The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has introduced a 15% presumptive tax on rental income, effective 1 January 2026, under which landlords leasing premises to tenants carrying on trade, business or

The United States has extended the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) trade preference programme to 31 December  2026, offering temporary certainty to African exporters eligible for duty-free a

South Africa has formally acceded to the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), becoming the 54th member state of the Pan-African multilateral lender and completing the country’s entry into the con

The Pfuma Fund Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) has delayed its listing on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX), pushing the expected debut from 4 February to 13 February 2026, as fund manager

Africa’s solar market new installations reached a historic high in 2025 added 4.5 gigawatts of new capacity, a  54% increase from 2024 and surpassing the earlier record set in 2023 marking its fastest

The Pfuma Fund Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) has achieved full subscription of its US$25 million private placement, a result that comes at a time when foreign direct investment into Zimbabwe rem

Libya’s central bank has escalated Zimbabwe’s unresolved external debt problem into a UK courtroom, suing the country’s finance ministry and state oil company for more than US$100 million according t

Tanganda Tea Company, the leading diversified tea enterprise listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, has introduced the possibility of a shift in control after securing full underwriting for its US$8 m

Invictus Energy has formally terminated negotiations with Qatar-backed Al Mansour Holdings, ending a high-profile financing and equity deal that was expected to underpin Zimbabwe’s most ambitious gas

Zimbabwe’s gold-backed currency (ZiG) recorded a year-on-year inflation rate of 4.1% in January 2026, down sharply from 15.0% in December 2025, marking the country’s first sustained single-digit infla

The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has moved to confront a long-ignored reality in Zimbabwe’s energy sector by announcing plans to audit household-level power generation, particularly roo

Zimbabwe’s dairy sector reached a structural turning point in 2025, with commercial raw milk production rising to a 23-year high of 122 million litres according to Zimbabwe economic review Including

The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) is dissolving its organisational structure with immediate effect, ending a 25-year-old civil society project that rose, peaked, and ultimately exhausted itself

NMBZ Holdings Limited a Zimbabwe headquartered diversified financial service group  has acquired a 100% stake in Entrepreneurs Financial Centre (EFC) Zambia, completing a strategic cross-border transa

Zimbabwe has ordered foreign-owned businesses operating in certain designated sectors to divest at least 75% of their equity to indigenous Zimbabweans within three years, according to the latest Statu

Zimbabwe’s sharp surge in tobacco exports at the start of 2026 the latest chapter in a four-decade arc of expansion, collapse, and recovery that now appears to be approaching another historic peak, wi

Premier African Minerals Limited has entered into a mutual release and settlement agreement with J R Goddard Contracting (Private) Limited (JRG) regarding a US$2.4 million debt tied to its Zulu Lithiu

Malawi has executed one of the most dramatic fuel price adjustments in Southern Africa, raising petrol and diesel prices by about 42%  in a single move and instantly placing the country among the most

Zimbabwe recorded  a 74% year-on-year collapse in approved investment value to US$1.18 billion in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2025 from US$4.59 billion in the comparative period according to the latest

The global economy has just completed its strongest recovery from a recession in more than 60 years. Yet across much of Africa, that recovery has barely registered, exposing a widening gap between glo