Stanbic Bank is this month celebrating 30 years of service provision which has seen the leading financial services institution contributing significantly to the socio-economic growth of Zimbabwe and t

-Zambia is a step closer to finalizing its long-awaited debt-restructuring agreement with its official bilateral creditors. The nation’s treasury secretary, Felix Nkulukusa, recently announced that th

Zimbabwe’s month-on-month inflation has entered the double digit for the first time in ZiG’s history since its introduction in April 2024 according to the latest data released by the nation’s statisti

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised its global economic growth forecast upward to 3.3% for 2025, driven primarily by an upward revision in the US economy, which offset downgrades in othe

Zimbabwe is pursuing $2.6 billion in bridge financing to clear $6.7 billion in arrears, a critical component of its $21 billion public debt, equivalent to 96.6% of its 2023 GDP (World Bank, 2024). Fi

The Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), has sustained marginal erosion as it struggles to find course. Week on week,  the ZiG closed at 26.9768 per USD on the 1th of June 2025, a marginal decline from 26.9401 the pr

The ZiG maintained relative stability in the willing buyer-willing seller auction market. On June 20, 2025, it depreciated slightly to 26.9918 from 26.9768 the previous week, before recovering margina

The Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency exhibited robust appreciation in late June 2025, a trend that extended into July 2024, bolstered by an expansion in gold reserves and sustained tight monetary policy m

imbabwe's economy has navigated a turbulent path marked by hyperinflation, currency instability, and external shocks, but the 2025 IMF Article IV consultation highlights a tentative stabilisation amid

he International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) latest economic projections for Zimbabwe, as outlined in its October 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa, paint an ostensibly bright picture fo

The Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency is exhibiting a modest resilience this week in the formal market, appreciating by 0.04% against the US dollar last week. This slight gain aligns with broader stabilisa

Zimbabwe's Finance Minister's emphasis on sincerity in economic policy remains highly relevant as the country pursues currency stabilisation, confidence-building, debt management, and reforms amid lon

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has emerged as the standout performer in the International Monetary Fund's latest World Economic Outlook update, released January 19, 2026, with regional growth accelerating t

Zimbabwe and the International Monetary Fund have agreed to a 10-month Staff-Monitored Programme (SMP), a move aimed less at securing immediate funding than at rebuilding trust with international cred

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has shifted its long-term monetary reform strategy from a fixed 2030 mono-currency target to a conditions-based framework, signalling that the transition to a single

For nearly eight decades, the American dollar has reigned as the undisputed monarch of global finance, a currency so entrenched that it seems woven into the fabric of international commerce. Born from

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), has uncovered a overlooked risk in its latest global outlook, a stagflationary trap that could grip emerging markets and developing economies far more severely t

The International Monetary Fund projects Zimbabwe's economy will grow 5% in 2026, matching the government's own forecast and beating the IMF's continental average projection of 4.3%. Alongside that p