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Zimbabwe
Smoke and Mirrors? ZiG Strengthens for Third Consecutive Day, Takes in 9% Gains
The Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG) currency has exhibited an appreciation on the formal market, recording its third consecutive gain on November 6, 2024. The currency surged 3% from 26.99 to 26.01, translating
Nov 06, 2024
Zimbabwe
Tax Net Widens: 2025 Budget Introduces New Levies on Sports Betting, Informal Traders, Fast Foods and More
As the government grapples with the challenge of raising capital amid significant debt levels that hinder access to credit and strained diplomatic relations with Western nations, it has shifted its fo
Nov 29, 2024
Zimbabwe
ZiG’s Weekly Review as Stability Remains in Focus: Is This a Turning Point or a False Dawn?
The Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) experienced marginal declines, depreciating by 0.1% last week and further by 0.2% this week, closing at 23.3656 against the US dollar. This relative stability is largely attri
Jan 31, 2025
Zimbabwe
South Africa’s 2025 Budget: A Fragile Lifeline for Zimbabwe’s Ailing Economy?
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
Mar 13, 2025
Zimbabwe
No Tax Clearance, No Road Access: ZIMRA Crackdown on Public Transport Operators
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has introduced a stringent enforcement mechanism for revised presumptive tax rates targeting the public transport sector, including commuter omnibuses known as k
Sep 10, 2025
Companies
More Duty, Less Revenue: How Zambia's Tobacco Crackdown Built a Black Market Instead
BAT Zambia, the country's only listed tobacco manufacturer and the dominant player in Zambia's formal cigarette market, has reported a year in which profit grew but the business shrank, a paradox that
Mar 14, 2026
Zimbabwe
Macro Success, Micro Failure: Inflation Drops Dramatically, Social Welfare Lags Behind
Zimbabwe’s May 2026 inflation data, released by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency, confirmed a picture that is simultaneously encouraging and instructive. Annual blended inflation was 3.2%, whil
May 27, 2026
Top Stories
Building Hotels Without Building Hotels: How RTG Is Turning Existing Assets Into Its Next Growth Engine
Hospitality companies have traditionally expanded through a simple formula, acquire another property, build another hotel or borrow against the balance sheet to create additional room inventory. Howev
2 hours agoZimbabwe Quietly Rewrites Its Growth Model: Why Treasury Is Designing The Economy For Resilience Instead Of Recovery
Zimbabwe's Mid Term Budget Review and the 2027 Budget Strategy Paper reveal a policy shift that is larger than the headline numbers on growth, inflation or revenue. Together they show Government movin
4 hours agoSeed Co’s Smallest Quarter Delivers Growth, Revenue Per Tonne Falls Ahead of Its Biggest Seasonal Test
Seed Co Limited, Zimbabwe’s biggest seed house has grown the first quarter revenue by 19% to US$6.9 million and volume 22% to 4,145 metric tonnes, against US$5.8 million and 3,393 metric tonnes a year
10 hours ago
