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Tigere Premium Raises the Accretion Bar Unit growth now tests whether income keeps pace

That gap traces to two specific acquisition financed unit placements, not to Tigere’s scrip dividend programme, which only reached unitholders as a notice due for publication in the week of July 20, 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
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
Tigere Is Turning Liquidity Into Capital as Zimbabwe’s Investable Universe Contracts

The fund’s unitholder base expanded 21.8% year to date to 1,177 investors, strengthening free float and supporting sustained secondary market liquidity. Growing liquidity is becoming a strategic fundi

 Jul 19, 2026
Zimbabwe
Global Fund Now Dominates Zimbabwe Health Financing as USAID Pulls Out

What emerges from this data is a financing system held together by improvisation rather than design. Each source compensates for the others in an ad hoc way, and the compensation itself is unpredictab

 Jul 16, 2026
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
Corporate Zimbabwe Is Falling Behind the AI Productivity Curve

Zimbabwean companies are entering the second half of 2026 with limited artificial intelligence deployment across work, agriculture, healthcare, finance, security and transport, according to the latest

Jul 16, 2026
Karo Platinum Crosses Critical Execution Milestone as Tharisa Deepens Zimbabwe Investment

Tharisa increased capital deployment into Karo during the quarter despite weaker platinum group metal prices, signalling confidence in the project’s long term economics.

Jul 15, 2026
Zimbabwe's Internet Traffic Jumps 57% in Q1 2026

Zimbabwe’s digital economy is beginning to consume data much faster than it is adding internet users, forcing telecommunications operators, technology companies and policymakers to redirect investment

Jul 15, 2026

Diamond Policy Paralysis: A Warning Zimbabwe’s Diamond Policy Can No Longer Ignore

De Beers has cut its prices in July 2026, reflecting growing pressure as weak Chinese luxury demand, the rapid expansion of lab-grown diamonds, and increased rough supply from producers such as Angola

Jul 15, 2026

Quiet Revolution in Zimbabwe’s Hospitals: Will the Budget Follow the Bricks?

Zimbabwe's public hospital system has received more documented investment commitment between 2025 and mid-2026 than in any comparable period since independence, and the gap between what has been inves

Jul 14, 2026

Historic Zimbabwe Manufacturers Puts 4  Firms on Sale, Bids Due 14 July 2026

Phoenix Consolidated Industries a prominent, historically significant manufacturing and industrial group has placed four established Zimbabwean industrial businesses on the market, giving investors un

Jul 13, 2026

Old Mutual Migration Rewrites the VFEX Growth Story

The Victoria Falls Stock Exchange overtook the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange in total market capitalisation in April 2026, becoming the country's largest exchange by market value just five and a half years

Jul 13, 2026

Zimbabwe's Medical Services Amendment Act: A Noble Premise Built on a Dangerous Assumption

Zimbabwe has gazetted the Medical Services Amendment Act, 2026 on the 7th of July 2026, legally requiring private hospitals to admit and provide emergency treatment to patients with life-threatening c

Jul 11, 2026

Gokwe Cotton City: Can Zimbabwe Build a Textile Economy from the Ground Up?

Zimbabwe marketed 5,079,907 kilograms of seed cotton by 18 June 2026. At the same point in 2025, the figure was 310,625 kilograms. That 1,536% difference in early-season marketing volumes is the singl

Jul 09, 2026

Higher Ethanol Blend, Higher Pump Price: How Fuel Prices Compare Globally After ZERA’s Fuel Cuts

Zimbabwe's Energy Regulatory Authority has reduced petroleum prices effective 8 July 2026, bringing diesel from USD 1.99 to USD 1.87 per litre, a reduction of USD 0.12 or 6%, and blend E20 from USD 1.

Jul 09, 2026

How Gastronomy Tourism Can Change Zimbabwe’s Tourism Calculus

Zimbabwe's tourism sector recorded international tourist arrivals of 384,515 in the first quarter of 2026, an 11% increase from 347,555 in the same period of 2025, with total tourism revenue rising 14

Jul 09, 2026