Zimbabwe
Idle Factories, Falling Prices: Why Zimbabwe’s Tobacco Boom Is Not Reaching Growers
Zimbabwe’s growers delivered 353,813,565 kilogrammes of tobacco across the 2026 marketing season at an average of USD 2.49 per kilogramme according to the latest data from the Tobacco Industries and M
Jul 23, 2026
Zimbabwe
From Household Security to Breadbasket:How Pfumvudza Can Unlock Zimbabwe’s Agricultural Scale
Zimbabwe's Pfumvudza/Intwasa programme has done what it was designed to do, delivering a bumper harvest, turning Zimbabwe’s 2024 cereal deficit story into a surplus one. The 2025/26 summer season pro
Jul 22, 2026
Companies
Tigere Launches Zimbabwe’s First Scrip Dividend to Fund H2 Acquisition Pipeline
Tigere Real Estate Investment Trust has reported rental revenue of USD 2.17 million for the half year ended 30 June 2026, a 97% increase year-on-year, with net property income growing 84.7% to USD 2.2
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
Companies
Grade Recovery Drives Caledonia’s Q2 Gold Output Higher: H2 Must Deliver 38% More to Hit FY Target
Caledonia Mining Corporation has produced 17,360 ounces of gold at Blanket Mine during the second quarter ended 30 June 2026, an 18% improvement on the 14,767 ounces produced in Q1 2026, with the comp
Jul 20, 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
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
Zambia
National Breweries Posts First Profit in Years: Real Story Behind the Turnaround
National Breweries, Zambian beverages behemoth listed on the Lusaka Securities Exchange has reported a profit before tax of ZMW 277.3 million, equivalent to USD 14.3 million at the confirmed closing r
Jul 16, 2026
Zambia
Airtel Zambia Delivers 44% Operating Margin, Returns 90% of Earnings as Dividend
Airtel Networks Zambia has reported revenue of ZMW 2,344 million, approximately USD 120.8 million at the confirmed closing rate of ZWM 19.4 per US dollar as at 31 March 2026, for the first quarter end
Jul 15, 2026
Companies
ZCCM-Investments Holdings Swings from $1.5 Bn Profit to $110 Mn Loss: The Real Story Behind the Numbers
ZCCM Investment Holdings, Zambia's only listed diversified mining and energy investment company, reported a net loss of ZMW 2.79 billion, equivalent to USD 110.7 million, for the year ended 31 Decembe
Jul 15, 2026
Companies
Zambeef Products Doubles Profit, Costs Absorb Three-Quarters of Operating Profit
Zambeef Products PLC, the largest integrated cold chain food products and agribusiness company in Zambia, has reported revenue of ZMW 3.93 billion, equivalent to USD 180.5 million, for the half-year
Jul 15, 2026
Zimbabwe
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
Zimbabwe
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
Zimbabwe
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
Top Stories
RTG Targets a Fully Solar Powered Hotel Portfolio by FY2027 After Proving the Economics at Kadoma
Rainbow Tourism Group will place every hotel in its portfolio on solar power by the end of FY2027 after the 300KVA installation at Kadoma Hotel and Conference Centre supplied about 30% of the property
23 hours agoBuilding Hotels Without Building Hotels: How RTG Is Turning Existing Assets Into Its Next Growth Engine
Hospitality companies have traditionally expanded through a simple formula, acquire another property, build another hotel or borrow against the balance sheet to create additional room inventory. Howev
1 day agoZimbabwe Quietly Rewrites Its Growth Model: Why Treasury Is Designing The Economy For Resilience Instead Of Recovery
Zimbabwe's Mid Term Budget Review and the 2027 Budget Strategy Paper reveal a policy shift that is larger than the headline numbers on growth, inflation or revenue. Together they show Government movin
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