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Zimbabwe
Black Market Balloons as Government's ZiG Currency Gamble Backfires

During the last week of May, we continued to monitor the movement of the ZiG currency against other currencies in both the government-regulated formal exchange rate and the market-determined parallel

Jun 01, 2024
Zimbabwe
ZiG’s Recovery Path: RBZ Implements Additional Measures to Sanitise Foreign Exchange Transactions

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has passed extra measures to sanitize the exchange control directives through enhancing transparency and efficiency in foreign exchange transactions to support Zimbabwe Go

Sep 04, 2024
World
Global Public Debt to Exceed $100 Trillion by Year-End

The world is facing a daunting public debt crisis, with global debt projected to exceed US$100 trillion, or 93% of global GDP, by the end of this year according to the latest data by the International

Oct 16, 2024
Zimbabwe
Hobbled by Policy Flux: How State Intervention Stifled Business Growth in 2024

The year 2024 proved to be exceptionally challenging for both developed and developing nations. Zimbabwe experienced its most severe drought in over four decades, exacerbated by the ongoing geopolitic

Nov 28, 2024
Zimbabwe
Government’s ZiG Policies Half Baked-CZI

The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has expressed concerns regarding the insufficiency of governmental initiatives aimed at stabilizing the local currency. In its recent report, "Inflation

Jan 20, 2025
Zimbabwe
No POS Machine, No Licence, No Bank Account, No Licence: RBZ Commands

he Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has introduced a transformative policy aimed at formalizing the informal trading sector and promoting digital transactions. Effective immediately, local authorities

Feb 07, 2025
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's Horticulture Sector Slams Increase in Export Surrender Threshold as 'Unfair and Counterproductive’

The Horticulture Development Council (HDC) has strongly criticized the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s (RBZ) recent decision to reduce export retention thresholds from 75% to 70%, as outlined in its Moneta

Feb 11, 2025

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Zimbabwe's Gold Production Decline in February: Sectoral Challenges, Rainfall Impacts

Zimbabwe's gold deliveries declined by 17.7% month-on-month in February 2024, falling to 2.56 tonnes from 3.1 tonnes in January. This marks the lowest monthly output in over six months since June 2024

Mar 06, 2025

ZERA Decreases Diesel Prices, Petrol Prices Rise

The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has decreased diesel prices for March, effective 4 March 2025, from February's prices in US dollar terms. Diesel prices went down by 3% from US$1.58 in

Mar 05, 2025

Stanbic Bank, EIB Global Launch $21M Facility for Women-Led Businesses

he European Investment Bank (EIB Global), in partnership with Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe, has unveiled a €20 million ($21 million) credit facility aimed at bolstering Zimbabwean small and medium enterprise

Mar 05, 2025

Tobacco Marketing Season Kicks Off Today: Essential Insights

Zimbabwe's tobacco marketing season commences today, with the agricultural sector projecting a yield of 300 million kilograms of premium flue-cured leaf  in 2025. Under the nation's dual-currency set

Mar 05, 2025

TSL Profit More Than Halves to US$3.62 Million in FY 24

TSL Limited, a diversified Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed company, experienced a sharp 55% decline in profit after tax from continuing operations, falling to US$3.62 million for the fiscal year ended

Mar 04, 2025

Ariston Shifts Focus to Local Sales Amid Rising Export Surrender Costs

Ariston Holdings, a Zimbabwean agribusiness, has strategically reoriented its revenue focus from export markets to domestic sales in response to rising operational costs and restrictive export policie

Mar 04, 2025

Kariba Electricity Generation Almost Triples as Water Levels Rise

The electricity generation at the Kariba Hydroelectric Power Plant has more than tripled on the 4th of March to 485 megawatts (MW) , marking a nine-month record high since June 2024. This has increas

Mar 04, 2025

Proplastics CEO, Kudakwashe Chigiya Resigns, Paschal Changunda Appointed Acting Leader

Plastics and plastic products manufacturer, Proplastics Limited, has announced the resignation of its Chief Executive Officer (CEO),  Kudakwashe Leo Chigiya, effective 19 February 2025. The Board of

Mar 03, 2025