* Foreign reserves reached US$1.7 billion by end-July, covering 1.7 months of imports. * First-half foreign-currency receipts increased 47.8% to US$10.72 billion. * Two months of cover remains below t

Zimbabwe intends to seek a sovereign credit rating as its re-engagement programme advances. * Public and publicly guaranteed debt stood at an estimated US$22.8 billion at the end of 2025. * A rating w

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s intervention in banking charges is beginning to alter the economics of Zimbabwe’s transation-banking franchises, although H1 results show that lower regulated prices hav

Zimbabwe’s higher-value service industries lost momentum in the second quarter of 2026, with financial and insurance activities contracting 3.6% quarter-on-quarter and professional, scientific and tec

Zimbabwe and the Chirundu Border Consortium have reached financial close for the Chirundu Border Post Upgrade and Modernisation Project. The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development said

The property portfolio reached US$150.0 million at June 2026, equivalent to about 49% of the group’s US$306.0 million asset base. Property values increased from US$139.7 million at December, supported

CABS has signed a US$30 million financing partnership with British International Investment (BII) to expand lending to Zimbabwe’s productive sectors, creating an additional source of foreign currency

NMB Bank has secured a second financing commitment from British International Investment (BII), with the UK development finance institution increasing its exposure to the Zimbabwean lender through a n

British International Investment’s US$50 million commitment through CABS and NMB Bank places long-term foreign development capital back into the part of Zimbabwe’s economy where financing constraints

National Railways of Zimbabwe is preparing one of its most consequential rolling-stock interventions in years, with Mutapa Investment Fund negotiating a US$115 million Afreximbank facility to acquire

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s Monetary Policy Committee has cut the Bank policy rate from 30% to 27.5% on 28 September 2026, reduced the Targeted Finance Facility rate from 15% to 12.5% and retained

Eagle Real Estate Investment Trust,  Zimbabwe's first dollar listed reit, has  increased its asset base by 15.2% to US$45.4 million in the six months to June 2026 as capital continued to move into its

General Beltings Holdings, a manufacturer and distributor of conveyor beltings, rubber and chemical products, has seen profit after tax fall 63.2% to US$29,727 in the six months to June 2026 from US$8

Zimbabwe's foreign currency reserves reached US$2 billion in September 2026, equivalent to roughly two months of import cover and up from US$1.4 billion in June. The stock gives the Reserve Bank of Zi

Zimbabwe’s unmet demand for foreign currency has fallen by almost three quarters from its March 2026 peak as stronger export receipts, rising reserves and central bank intervention expand the amount o

Zimbabwe has built a substantially larger reserve cushion behind the ZiG, with reserve assets backing the local currency reaching nearly ZiG48.9 billion by September 2026 against reserve money of abou

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe says it has remained within all three monetary quantitative targets under the IMF Staff Monitored Programme at the end of September 2026, combining faster reserve accumula

Zimbabwe is targeting March 2027 to clear its arrears with international financial institutions, as Government seeks bridge financing to restore access to affordable development funding after more th

Zimbabwe is projecting a record current account surplus exceeding US$3 billion by December 2026, supported by a 47.8% surge in foreign currency inflows during the first half of the year, although the

Nedbank Limited has secured approval to list R75 million in senior unsecured notes on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on 16 October 2026, adding funding maturing in December 2031 through its Structure