Zimbabwe
The Eighth That Showed Up: Formal Maize Deliveries Double as State Buying Prices Outpace Open Market
Zimbabwe’s formal maize deliveries have reached 312,717 tonnes between 1 April and 24 July 2026, up 106% on the 152,047 tonnes marketed in the same window a year earlier, according to the latest Agric
Jul 29, 2026
Zimbabwe
Highest Price, Worst Result: Structural Gaps Undermine Zimbabwe’s Sunflower Strategy
Sunflower deliveries have fell 8% to 5,181 tonnes between 1 April and 24 July 2026, from 5,631 tonnes a year earlier, the only crop in the Agricultural Marketing Authority update to move backwards. T
Jul 29, 2026
Companies
Malawi Punches Above Weight as Fidelity Life Posts 7% Half-Year Insurance Growth
Fidelity Life Assurance of Zimbabwe, one of the country’s largest life assurers, has recorded life and pensions insurance revenue growth of 7% for the half year ended 30 June 2026 according to the lat
Jul 28, 2026
Zimbabwe
ZiG, USD Inflation Converge: ZiG Drops Sharpest Fall of 2026, Validates RBZ’s Mid-Year Turning Point
imbabwe Gold’s (ZiG) annual inflation has fell to 3.2% in July 2026 from 4.7% in June, a drop of 1.5 percentage points that reverses three months of gradual increase and marks the sharpest single-mont
Jul 27, 2026
Zimbabwe
Horse and Rider No More: President Pushes Zimbabwe Up the Mineral Value Chain
resident Emmerson Mnangagwa has told an industrialisation conference last week that Zimbabwe would rather leave its minerals in the ground than export them unprocessed, declaring the era of what he ca
Jul 27, 2026
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Heads for Third Consecutive Wheat Record: ARDA Grows Nearly Half as National Plantings Hit 133k Hectares
Zimbabwe has planted 106% of its 125,000 hectare winter wheat target, up from 101% at the same point in 2025, taking the national area to roughly 132,500 hectares. The Agricultural and Rural Developme
Jul 23, 2026
Companies
Afdis’ Q1 Revenue Hits 47% of Last Year’s Full Year on Volume Boom, Grey Market Crackdown
Spirits and Wines maker, African Distillers has grown the first quarter revenue by 47% to USD 27.9 million on volumes 43% ahead of the comparable quarter, taking a single quarter's turnover to 46.7
Jul 23, 2026
Zimbabwe
Idle Factories, Falling Prices: Why Zimbabwe’s Tobacco Boom Is Not Reaching Growers
Zimbabwe’s growers delivered 353,813,565 kilogrammes of tobacco across the 2026 marketing season at an average of USD 2.49 per kilogramme according to the latest data from the Tobacco Industries and M
Jul 23, 2026
Zimbabwe
From Household Security to Breadbasket:How Pfumvudza Can Unlock Zimbabwe’s Agricultural Scale
Zimbabwe's Pfumvudza/Intwasa programme has done what it was designed to do, delivering a bumper harvest, turning Zimbabwe’s 2024 cereal deficit story into a surplus one. The 2025/26 summer season pro
Jul 22, 2026
Companies
Tigere Launches Zimbabwe’s First Scrip Dividend to Fund H2 Acquisition Pipeline
Tigere Real Estate Investment Trust has reported rental revenue of USD 2.17 million for the half year ended 30 June 2026, a 97% increase year-on-year, with net property income growing 84.7% to USD 2.2
Jul 21, 2026
Zimbabwe
Lessons From Raw Mineral Ban: Is It Time to Set Time-Bound Deadlines for PGM Matte Processing?
Zimbabwe's platinum group metal exports generated USD 1.206 billion in the first half of 2026, comprising USD 859.1 million from PGM matte and USD 347.6 million from PGM concentrates, making the PGM c
Jul 21, 2026
Companies
Grade Recovery Drives Caledonia’s Q2 Gold Output Higher: H2 Must Deliver 38% More to Hit FY Target
Caledonia Mining Corporation has produced 17,360 ounces of gold at Blanket Mine during the second quarter ended 30 June 2026, an 18% improvement on the 14,767 ounces produced in Q1 2026, with the comp
Jul 20, 2026
Zimbabwe
Lithium Sulphate Delivers First Real Returns: As Zim Targets Higher-Value Battery Products
Zimbabwe's lithium sector brought in USD 746 million in H1 2026, USD 672.8 million from spodumene concentrates and USD 73.2 million from lithium sulphate. That revenue mix is the clearest measure yet
Jul 20, 2026
Zimbabwe
Beneficiation Pushes Zim’s Mineral Wealth to a New Level: Exports Hit 2.5 Bn in H1'26
Zimbabwe has recorded USD 2.532 billion in mineral export proceeds in the first half of 2026 from 10 commodity categories, with the revenue distribution pointing to the biggest structural shift in the
Jul 20, 2026
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's National One Health Strategic Plan: Addresses Health Threats Most Likely to Define the Country's Next Decade
The COVID-19 pandemic pushed Zimbabwe’s economy into a 6.2% contraction in 2020, expanded the number of citizens in extreme poverty by 1.3 million, pushing the national extreme poverty rate to 49%, wh
Jul 20, 2026
Zimbabwe
Kansanshi’s Copper Output Hits Record High, as CAFCA Builds Regional Manufacturing Reach
Kansanshi Mining has produced 170,929 tonnes of copper in 2025, its highest annual output since 2021 and above First Quantum's revised guidance range of 165,000 to 175,000 tonnes, and within First Qua
Jul 16, 2026
