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Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Reverses Maize Import Ban After a ‘’Fictitious’’ Bumper Harvest Claim

Zimbabwe has reversed its maize import ban just two months after imposing it, a move prompted by a sharp downward revision in the country’s 2024/25 harvest forecast and growing concerns over food secu

Oct 24, 2025
Zimbabwe
South Africa's Falling Maize Prices Offer Relief to Zimbabwe Amid Lean Season Food Security Strains

South Africa's maize prices have declined more than 30% year-on-year, fueled by a robust harvest that has generated substantial surpluses for both local consumption and regional exports.

Jan 07, 2026
Companies
More Duty, Less Revenue: How Zambia's Tobacco Crackdown Built a Black Market Instead

BAT Zambia, the country's only listed tobacco manufacturer and the dominant player in Zambia's formal cigarette market, has reported a year in which profit grew but the business shrank, a paradox that

Mar 14, 2026
Zimbabwe
Rail, Refinery and Realignment: Zambia and Zimbabwe Redraw Southern Africa's Trade Map

Zimbabwe and Zambia have signed a US$2.18 billion Memorandum of Understanding for a new 311-kilometre railway linking Kafue in Zambia to Lion's Den in Zimbabwe, while Zambia's energy ministry confirme

Apr 14, 2026
Zimbabwe
Zambia’s Maize Surplus Exceeds Zimbabwe’s Entire Harvest

Zambia’s 2025/26 maize season has produced a number so large it requires a reference point to make sense. The country’s Crop Forecasting Survey, released by ZAMSTAT Statistician General Sheila Mudenda

May 29, 2026
Zimbabwe
Retail’s Death Toll Crosses  Limpopo: SPAR Group  Sounds Warning Shots

Zimbabwe completed the obituary for its formal retail sector quietly, without a single definitive closing date or a single headline large enough to match the scale of what was lost. OK Zimbabwe, one o

May 29, 2026
Zimbabwe
ZINARA Nears Final Repayment of US$206m DBSA Highway Loan

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

Jun 23, 2026
Zambia
Zambia's Economy Accelerates to 7.7% , Agriculture Leads Broad-Based Recovery

Zambia's economy expanded by 7.7% during the first quarter of 2026, marking its fastest quarterly growth in several years as a strong agricultural recovery, improving domestic demand and expanding ser

Jun 25, 2026

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Old Mutual Restores Trading on VFEX, Cements the USD Bourse as Zimbabwe’s Blue Chip Market

Old Mutual’s decision to migrate its suspended secondary listing from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange to the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange resolves a six year trading freeze for Zimbabwean shareholders an

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Zimbabwe's Medical Services Amendment Act: A Noble Premise Built on a Dangerous Assumption

Zimbabwe has gazetted the Medical Services Amendment Act, 2026 on the 7th of July 2026, legally requiring private hospitals to admit and provide emergency treatment to patients with life-threatening c

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No Dollars, No Fuel: Mozambique's Crisis Reveals New Energy Risk

Mozambique has established a US$50 million foreign currency payment facility to restore nationwide fuel supplies after months of shortages caused by US dollar liquidity constraints that prevented dist

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Grand Hyatt to Return Kingdom Hotel to Victoria Falls in 2027

Hyatt Hotels Corporation will reopen the former Kingdom Hotel in Victoria Falls as Grand Hyatt Victoria Falls The Kingdom in late 2027 after signing a management agreement with an affiliate of Dubai b

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Gokwe Cotton City: Can Zimbabwe Build a Textile Economy from the Ground Up?

Zimbabwe marketed 5,079,907 kilograms of seed cotton by 18 June 2026. At the same point in 2025, the figure was 310,625 kilograms. That 1,536% difference in early-season marketing volumes is the singl

Jul 09, 2026

Higher Ethanol Blend, Higher Pump Price: How Fuel Prices Compare Globally After ZERA’s Fuel Cuts

Zimbabwe's Energy Regulatory Authority has reduced petroleum prices effective 8 July 2026, bringing diesel from USD 1.99 to USD 1.87 per litre, a reduction of USD 0.12 or 6%, and blend E20 from USD 1.

Jul 09, 2026

How Gastronomy Tourism Can Change Zimbabwe’s Tourism Calculus

Zimbabwe's tourism sector recorded international tourist arrivals of 384,515 in the first quarter of 2026, an 11% increase from 347,555 in the same period of 2025, with total tourism revenue rising 14

Jul 09, 2026

Airport Expansion Repriced Arlington Deal, Transvaal Says

Transvaal Africa has attributed the collapse of its proposed acquisition of part of PPC Zimbabwe’s Arlington Estate to a sequence of legal proceedings, government infrastructure decisions and airport

Jul 08, 2026