With GDP reaching approximately US$59.7 billion at current prices, the latest estimates provide an updated benchmark for policymakers, investors, businesses and development partners seeking to underst

Zambia's economy expanded by 7.7% during the first quarter of 2026, marking its fastest quarterly growth in several years as a strong agricultural recovery, improving domestic demand and expanding ser

Zimbabwe’s economy lost momentum in the first quarter of 2026 as a sharp contraction in mining weighed on growth, underscoring the economy’s continued reliance on the extractive sector despite improvi

This Mid Term Budget should therefore be interpreted through eight practical tests. Can reserve money growth coexist with low inflation over the medium term. Is dedollarisation becoming commercially d

* Kenya’s tourism boom is lifting aviation, hospitality, finance, technology and construction together. * Zimbabwe already sits on the same regional tourism corridor through Victoria Falls. * The ne

South Africa’s fastest growing tourism customers increasingly come from the same African countries whose nationals have become the focus of recurring anti migrant protests, placing one of the country’

Zimbabwe’s five-year economic expansion is entering a harder phase, with household and government consumption projected to contribute 4.4 percentage points of the country’s 5% economic growth in 2026

Zimbabwe is carrying an electricity constraint estimated by the World Bank at 6.1% of GDP annually, placing power among the largest structural costs still embedded in an economy targeting industrial e

Zimbabwe’s private-sector credit stock is equivalent to only 6.5% of GDP, according to the World Bank’s Zimbabwe Country Growth and Jobs Report, compared with approximately 22% in Côte d’Ivoire, 32%

Zimbabwe’s mining sector has expanded 33.3% quarter-on-quarter in Q2 after a sharp first-quarter decline, yet remains the weakest major sector on an annual basis as the economy’s dependence on mineral

Zimbabwe’s higher-value service industries lost momentum in the second quarter of 2026, with financial and insurance activities contracting 3.6% quarter-on-quarter and professional, scientific and tec

At current prices, GDP increased 7.7% from ZWG424.6 billion (US$15.86 billion) in Q1 to ZWG457.3 billion (US$17.08 billion) in Q2. Real GDP increased by 5.8% over the same period. The difference is im