Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Higher Yields Drives Potato Output Past 100k Tonnes, Growth Outruns Policy Support

Zimbabwe's 2025/26 summer season has produced 100,055 tonnes of Irish potatoes from 3,450 hectares at an average yield of 29 tonnes per hectare, an improvement from the prior year's 26 tonnes per hect

Jul 08, 2026
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14 Years Later: Air Zimbabwe Returns to London on a Leased Spanish A330

Air Zimbabwe will resume direct flights between Harare and London by the end of July 2026, ending a 15-year absence from one of the airline's most strategic international routes. This was confirmed a

 Jul 08, 2026
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The Right to Health Is Now a Cost-Recovery Test for Zimbabwe's Health Sector

•Emergency stabilisation now creates 48-hour receivables risk before payment certainty exists. •Government can now cap private hospital fees and permissible tariff increases. •Profit shifts to discipl

 Jul 08, 2026
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Zimbabwe's Gold Deliveries: June Sets the Tone for a Record Year

Zimbabwe's gold deliveries to Fidelity Gold Refinery reached 4.81 tonnes in June 2026, the highest single monthly figure recorded in 2026, the second highest historically just behind December 2025's 4

 Jul 07, 2026
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Zimbabwe’s Blueberry Trade with China Begins

Zimbabwe has completed its first commercial shipment of fresh blueberries to China, transforming a market access agreement signed in 2025 into actual trade and opening a premium export corridor into o

 Jul 07, 2026
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How Zimbabwe’s Food Security Push Is Rewriting the Fertiliser Equation

Zimbabwe imported USD 22.8 million of ammonium nitrate in May 2026 alone, a record single-month figure that exceeds the total spent on the same product across the entire six months of January to June

 Jul 07, 2026
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How Floating Kariba Solars Will Redraw Zimbabwe’s Energy System

Green Hybrid Power and the Intensive Energy Users Group are targeting financial close by October 2026 on a US$400 million floating solar project at Lake Kariba. Intensive Energy Users Group (IEUG) ch

 Jul 07, 2026
Zimbabwe Sugar Sector Eyes Major Investment Despite Policy and Cost Pressures

Zimbabwe's sugar industry produced 443,501 tonnes in the financial year ended 31 March 2026, a 1% increase from the prior year, while total sales reached 471,837 tonnes, a 24% increase from 380,531 to

Jul 07, 2026
Maize Imports Fall to Lowest Level Since Genuine 2023 Low

Zimbabwe's monthly maize imports fell to USD 18.8 million in May 2026, the lowest reading since August 2025's post-harvest suppression low of USD 1.34 million, from a peak of USD 84.7 million in Decem

Jul 07, 2026
Zimbabwe Entrepreneurship Exchange: ZSE Builds Its Most Ambitious Market as Blue Chips Flee

The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange has spent the better part of 2026 building the institutional architecture of a market that does not yet exist,  five confirmed partnerships in the space of four months, tw

Jul 06, 2026
Mining Slump Clouds Zimbabwe’s Q1 2026 GDP

Zimbabwe’s economy lost momentum in the first quarter of 2026 as a sharp contraction in mining weighed on growth, underscoring the economy’s continued reliance on the extractive sector despite improvi

Jul 03, 2026

Gold Carries Zimbabwe’s Economy: What Happens When Prices Self-Correct?

Zimbabwe's May 2026 exports stood at $884 million, with $464 million of that, 52.5%, coming from semi-manufactured gold. The United Arab Emirates absorbed $448.7 million of total exports, the majorit

Jul 02, 2026

Zimbabwe Spends US$20 Million on Imported Power in May

Zimbabwe spent US$20.12 million importing electrical energy in May 2026, the highest monthly electricity import bill since September 2024. The payment rose 43.8% from US$13.99 million in April and sto

Jul 02, 2026

Zimbabwe Rejects Lithium Extension: Is the Industry Ready for January 2027?

Government has held firm on the January 2027 ban on lithium concentrate exports despite the industry’s request for a six month extension. The decision has shifted Zimbabwe’s lithium policy from aspira

Jul 01, 2026

Zimbabwe’s Trade Analysis: What It Means for Economy, Policymakers, Investors As Gold Retreats

Zimbabwe's goods exports reached USD 884 million in May 2026, the second highest monthly export figure on record and an 11.6% increase from April 2026's USD 792.3 million, driven by semi-manufactured

Jul 01, 2026

What May’s Trade Numbers Reveal: Gold Dominance Grows as Import Demand Widens the Deficit

Zimbabwe's goods trade balance for May 2026 was a deficit of USD 193.7 million, a 14% increase from April 2026's USD 169.9 million. Exports grew 11.6% month-on-month from USD 792.3 million to USD 884

Jul 01, 2026

From Hunger to Obesity: Zimbabwe Launches Nutrition Strategy to Tackle New Dietary Challenges

Zimbabwe has approved the Nutrition Financing Strategy on 30 June 2026, presented by Vice President General (Rtd) Constatino Chiwenga as Chairperson of the Cabinet Committee on Food Security and Nutri

Jul 01, 2026

ZSE Partners with TN Asset Management to Build Pipeline for ZEEX SME Exchange: Can It Deliver Listing-Ready SMEs?

The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with TN Asset Management to jointly identify, develop, and co-finance high-growth startups and SMEs with the potential to list on t

Jun 30, 2026

VFIFC Licences First 38 Firms, Creates USD Safe Zone Amid De-Dollarisation Push

Thirty eight companies received operating licences at a Victoria Falls International Financial Centre (VFIFC ) licence ceremony held in Harare yesterday, marking the operational launch of a financial

Jun 30, 2026