resident Emmerson Mnangagwa has told an industrialisation conference last week that Zimbabwe would rather leave its minerals in the ground than export them unprocessed, declaring the era of what he ca

Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister , Professor Mthuli Ncube has told Treasury will widen the range of taxes payable only in Zimbabwe Gold, a measure due in the 2026 Mid-Te

Zimbabwe’s platinum industry has entered its strongest cash generation window in years while part of the capital required to sustain output, replace equipment and approve expansion remains locked in u

Zimbabwe’s debt resolution programme has reached the point where its credibility will be judged by two payments moving in opposite directions across the same public balance sheet. Treasury needs about

Nedbank has set a target for one fifth of its earnings to come from outside South Africa as it reshapes its business around Southern and East Africa through the acquisition of a controlling stake in K

Invictus Energy has secured Exalo Rig 202 for its Musuma 1 exploration well and set November 2026 for drilling, reducing uncertainty around rig availability as the company prepares to test another par

The RBZ mid-rate closed the review period at ZiG26.5673/USD on 14 August 2026, appreciating marginally from ZiG26.59/USD on 13 August and by approximately 0.20% from ZiG26.62/USD a week earlier. Again

Gold's position inside investment portfolios is increasingly difficult to reconcile with the way commodity indices still treat it. 20 years of returns, US$373 billion in daily liquidity and a dispropo

Zambia has given President Hakainde Hichilema a second five year mandate after an election that turned the country's economic recovery into a national vote and placed the quality of its democracy unde

Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe's integration of UnionPay e-commerce acceptance unlocks a vital new stream of international merchant transactions. As regulatory pressures in Zimbabwe drive down routine domestic

Zimbabwe has entered the second half of 2026 with annual ZiG inflation at 3.2%, foreign currency reserves of US$1.7 billion and an official exchange rate that has remained within a relatively narrow r

CBZ Holdings is set to provide US$100 million towards rehabilitation and upgrading of the Harare Chirundu Highway, placing one of Zimbabwe’s largest banking groups directly inside the financing of a s

Samuel Chivaura takes over Stanbic Zimbabwe’s Corporate and Investment Banking franchise from 1 September 2026 He brings more than two decades of Standard Bank experience across CIB, risk, transformat

Zimbabwe’s two inflation measures have converged to almost the same rate after describing sharply different price environments during much of the previous year, according to the Zimbabwe National Stat

First Capital Bank has started putting its rapidly growing deposit base to work, although the destination of that money gives a more precise picture of the strategy than the headline 28% increase in l

Zimbabwe has granted Sinomine Resource Group an additional quota to export 300,000 tonnes of lithium concentrate from Bikita Minerals, extending shipments from one of the country’s largest producers a

Zimbabwe’s lithium industry generated US$746 million during the first half of 2026, establishing the mineral as one of the country’s fastest growing sources of mining revenue. Spodumene concentrates g

Crown Bank generated US$3.3 million in profit before tax during the first half of 2026, up 344.3% year on year, as FBC Holdings rebuilt the former Standard Chartered Zimbabwe franchise following disru

The Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe has recorded 18 suspected mineral smuggling and irregular-movement cases between January and August 2026 involving about 2,654 tonnes of minerals and scr

People’s Own Savings Bank has expanded its balance sheet aggressively during the first half of 2026, but the additional deposits and lending have yet to replace earnings lost as regulatory measures c