Operating a single supermarket in Zimbabwe requires over 25 licenses and permits, making it challenging for businesses to operate. This is despite the mantra, Zimbabwe is open for business. These li

he issue of smuggling presents a significant challenge to the formal economy in Zimbabwe, undermining local businesses and distorting market dynamics. Porous borders facilitate the influx of inexpens

Choppies has sold its operations  to Sai Mart effective 1 January 2025 due to  struggling under the weight of unfavourable government policies favouring informal traders. This follows after the retai

The Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) has formally solicited the intervention of President Emmerson Mnangagwa to salvage the remaining components of the structured retail and wholesale sector

Zimbabwe’s retail giant, OK Zimbabwe, has thrust itself into the spotlight with a sweeping executive overhaul, axing its seniour management team and reinstalling veterans who once steered the company

For Zimbabwean businesses and policymakers, this figure raises a pressing question: is it enough to pull South Africa—and the region—out of its economic quagmire? As Zimbabwe’s largest trading partner

OK Zimbabwe Limited, the country’s largest retail operator by store count, is seeking to raise up to US$30 million to stabilize its finances amid a brutal operating environment that has pushed it to c

Edgars Stores Limited, Zimbabwe’s largest clothing listed on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange has  invested  US$1 million in its Carousel Manufacturing division according to the group’s latest financ

CFI Holdings Limited has staged a strong comeback in the first half of 2025, swinging from a loss of ZWG348.96 million in the prior comparable period to a ZWG493.64 million profit, according to the co

OK Zimbabwe has sold shareholders on a US$10.5 million property-disposal plan following a pivotal vote at an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM), marking the country’s largest grocery retailer’s lates

he Government implemented a series of reforms on 31 October 2025 aimed at enhancing the ease of doing business by eliminating redundant licenses and fees, a move that addresses long-standing barriers

The Government has cut city parking fees to US$0.50 cents per hour from US$1 per hour as part of a sweeping overhaul of business licensing and municipal charges now formalised under Statutory Instrume

Edgars Stores Zimbabwe Limited, a prominent fashion retailer is advising its shareholders that its board is evaluating a potential transaction that could materially affect the company's securities, be

Edgars Stores Limited has resolved to pursue a voluntary delisting from the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange barely two years after leaving the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange for the United States dollar denomi

Meikles Limited has delivered the clearest evidence yet that its core supermarket business is emerging from years of losses. For the year ended 28 February 2026, the Group swung to an operating profit

Axia Corporation’s FY2026 performance has been powered by a sharp recovery in consumer demand, but the strength of the rebound was increasingly tied to the expansion of household credit as Zimbabwe’s

Axia Corporation’s FY2026 performance was defined by more than revenue growth. The group’s strongest strategic shift came through improved cash generation, reducing dependence on external funding and

Simbisa Brands, Zimbabwe’s largest fast food operator and a pan African quick service restaurant group with operations in Zimbabwe, Kenya and Eswatini and franchised outlets across six other African m

Simbisa Brands, Zimbabwe’s largest quick service restaurant group with operations across Zimbabwe, Kenya and Eswatini and 130 franchised stores across six other African markets, increased revenue from

Cabinet says 269 foreign operators have filed regularisation plans requiring the transfer of 75% equity to Zimbabwean citizens after inspections covered more than 3,000 companies in all 10 provinces.