he Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has introduced a transformative policy aimed at formalizing the informal trading sector and promoting digital transactions. Effective immediately, local authorities

Zimbabwe's foreign currency inflows surged to a record high of US$13.3 billion in FY2024, representing a 21% year-over-year (YoY) growth from US$11 billion in FY2023. The robust performance was prima

Gold prices reached a new record high of 2,917.90 per ounce on the 10th of February 2025, driven by the U.S. President’s trade war, which is targeting both allies and adversaries. This surge followed

South Africa’s unemployment rate has shown a slight improvement, declining for the second consecutive quarter to 31.9% in the fourth quarter of 2024, down from 32.1% in the previous quarter. This mar

The Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), the nation’s fourth currency initiative in nearly a decade, has experienced marginal year-to-date (YTD) depreciation of 3%, declining from ZiG25.795 on January 1, 2025, to ZiG

Welcome dear readers, to the first episode of Mad Money Muse, where we laugh so we don’t cry, and muse over the chaos so we don’t lose our minds. This week, we’ve got potholes deeper than government p

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

This week, we’ve got a buffet of absurdity: tax revisions that scream “oops, my bad,” Blessed Geza’s grand return as the wannabe Che Guevara of Harare, Blessing Mhlanga’s jailhouse blues, Chris Mutsv

According to the International Journal of World Policy and Development Studies, Zimbabwe lost over US$32.179 billion during the period 2000 to 2020 . The paper by Jeffrey Kurebwa further notes that I

The Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) has faced persistent bearish pressure against the US dollar (USD), settling at an exchange rate of 26.7069 as of March 21, 2025, marginally weaker than its 26.7116 close on Jan

Distribution Group Africa (DGA), a vital arm of Axia Corporation Limited operating across Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Zambia, is embarking on a strategic restructuring to reverse declining revenues and alig

Picture this: Wicknell Chivhayo, Zimbabwe’s tender-preneur extraordinaire, struts into the lobola negotiations with a briefcase stuffed with US$100,000 in crisp greenbacks. In a country where most fol

Inflation dynamics in Southern Africa as of March 2025 reveal a region of contrasts, with Zimbabwe’s dual-currency system standing out as a focal point of economic complexity. Zimbabwe’s ZiG month-on

he central banking authority, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has held interest rate firm at 35% as it continues its gamble to fight inflation head-on. In its latest Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) followin

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

Zimplats, Zimbabwe’s preeminent corporate and platinum producer, confronted a severe production contraction that endangers its critical fiscal contributions. As the nation’s largest taxpayer, deliver

Turnall Holdings, a Zimbabwe-based manufacturer of fibre cement roofing products, pipes, and concrete tiles, reported a widened net loss of US$2.9 million in FY2024, up from US$1.5 million the previou

Less than two years after its ambitious acquisition of Food Lover’s Market franchises, OK Zimbabwe Limited, the country’s largest retailer by store count with over 70 branches, is set to close its pre

The World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects report has painted a sobering picture of the global economy, projecting global growth to decelerate to 2.3% in 2025, the slowest pace since the 2008 f

TSL Limited , a diversified holding company with interests in tobacco auctioning, printing and packaging, agricultural inputs, storage and distribution, and services has posted a 43% increase in profi