Zimbabwe has achieved a significant milestone in its external trade performance in 2025, with the annual trade deficit contracting to just USD 404 million, the lowest in the past five years and a dram

Africa’s largest crude oil producer, Dangote Petroleum has reached its fully installed production capacity of 650,000 barrels per day (bpd), marking a historic milestone that could fundamentally alter

Sibanye-Stillwater, the diversified South African mining giant, reinstated its dividend payments after a three-year hiatus on 20 February 2026, buoyed by a 281% surge in headline earnings per share (H

On the 28th of February 2026, the world changed. A massive wave of US and Israeli airstrikes tore across Iran in what President Donald Trump described as a bid to permanently destroy the country's nuc

The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA), which sets legally binding ceiling prices for fuel every month, has announced its latest adjustments effective from the start of March 2026. Petrol (E

Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Zhemu Soda has said Zimbabwe holds between two and three months of fuel reserves and that the country's supply position remains secure desp

Shortly after 1:15 a.m. Eastern Time on 28 February 2026, the United States Central Command initiated what it would later name Operation Epic Fury , a coordinated, large-scale joint offensive with Isr

The International Energy Agency is reportedly preparing what would be the largest emergency oil reserve release in its history, up to 400 million as early as today. If confirmed, it would be double th

Buy Zimbabwe, an advocate for promoting local production and reducing reliance on imports, says Zimbabwe should deepen its domestic fuel supply chains to shield the economy from global volatility. Th

South Africa's current account balance delivered a striking reversal in the fourth quarter of 2025, swinging from a revised deficit of R72 billion in the third quarter to a surplus of R50.2 billion, t

CEC Renewables Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of CEC PLC and a pivotal player in Zambia's burgeoning green energy sector, has reported a robust 63% surge in profit after tax for the year ended Dec

When Invictus Energy, an Australian-listed junior explorer, first announced it had struck a discovery of gas-condensate and light oil in the Cabora Bassa Basin of Zimbabwe, it felt like the birth of a

Puma Energy Zambia, the country's listed downstream fuel distributor and one of the most recognisable names at the Zambian pump, has reported full year results for 2025 that lay bare a business under

Zimbabwe's Cabinet has approved a new governance framework for the energy sector, adopting eight statutory instruments and regulations that collectively represent the most comprehensive update to the

Zimbabwe's Cabinet has approved a sweeping reduction of licences, permits, levies and fees across the agricultural sector's crops, horticulture, fisheries and fertiliser sub-sectors, the most substant

The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority raised fuel prices on 18 March 2026, pushing diesel to $2.05 per litre and petrol blend to $2.17 per litre,  increases of 15.8% and 26.9% respectively on the p

Zimbabwe's petrol blend carries an embedded cost that most consumers see only as the final pump price but rarely interrogate as an individual line item. That cost is ethanol. The Zimbabwe Energy Regul

The Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Zimbabwe has issued a formal advisory last week to Chinese enterprises and nationals operating in or considering investments in Zimbabwe. The statemen

Copper has extended its bruising decline to the lowest level in more than three months , as the deepening war in the Middle East drained risk appetite from financial markets and sharpened worries abo

Thungela Resources, one of South Africa’s largest coal exporters, swung into a R7.1 billion loss for the year ended December 2025 from a R3.5 billion profit recorded in the prior year according to the