Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA), says the national power grid is currently facing reduced electricity generation capacity due to a technical challenge that occurred at the Hwange Thermal

Rising power costs and non-claimable VAT have eroded National Foods' financial gains, highlighting the devastating impact of policy inaction on businesses and low-income households. The company vows t

Zimbabwe has spent USD 881.7 million importing electricity between January 2021 and March 2026, according to a monthly import series derived from ZimStat External Trade Statistics. The cumulative fig

Zimbabwe spent US$20.12 million importing electrical energy in May 2026, the highest monthly electricity import bill since September 2024. The payment rose 43.8% from US$13.99 million in April and sto

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

Cabinet has moved the restructuring of ZESA into implementation, consolidating generation, transmission, distribution, system planning and commercial functions under ZESA Private Limited at a time Zim

Zimbabwe is folding its electricity distribution business into a single ZESA at the same time that business carries a ZWG29.9 billion working capital deficit, defaulted foreign loans and customers who

Zimbabwe is carrying an electricity constraint estimated by the World Bank at 6.1% of GDP annually, placing power among the largest structural costs still embedded in an economy targeting industrial e

Zimbabwe’s inflation environment is entering a different phase, with the latest data showing price pressures becoming concentrated in essential costs rather than broad-based increases across the econo

Centragrid, an independent power producer that runs a utility-scale solar plant at Nyabira in Mashonaland West, told the Zimbabwe Economic Development Conference (ZEDCON) that high interest rates, leg

Zimbabwe's electricity generation capacity could roughly double by 2035 as renewable-energy investment accelerates, according to projections presented by BMI, although the country's persistent exposur

Zimbabwe's economic growth is projected to slow to 3.5% in 2027 from 5% in 2026, according to the International Monetary Fund's October 2026 World Economic Outlook, extending a deceleration from an es

Zimbabwe has introduced virtual net metering and monetary compensation for surplus solar electricity under Statutory Instrument 127 of 2026, allowing qualifying consumers to transfer electricity credi