Zimbabwe's tourism sector has recorded 384,561 international arrivals in the first quarter of 2026, an 11% increase year-on-year, generating USD 251 million in tourism receipts, a 14% improvement from

South Africa is set to implement a steep fuel price increase effective Wednesday 6 May 2026, with diesel rising by R6.19 per litre (USD 0.37) and petrol increasing by R3.27 per litre (USD 0.20), as co

The LBMA gold price has set a new quarterly average record of USD 4,873 per ounce in the first quarter of 2026, having hit an all-time historical high of USD 5,405 per ounce in January before a notabl

Zambia imports a substantial portion of its refined petroleum products through Zimbabwe, transiting Beit Bridge and travelling north along the Harare-Chirundu highway corridor before crossing into Lus

Patrick Maseva-Shayawabaya has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Mutapa Investment Fund's gold subsidiary, replacing Trevor Barnard, who has held the role since 2024. Maseva-Shayawabaya joins

ASB Hospitality LLC, the Dubai-based subsidiary of Albwardy Investment, has completed the acquisition of Makasa Sun (Private) Limited, owner of the 294-room Kingdom Hotel in Victoria Falls, for USD 30

Zimbabwe has spent USD 881.7 million importing electricity between January 2021 and March 2026, according to a monthly import series derived from ZimStat External Trade Statistics. The cumulative fig

Zimbabwe's semi-manufactured gold exports have generated USD 426.6 million in March 2026, equivalent to 45.8% of the country's total goods export value of USD 932.0 million for the month, according t

Caledonia Mining Corporation has announced that John Kelly will step down as Chairman of the Board with effect from the end of the company's Annual General Meeting on 5 May 2026, to be succeeded by Ju

Zimbabwe's latest trade data for March 2026 shows that cereals were the fourth-largest import category in Zimbabwe's goods trade faccounting for 7.8% of a total import bill of USD 1.074 billion,  equi

Econet Wireless Zimbabwe ended the fourth quarter of 2025 operating 340 5G base stations, 1,825 LTE stations, 1,997 3G stations, and 2,981 2G stations, a total active network of 7,143 base stations ac

ZimStat, Zimbabwe's national statistics agency, has reversed its prior month trade position for February 2026, reclassifying what it had previously reported as a USD 46.5 million surplus into a defici

Zimbabwe's licensed postal and courier operators has recorded a cost-to-income ratio of 117.5% in the fourth quarter of 2025, worsening by 10 percentage points from 107.5% in the third quarter of 2025

Starlink Zimbabwe has recorded a 42.76% increase in fixed Internet and data traffic in the fourth quarter of 2025, rising from 117.83 Petabytes to 168.21 Petabytes, according to the Postal and Telecom

Zimbabwe's 2026 tobacco marketing season has recorded cumulative sales of 149.9 million kilograms at an average price of USD 2.65 per kilogram by Day 34, with tobacco exports reaching 83 million kilog

The Zambia Statistics Agency has reported a decline in the country's official unemployment rate to 9.9%, down from 12.9% in 2021 and from 12.6% recorded in the 2022 Labour Force Survey.  This was dis

Zimbabwe's ZiG annual inflation accelerated to 4.8% in April 2026, up from 4.4% in March and 3.8% in February, while USD annual inflation rose to 2.2% from 1.3% in March and 0.9% in February, accordin

Zimbabwe's insurance penetration rate stands at approximately 2%, below the Sub-Saharan Africa average of 2.8% and less than a third of the global average of 6%. This figure was cited in the 2024 annu

Pfuma Fund, a Real Estate Investment Trust listed on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange, has declared an interim dividend of USD 446,719 for its inaugural reporting period ended 31 March 2026, represen

Zimbabwe, once the bread-basket of Africa has accounted for 38% of South Africa's maize exports in the 2025-26 marketing year, absorbing approximately 741,000 metric tonnes out of a total of 1.95 mill