Zimbabwe is targeting March 2027 to clear its arrears with international financial institutions, as Government seeks bridge financing to restore access to affordable development funding after more th

Zimbabwean businessman, Kudakwashe Tagwirei has secured a second senior economic position within three days, following his appointment to ZANU PF's Politburo as Secretary for Economic Affairs and Inve

Zimbabwe has emerged relatively lightly exposed to the latest US tariff reset, but the commercial benefit is considerably smaller than the headline tariff differential implies because America remains

Hippo Valley Estates expects to require between US$7 million and US$10 million in annual capital expenditure under normal operating conditions over the coming years, but pressure on its water conveyan

Zimbabwe maintains comparatively accessible visitor-entry arrangements for British and German nationals, allowing travellers from both countries to obtain visas on arrival, while Zimbabwean passport h

Southern Africa faces increasing food-security risks as higher international fuel and fertiliser prices raise agricultural production costs ahead of the 2026/27 farming season, when El Niño-related ra

Zimbabwe's economic growth is projected to slow to 3.5% in 2027 from 5% in 2026, according to the International Monetary Fund's October 2026 World Economic Outlook, extending a deceleration from an es

Seven months into the conflict, the United States has inflicted severe military and economic damage on Iran, yet Tehran continues to disrupt global energy markets, forcing Washington to seek fuel supp

Washington's decision to temporarily reopen trade in Russian diesel on 9 October 2026 has placed the credibility of American economic commitments under renewed scrutiny, with President Donald Trump's

South African sugar producer Tongaat Hulett is set to exit the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on 3 November 2026, leaving existing shareholders facing a complete loss of their investment as the company m

Zimbabwe's electricity generation capacity could roughly double by 2035 as renewable-energy investment accelerates, according to projections presented by BMI, although the country's persistent exposur

Zimbabwe's beverage sugar tax is beginning to reshape demand across the country's sugar value chain, with Hippo Valley Estates acknowledging that manufacturers' growing use of artificial sweeteners is

Caledonia Mining’s Blanket Mine now needs its strongest quarter of 2026 to recover from a deep-level mining bottleneck that cut access to higher-grade ore, reduced gold production and forced managemen

About three quarters of everyone admitted into Zimbabwe’s prisons during the second quarter of 2026 entered without a sentence, placing court processing, bail and remand management at the centre of th

Zimbabwe has separated the person selling the investment story from the person controlling the public purse, placing businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei in charge of Economic Development and Investment Pr

Fidelity Life Assurance’s core insurance operation moved into loss in the first half of 2026 as higher claims and a rising loss component pushed insurance service expenses above insurance revenue, lea

Zimbabwe’s covered formal-sector employment contracted by 1.2% year on year in the first quarter of 2026 even as workers recorded a sharp recovery in earnings, exposing an economy that is rebuilding p

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe says it has remained within all three monetary quantitative targets under the IMF Staff Monitored Programme at the end of September 2026, combining faster reserve accumula

Zimbabwe has built a substantially larger reserve cushion behind the ZiG, with reserve assets backing the local currency reaching nearly ZiG48.9 billion by September 2026 against reserve money of abou

Zimbabwe’s unmet demand for foreign currency has fallen by almost three quarters from its March 2026 peak as stronger export receipts, rising reserves and central bank intervention expand the amount o