Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Records its First Trade Surplus in August: A Historic Shift with Fragile Foundations
Zimbabwe has achieved a trade surplus of $7 million in August 2025, its first since July 2019, reversing July 2025’s $10.2 million deficit. Exports increased 0.3% to $878.2 million from $876 million,
Sep 30, 2025
Companies
Innscor Makes History Again: First Zim Firm to Hit US$1 Billion Revenue Twice, Fuelled by Decades of Strategic Mastery
Innscor, Zimbabwe’s largest food processor, has etched its name in history as the first company in the nation to surpass US$1 billion in revenue twice, achieving this feat in 2014 with US$1.04 billion
Sep 26, 2025
World
Africa Ranks as Epicentre of Child Poverty, Yet Possesses 30% of Global Rare Riches: An Analysis
The past decade has witnessed gradual but persistent progress in reducing extreme child poverty globally, yet children remain disproportionately affected by poverty compared to adults. Despite advanc
Sep 24, 2025
Companies
National Tyre Services Charts Recovery Path After ZiG 121M Loss with Robust Supply Chain Overhaul
National Tyre Services (NTS), Zimbabwe's leading tyre distribution and retail company, remains optimistic about its future prospects despite posting a substantial full-year loss of ZWG 121 million for
Sep 23, 2025
Zimbabwe
TSL Retreat from Nampak's $25 Mn Deal: An Immature Romance Doomed by Shareholder Scepticism
TSL Limited, a Zimbabwean conglomerate with interests in logistics, agrochemicals, and packaging, has terminated its US$25 million bid for a 51.43% stake in Nampak Zimbabwe, the country’s leading pack
Sep 17, 2025
World
Gold ETFs Soar with $5.5B Inflows in August: Could a Gold-Backed ETF Work Locally?
Physically backed gold ETFs in August had inflows of US$5.5 billion, marking three months in a row of positive flows. Gold-backed ETFs are investment funds that hold physical gold and are traded on s
Sep 16, 2025
Zimbabwe
Weekly Currency Review: Is ZiG’s Stability Fundamentally Driven or Cosmetically Defined?
The local currency, the ZiG, has maintained a stable performance for nearly a year, marking a significant milestone in the country’s economic landscape. On September 16, 2025, the ZiG opened the week
Sep 16, 2025
Zimbabwe
No Tax Clearance, No Road Access: ZIMRA Crackdown on Public Transport Operators
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has introduced a stringent enforcement mechanism for revised presumptive tax rates targeting the public transport sector, including commuter omnibuses known as k
Sep 10, 2025
Top Stories
Zimbabwe Approves US$7 Billion in PPP Projects, But Less Than Half Reach Construction
Zimbabwe has approved 30 Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects with a projected investment value of US$7 billion since 2018, though fewer than half have progressed into construction or operation,
42 minutes agoRTG 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
1 day 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
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