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The Border Between Trade and Growth: Beitbridge Exposes Southern Africa's Integration Costs

Zimbabwe and South Africa recorded approximately R81 billion in bilateral trade during 2025, nearly twice the level reported in 2021, strengthening the economic significance of Beitbridge as one of S

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Zimbabwe
Power Without Borders: Southern Africa's Grid Bottlenecks Expose the Cost of Unfinished Energy Integration

Southern Africa's electricity market traded 191.20 gigawatt-hours in August 2026, its highest monthly competitive-market volume in the first five months of the financial year, but the region's transmi

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Zimbabwe
Zimplow Hands Finance Reins to Dzapasi as US$1.54m Recovery Faces Fresh Test

Dzapasi's appointment took effect on 1 September 2026, according to a board notice dated 21 October. He also assumes responsibility as Group Company Secretary following the departure of Sharon Mananga

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Coca-Cola’s US$3.6 Billion COMESA Footprint Reveals Scale of Regional Industrial Opportunity

ZimTrade data shows that Zimbabwe exported US$222 million worth of goods to COMESA in 2025, representing a 10.4% increase from US$201 million in 2024. Despite the recovery, regional exports accounted

 Oct 20, 2026
Zimbabwe
Harare follows Nairobi on Exchanges Profit Behaviour: Analysis

The Safaricom levy sits in other assets, which rose Kshs 593 million, and operating cash flow reached Kshs 161 million, or 22% of profit after tax. Excluding the block trade, equity turnover grew 111%

 Oct 05, 2026
Companies
Simbisa Turns Kenya Traffic Growth into Higher Earnings

Simbisa Brands, Zimbabwe’s largest quick service restaurant group with operations across Zimbabwe, Kenya and Eswatini and 130 franchised stores across six other African markets, increased revenue from

 Sep 29, 2026
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Gets Food Inflation Relief From SA as Fuel Costs Reopen Price Risks

South Africa’s consumer food inflation increased marginally to 0.7% in August 2026 from 0.6% in July, remaining at historically low levels. Grain products, fruits and vegetables continue to benefit fr

 Sep 23, 2026
RBZ Sets Two-Month Import Cover Target as Zimbabwe Builds Reserve Buffer

* Foreign reserves reached US$1.7 billion by end-July, covering 1.7 months of imports. * First-half foreign-currency receipts increased 47.8% to US$10.72 billion. * Two months of cover remains below t

Sep 14, 2026
O’mari’s 2.2 Million Customers Are Becoming Old Mutual Zimbabwe’s Distribution Network

Old Mutual Zimbabwe’s O’mari has surpassed 2.2 million customers, with transaction volumes rising 139% and revenue increasing 80% year on year in the first half of 2026, giving the fintech considerabl

Sep 08, 2026
Old Mutual Tests Zimbabwe’s Return to Group Earnings After Seven-Year Ring-Fence

Old Mutual has begun assessing whether improving cash generation and currency conditions in Zimbabwe are sufficient to eventually return the local business to its Group earnings perimeter, seven years

Sep 08, 2026
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

Aug 20, 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

Vodacom Bets on Growth as Lower Dividends Signal a New Phase for African Telecoms

* Vodacom raised medium term growth targets after consolidating Safaricom into the group. * A lower dividend payout signals greater confidence in long term investment returns. * African telecom valu

Jul 27, 2026

Mid Term Budget Faces Eight Tests That Will Define Zimbabwe’s Second Half

This Mid Term Budget should therefore be interpreted through eight practical tests. Can reserve money growth coexist with low inflation over the medium term. Is dedollarisation becoming commercially d

Jul 27, 2026

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

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

The O-Mari Effect: Mobile Money War Goes Physical, NetOne Remains Idle

Zimbabwe's mobile money sector has entered a new phase, one in which the platform that wins will not be the one with the biggest digital wallet but the one that can put physical cash in a customer's h

Jul 02, 2026

Seed Co Limited Stops Bankrolling a State That Pays Late

Collection of the $57.1 million book governs everything from here. Three outcomes are open to the company, and each is already visible in its conduct. The first is to force the government onto cash an

Jun 30, 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