Star Africa Corporation, Zimbabwe’s sugar producer and refiner has taken a decision to reduce sugar prices, producing the strongest evidence yet that the company can recover earnings through higher re

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

The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed diversified group, Amalgamated Regional Trading Holdings, battery volumes in Zimbabwe fell 26% year on year in the third quarter ended June 2026, as working capital

CFI Holdings has recorded an 86% increase in wheat flour volumes at Victoria Foods during the June quarter, extending a shift in the group’s operating momentum towards food processing as Farm & City

Zimbabwe’s only listed cables manufacturer CAFCA Limited, has recorded a 147% increase in profit before tax during the nine months to June 2026, with stronger cable demand lifting volumes and allowing

Cabinet has moved the restructuring of ZESA into implementation, consolidating generation, transmission, distribution, system planning and commercial functions under ZESA Private Limited at a time Zim

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

Zimbabwe entered the first review of its International Monetary Fund Staff Monitored Program with stronger fiscal numbers than initially expected with revenue collection exceeding programme assumption

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

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

One of the more revealing findings in the latest Auditor General report is that Air Zimbabwe can produce a clean set of accounts and still remain economically fragile. The Auditor General issued an un

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’s tobacco sales reached 358.4 million kilogrammes by 18 August 2026, extending the country’s record crop while the average price received at the marketing stage fell by about 25% to US$2.49 p

Zimbabwe is assessing whether the industrial model behind Indonesia’s Weda Bay complex can be replicated locally as the country attempts to move its mineral beneficiation strategy beyond individual pr

Zimbabwe has received US$1.62 billion in formal diaspora remittances between January and July 2026, placing household transfers alongside some of the country’s largest sources of foreign currency. Sou

Zimbabwe has extended the National Railways of Zimbabwe’s duty rebate on engine spares, special-purpose motor vehicles and components for another two years, continuing a tax concession that has operat

The Zimbabwe Gold opened on 31 August 2026, the last day of the month at ZiG26.6640 per US dollar, giving back part of the appreciation recorded during the previous week after closing Friday at ZiG26.

Hakainde Hichilema enters his second term with the numerical strength of a decisive electoral victory and a political dispute that should have been comparatively easy to settle. He was officially decl