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Zimbabwe Stabilises Money, Can Banks Now Price It?

Zimbabwe has entered the second half of 2026 with annual ZiG inflation at 3.2%, foreign currency reserves of US$1.7 billion and an official exchange rate that has remained within a relatively narrow r

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GetBucks Joins Four Other Capitalized Deposit-Taking Microfinance Institutions as Sector Strengthens

The first half of 2026 therefore presents a mixed but improving picture. On one side, GetBucks has successfully crossed the US$5 million capital threshold, increasing the number of adequately capitali

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Zimbabwe’s Digital Payment Economy Expands as Mobile Money and Debit Cards Rise, while POS Stalls

That combination suggests that Zimbabwe's financial system is not simply becoming larger. It is becoming more digital. The real test in the second half of 2026 will be whether this expanding infrastru

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Power Import Bill Reaches US$84 Million in First Half, On Track For US$169 Million In 2026

Zimbabwe has spent US$84.35 million on electricity imports in the first half of 2026, a pace that carries the full year bill to about US$169 million, up 44% on the US$117 million recorded across all

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African Sun to Sell Holiday Inns to Fund Full Victoria Falls Hotel Control

African Sun is moving to dispose of its Holiday Inn operations in Harare, Bulawayo and Mutare to finance the acquisition of Meikles Hospitality's 50% interest in the Victoria Falls Hotel Partnership a

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Stanbic’s UnionPay Bet Lands as Zimbabwe Squeezes Bank Charges

Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe's integration of UnionPay e-commerce acceptance unlocks a vital new stream of international merchant transactions. As regulatory pressures in Zimbabwe drive down routine domestic

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Zimbabwe’s US$900m Chirundu Upgrade Meets a Rising Copperbelt Freight Cycle

Zimbabwe has secured funding for a massive US$900 million rehabilitation of the Harare to Chirundu Highway and the modernization of the Chirundu Border Post. This strategic investment aims to capture

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ZESA Rebundling Confronts 3.7GW Supply Gap by 2030, H1 Import Bill Hits US$84m

Cabinet has moved the restructuring of ZESA into implementation, consolidating generation, transmission, distribution, system planning and commercial functions under ZESA Private Limited at a time Zim

Aug 19, 2026
Nampak Zimbabwe Recovery Tests Parent’s US$10.9m Write Down

Nampak, the country’s biggest packaging company has generated US$67.8 million in revenue during the nine months to June 2026, 9% ahead of the comparative year, propelled by volumes growth of 16%, supp

Aug 17, 2026
Kenya Licensing Controls Cut Hippo Sugar Exports 59%, Raises Dependence on Zimbabwe Market

Hippo Valley Estates, Zimbabwe’s biggest sugar producer and exporter has registered a  59% fall in sugar exports in first quarter sugar, providing the first major test of how Zimbabwe’s sugar industry

Aug 17, 2026
Zimbabwe Retail Investment Rises Despite Informal Market Pressure

SPAR is also adding capacity through a different ownership structure. A new SPAR supermarket opened in Mazowe in March with 970 square metres of grocery retail space and another 130 square metres allo

Aug 17, 2026

Installed, Silent, Waiting: Zimbabwe’s Hospital Renovation Gap

She has been waiting for three months. Not in the queue that forms outside Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals before sunrise, though she knows that queue. Not in the administrative corridor where referr

Aug 16, 2026

Gold Market Deepens to US$373bn Daily Liquidity: Harare Flirts with Another Record Year

Gold's position inside investment portfolios is increasingly difficult to reconcile with the way commodity indices still treat it. 20 years of returns, US$373 billion in daily liquidity and a dispropo

Aug 16, 2026

Weekly Currency Update:ZiG Holds the Line as Foreign Currency Inflows Carry the Load

The RBZ mid-rate closed the review period at ZiG26.5673/USD on 14 August 2026, appreciating marginally from ZiG26.59/USD on 13 August and by approximately 0.20% from ZiG26.62/USD a week earlier. Again

Aug 15, 2026

VFEX Rewrites Market Capitalisation Rules for Cross-Listed Companies

The Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) has changed how it measures the market capitalisation of cross-listed companies, adopting the global equity value of an issuer from 13 August 2026 by multiplyi

Aug 14, 2026

Zimbabwe’s Gold Output Tracks 300kg Short of 50-Tonne Target

Zimbabwe's gold producers have delivered 26.05 tonnes to Fidelity Gold Refinery between January and July 2026, the strongest first seven months on record and already 52.1% of the country's 50 tonne an

Aug 14, 2026

Jobs That Were Never Taken: Over 178k Migrants Leave South Africa, Unemployment Hits 4-Year High

South Africa's unemployment rate has risen to 33.6% in the second quarter of 2026, a four year high, after more than 178,000 African migrants reportedly left or were deported during an immigration cra

Aug 13, 2026

Old Mutual VFEX debut settles within 1% of JSE parity after open price discovery

The scale of the JSE market remains an important reference for assessing depth. Old Mutual traded 19.9 million shares worth about R251.8 million on the JSE on Wednesday. The VFEX line is starting with

Aug 13, 2026

First Chemical Breaks Into Zimbabwe's Export Line

Zimbabwe has exported US$50 million of lithium sulphate in June 2026, lifting first half exports to about US$62.7 million after the first US$12.6 million shipment appeared in April. This export was ef

Aug 13, 2026