voluntary termina

Within the next five days, the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority will announce its monthly fuel price revision. The current regulated prices, petrol at USD 2.07 per litre and diesel at USD 2.09 per

Pick n Pay, one of South Africa's largest listed retailers, says its Zimbabwe operations remain fully impaired, a designation that has been in place since 2024, when the group stopped incorporating th

Zimbabwe completed the obituary for its formal retail sector quietly, without a single definitive closing date or a single headline large enough to match the scale of what was lost. OK Zimbabwe, one o

Nampak Limited, the JSE-listed packaging manufacturer, reported normalised headline earnings of R346 million for the six months ended 31 March 2026, up 9% from R317 million in the comparable period of

The South African Reserve Bank has raised its benchmark repurchase rate by 25 basis points to 7.00% on Thursday, the first rate increase in three years, joining a small group of emerging market centra

Zambia’s 2025/26 maize season has produced a number so large it requires a reference point to make sense. The country’s Crop Forecasting Survey, released by ZAMSTAT Statistician General Sheila Mudenda