Zimbabwe and Botswana have concluded the Fifth Session of their Bi-National Commission in Harare on 22 April 2026, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Botswana President Advocate Duma Gideon Boko co

The numbers suggest that the stakes are high. Diesel consumption continues to grow, reflecting economic activity and structural dependence on road transport. Any intervention in this market will have

Caledonia Mining Corporation has reported a 69.4% surge in profit after tax to US$18.91 million for the first quarter of 2026, its strongest quarterly earnings performance driven almost entirely by a

Mashonaland Holdings Limited has reported an 8% increase in revenue to US$1.86 million and a 20% increase in operating profit before fair value adjustments to US$879,222 for the quarter ended 31 March

Invictus Energy has suspended trading in its shares pending a material announcement expected by Friday, which the company has confirmed relates to the imminent signing of a Production Sharing Agreemen

The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange has relaxed listing requirements effective 1 June 2026 and valid for a window of 36 months, slashing the minimum market capitalisation requirement for listing from USD 10 m

Mashonaland Holdings Limited has reported revenue of USD 3.14 million for the five months ended 31 May 2026, a 7% increase from USD 2.93 million in the comparable period of 2025, while operating profi

The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) is approaching the final stages of repaying a US$206 million loan obtained from the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) to finance the rehabil

Cabinet has approved a plan to expand national ethanol production from 155 million litres to 600 million litres annually by 2035, a 287% increase that the government has framed as a transformative int

Zimbabwe's sugar industry produced 443,501 tonnes in the financial year ended 31 March 2026, a 1% increase from the prior year, while total sales reached 471,837 tonnes, a 24% increase from 380,531 to

Green Hybrid Power and the Intensive Energy Users Group are targeting financial close by October 2026 on a US$400 million floating solar project at Lake Kariba. Intensive Energy Users Group (IEUG) ch

Zimbabwe has completed its first commercial shipment of fresh blueberries to China, transforming a market access agreement signed in 2025 into actual trade and opening a premium export corridor into o

Zambia commissioned the 100MW second phase of the Chisamba Solar Power Plant on 21 July 2026, doubling installed capacity at the Central Province site to 200MW and creating the country’s largest solar

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

Zimbabwe’s emerging gas industry has entered a more consequential phase with Invictus Energy preparing to drill the Musuma-1 exploration well in November 2026, after awarding the well-services contrac

Zimbabwe’s gold sector has historically been defined by thousands of small-scale operators extracting value from deposits spread across the country’s mineral belts. Kavango Resources is attempting to

Zimbabwe’s Cabinet says GreenGrid Energy’s US$650 million, 600MW Kariba solar project is preparing for implementation after completing technical studies, licensing and commercial agreements. ZETDC wi

Zimbabwe begins hosting the COMESA summit programme on 19 October, placing regional trade, industrialisation and investment at the centre of four days of business and government meetings that conclude

Zimbabwe has proposed the establishment of a regional Circular Economy Fund to finance industrial modernisation, recycling infrastructure and cleaner manufacturing across the Common Market for Eastern

Zimbabwe is pushing the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) to establish regional electric vehicle manufacturing and battery supply chains, arguing that African economies must move