China is the largest consumer of tobacco in the world, with more than 300 million smokers according to World Health Organization data. With China re-opening, we expect to see an increase in the demand
Jan 27, 2023
Although the jury is still out and awaiting US CPI data (which is set to be released on Thursday), the net market perception is geared towards an expectation that The Fed will loosen its aggressive st
Jan 09, 2023
Simbisa Brands Limited and its 567 stores have shipped to Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) to become the 6th company on the security exchange. The group views the VFEX as a way of targeting foreig
Dec 12, 2022
The results of the 2022 3rd Quarter Business and Economic Intelligence Survey have been published. This exercise was conducted and circulated by the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries with the aim
Dec 06, 2022
Harare- ZSE-listed company, RioZim Limited saw its production significantly hampered during the quarter due mainly to power supply challenges. Power outages took up to 30% of the available production
Nov 22, 2022
Due to the ongoing impact of hyperinflation on the Zimbabwean economy, the company has to exclude the results of the Zimbabwe business from adjusted headline earnings. The Group headline earnings for
ZSE-listed company First Mutual Properties posted aminimalistic update for the quarter. Many descriptive statistics and financial line items such as cash generated from operations, and financial perfo
Nov 18, 2022
ZSE-listed manufacturing company, ProPlastics Limited (formerly known as Murray & Roberts and Masimba Industries Limited) reported a 10% drop in sales volume across its offering of plastic pipes and r
Nov 15, 2022
14 Countries have expressed clear intentions to join The BRICS. Why Zimbabwe is not on this list has stirred some interest in the local economic community. Given close ties with a majority of the memb
The Zimbabwean delegation has returned to the UN Climate Change Conference. The 2022 COP27 held in Sharp El Sheikh Egypt, shows the nation’s concerted efforts to agree on policies to limit global temp
Nov 08, 2022
The delayed lift-off of the Cygnus spacecraft is finally a go. The flight which was delayed due to a fire alarm at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, US Spaceport had on board Zimbabwe’s firs
Nov 07, 2022
he Government implemented a series of reforms on 31 October 2025 aimed at enhancing the ease of doing business by eliminating redundant licenses and fees, a move that addresses long-standing barriers
Prospect Resources Limited, the Australia (ASX)-listed battery minerals explorer, has signed an agreement to sell its Step Aside Lithium Project in Zimbabwe for up to US$2.2 million, marking its lates
ioZim Limited, once a powerhouse in Zimbabwe's mining sector and the third-largest gold producer in 2020 just behind Caledonia and Freda Rebecca, has endured a prolonged period of decline marked by op
The Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency has demonstrated remarkable stability against the United States Dollar (USD) on the Willing Buyer Willing Seller (WBWS) market, maintaining a steady trajectory amid br
Zimbabwe’s trade balance slipped back into deficit in September 2025, recording a shortfall of US$30.8 million after a modest surplus of US$6.9 million in August, a 548.8% swing from black to red. T
Zimbabwe has started the export of silver for the first time in 2025, after only registering three episodes of such in 2024. The country’s first time to export silver was in February 2024 worth US$
Zimbabwe has recorded a 46% increase in irrigated land from 151,000 hectares in 2019 to 221,000 hectares in 2025 in a landmark stride toward climate resilience and national food security according to
On October 28, 2025, President Emmerson Mnangagwa delivered his State of the Nation Address (SONA) to a joint sitting of Parliament in Mt Hampden, Zimbabwe, projecting cautious optimism amid a complex
