Nampak Zimbabwe’s controlling shareholder remains in discussions with potential acquirers almost two years after agreeing a US$25 million exit that subsequently collapsed, extending a disposal process

Zimbabwe has secured funding for a massive US$900 million rehabilitation of the Harare to Chirundu Highway and the modernization of the Chirundu Border Post. This strategic investment aims to capture

Global sea surface temperatures reached 21.1°C on 22 August 2026, the highest daily reading in Copernicus records dating to 1979. The new peak exceeded the previous 21.09°C record set in March 2024 a

Ethiopia has expanded installed electricity-generation capacity from 4,462MW to 9,752MW over seven years. The phased commissioning of the 5,150MW Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam accounted for most of

South Africa, maize exports, South Korea, Zimbabwe maize, grain markets, food security, Agricultural Marketing Authority, Grain Marketing Board, GMB, Zimbabwe Mercantile Exchange, ZMX, maize prices, r

Zimbabwe’s emerging gas industry has entered a more consequential phase with Invictus Energy preparing to drill the Musuma-1 exploration well in November 2026, after awarding the well-services contrac

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 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

Southern Africa faces increasing food-security risks as higher international fuel and fertiliser prices raise agricultural production costs ahead of the 2026/27 farming season, when El Niño-related ra

Zimbabwe faces a projected cereal production shortfall of 663,188 tonnes in the 2026/27 agricultural season, exposing the financial and food-security risks of a strengthening El Niño across Southern A

Zambia National Commercial Bank (Zanaco) has recorded a 13% increase in operating income to K3.30 billion (approximately US$183.2 million) for the six months ended 30 June 2026, but the improvement fa

Zimbabwe is hosting the 25th Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Heads of State and Government Summit today, 22 October 2026, at the New Parliament Building in Mt Hampden, with Pres

Zimbabwe’s ambition to develop regional mineral-processing industries faces a significant policy test after President Emmerson Mnangagwa committed the country’s COMESA chairmanship to accelerating ben

Zimbabwe has secured US$16.82 million in pandemic preparedness financing at a time when nearly three-quarters of its population lacks access to safely managed drinking water, exposing the scale of the