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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
Zimbabwe
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
World
South Korea Gives South Africa an Offshore Maize Market

South Africa, maize exports, South Korea, Zimbabwe maize, grain markets, food security, Agricultural Marketing Authority, Grain Marketing Board, GMB, Zimbabwe Mercantile Exchange, ZMX, maize prices, r

 Sep 07, 2026
Zimbabwe
ZB Taps Fintech Executive Matsaudza to Turn Digital Investment Into Core Banking Growth

Matsaudza brings more than 17 years of experience across African financial and telecommunications markets. ZB’s appointment announcement says he previously served as Managing Director of O’mari, the f

 Sep 04, 2026
Zimbabwe
Nampak Zimbabwe Recovery Tests Parent’s US$10.9m Write Down

Nampak, the country’s biggest packaging company has generated US$67.8 million in revenue during the nine months to June 2026, 9% ahead of the comparative year, propelled by volumes growth of 16%, supp

 Aug 17, 2026
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Retail Investment Rises Despite Informal Market Pressure

SPAR is also adding capacity through a different ownership structure. A new SPAR supermarket opened in Mazowe in March with 970 square metres of grocery retail space and another 130 square metres allo

 Aug 17, 2026
Zimbabwe
Jobs That Were Never Taken: Over 178k Migrants Leave South Africa, Unemployment Hits 4-Year High

South Africa's unemployment rate has risen to 33.6% in the second quarter of 2026, a four year high, after more than 178,000 African migrants reportedly left or were deported during an immigration cra

 Aug 13, 2026
Implats Profit Recovery Puts Zimplats Back in Focus

Impala Platinum Holdings, one of the world’s largest PGM producers and the parent company of Zimplats has moved from barely profitable to one of the strongest earnings recoveries in the global PGM sec

Aug 12, 2026
Nedbank Targets One Fifth of Earnings Outside South Africa After NCBA Deal

Nedbank has set a target for one fifth of its earnings to come from outside South Africa as it reshapes its business around Southern and East Africa through the acquisition of a controlling stake in K

Aug 05, 2026
African Tourists Drive South Africa’s H1 2026 Tourism Growth

South Africa’s fastest growing tourism customers increasingly come from the same African countries whose nationals have become the focus of recurring anti migrant protests, placing one of the country’

Aug 03, 2026
Mimosa Output Falls 6% as Power and Ore Complexity Disrupt Production

Mimosa processed about 41,000 fewer tonnes during FY2026. The lower grade then reduced the metal contribution from the smaller processing base. Restoring production will require progress in both area

Jul 31, 2026

Premier Issues Four Billion Shares to Keep Zulu Active as Canmax Talks Delay Restart

Premier African Minerals, Zulu Lithium Project, Canmax Technologies, Zimbabwe lithium, AIM, mining finance, shareholder dilution, lithium processing, stockpiling, critical minerals,

Jul 30, 2026

Why Every Additional Platinum Ounce Has Become More Valuable

Persistent market deficits, expanding AI demand and slow supply growth are raising the returns available from higher recoveries, mine extensions and new Zimbabwean production

Jul 30, 2026

Venetia Mine Halted: De Beers Stops Mining at South Africa’s Largest Diamond Operation

De Beers is set to pause production for two years at Venetia, South Africa’s largest diamond mine, after prolonged weakness in rough diamond prices reduced the commercial value of extracting additiona

Jul 14, 2026

How Zimbabwe’s Inflation Compares With Its Peers: June Uptick Leaves It Below Every SADC Peer

Zimbabwe's annual inflation in US dollar terms rose to 3.1% in June 2026, gaining 0.3 percentage points on May 2026's 2.8%, according to figures released by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency. On

Jun 29, 2026

SADC Growth Shift: Zimbabwe Builds Capacity as South Africa Loses Investment Momentum

South Africa's economy expanded 0.5% quarter-on-quarter in Q1 2026, its sixth consecutive quarter of growth and the strongest performance since Q2 2025, as nine of ten industries registered positive o

Jun 09, 2026

PPC Zimbabwe Carries Group Cash Flow as Cement Demand Surges: Pays US$36 Mn Dividend, Funds RK3 Expansion

Pretoria Portland Cement Limited (PPC) has reported revenue of R10.255 billion for the year ended 31 March 2026, a 3.9% increase from R9.871 billion in the prior year, with EBITDA rising 31% to R2.079

Jun 09, 2026

Zimbabwe Records Biggest Manufacturing Growth in Southern Africa: But Slips in AfDB Industrialisation Rankings

The African Development Bank's Africa Industrialisation Index 2025, which ranks all 54 African countries on the depth, quality, and diversification of their industrial development, has delivered a ver

Jun 01, 2026

Operationally Viable, Financially Irretrievable: The Harsh Reality for JSE-Listed Firms in Zimbabwe

Pick n Pay, one of South Africa's largest listed retailers, says its Zimbabwe operations remain fully impaired, a designation that has been in place since 2024, when the group stopped incorporating th

May 31, 2026