Copper has extended its bruising decline to the lowest level in more than three months , as the deepening war in the Middle East drained risk appetite from financial markets and sharpened worries abo

Zambian Head of State, President Hakainde Hichilema has announced at the Engineering Institution of Zambia conference in Livingstone this week that Zambia and Zimbabwe have agreed to restrict the use

Zimbabwe's 2026 tobacco marketing season has recorded cumulative sales of 149.9 million kilograms at an average price of USD 2.65 per kilogram by Day 34, with tobacco exports reaching 83 million kilog

Zimbabwe has consumed significantly more fuel in the first quarter of 2026 than it did in the same period a year ago, according to data released by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority. Diesel dem

Zimbabwe has abolished building permit requirements and Environmental Impact Assessment obligations at the local authority level for property development projects, in what constitutes the most structu

Axia Corporation has recorded revenue growth across every metric in the third quarter for the period ended 31 March 2026 which exceeded volume growth. Without exception, in every market, in every prod

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

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

Zimbabwe's April 2026 diesel import bill reached USD 132.5 million, a 44.6% increase from March 2026's USD 91.6 million and the highest monthly value recorded from December 2022 through April 2026, a

Zimbabwe's monthly Portland cement import bill reached USD 12.02 million in April 2026, the highest single monthly value recorded in the sixty-four months dataset running from January 2021 through Apr

Zimplow Holdings, Zimbabwe's largest diversified engineering and agro-industrial group, has completed one of the fastest corporate recoveries on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange, generating US$1.35 m

Pretoria Portland Cement Zimbabwe's planned monetisation of its 418-hectare Arlington Estate has been pushed back after the disposal agreement with Transvaal Africa lapsed following the purchaser's fa

Zimbabwe’s tobacco marketing season has moved within touching distance of another record crop, with growers selling 348.79 million kilograms by Day 84 on 3 July, 4.7% above the 333.26 million kilogram

Prospect Resources has extended high grade copper mineralisation beyond the current Mineral Resource Estimate at its flagship Nyungu Central deposit in Zambia after step out drilling intersected 44 me

The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board will close Zimbabwe’s 2026 auction tobacco floors on Friday, 31 July, after cumulative national sales reached 354.10 million kilograms by selling day 95 on 20

Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister , Professor Mthuli Ncube has told Treasury will widen the range of taxes payable only in Zimbabwe Gold, a measure due in the 2026 Mid-Te

Soyabean deliveries have reached 45,744 tonnes between 1 April and 24 July 2026, up 58% on the 28,924 tonnes marketed a year earlier, on Agricultural Marketing Authority’s latest figures. Soya is 89.8

Sorghum deliveries have reached 31,951 tonnes between 1 April and 24 July 2026, up 15% on the 27,804 tonnes marketed a year earlier, on Agricultural Marketing Authority data. It is the slowest riser o

Zambia has given President Hakainde Hichilema a second five year mandate after an election that turned the country's economic recovery into a national vote and placed the quality of its democracy unde

Hichilema secures a second term decisively. Whether that mandate converts into the stability business actually needs is the test now beginning. Zambia Election 2026, Hakainde Hichilema, Brian Mundubil