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Zimbabwe
Weekly Currency Market Analysis: Monetary Discipline Anchors ZiG Stability Post-2024 Devaluation
he Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), backed by reserves estimated at USD 900 million by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), has maintained a stable exchange rate, marking over a year of resilience since the Septem
Oct 20, 2025
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's Trade Balance Plunges into Red After Maize Ban Lift, Gold Export Slump
Zimbabwe’s trade balance slipped back into deficit in September 2025, recording a shortfall of US$30.8 million after a modest surplus of US$6.9 million in August, a 548.8% swing from black to red. T
Oct 31, 2025
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's Exports Surpass $1 Billion for First Time, Imports Steal the Show at $1.03 Billion
Zimbabwe has achieved a historic milestone in October 2025, with monthly exports surpassing the US$1 billion threshold for the first time, reaching US$1.02 billion. This represented a strong 20.2% mo
Dec 08, 2025
Companies
Nampak's Volumes Down 5%, Cash Up 264% as Balance Sheet Strengthens in Tough Year
Nampak Zimbabwe, the country’s dominant packaging manufacturer, delivered a classic tale of top-line pressure and bottom-line resilience for the financial year ended 30 September 2025. Group sales vol
Dec 09, 2025
Zimbabwe
Nickel Matte Collapse and a Halving Trade Surplus: What Zimbabwe's January Trade Numbers Really Tell Us
Zimbabwe's goods trade surplus fell by 52.6% in January 2026, dropping from US$240.1 million in December 2025 to US$113.7 million, the sharpest monthly deterioration in the trade balance in recent mem
Feb 26, 2026
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
TIMB Sets Tobacco Penalties of US$5,000: But Season's Own Numbers Reveal Where Real Challenge Lies
The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board has released a formal penalty schedule for illegal tobacco activities as Zimbabwe's 2026 flue-cured Virginia season gets underway, with merchants caught buying
Mar 19, 2026
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RBZ Puts Mono-Currency Readiness at 50.1%: Fundamentals Cover Only a Fraction of the Economy It Seeks to Anchor
Zimbabwe has accumulated its strongest period of monetary stability since the introduction of ZiG, yet the Reserve Bank’s own 50.1% mono currency readiness score exposes the distance between stabilisi
7 hours agoGetBucks Joins Four Other Capitalized Deposit-Taking Microfinance Institutions as Sector Strengthens
The first half of 2026 therefore presents a mixed but improving picture. On one side, GetBucks has successfully crossed the US$5 million capital threshold, increasing the number of adequately capitali
Aug 20, 2026Zimbabwe’s Digital Payment Economy Expands as Mobile Money and Debit Cards Rise, while POS Stalls
That combination suggests that Zimbabwe's financial system is not simply becoming larger. It is becoming more digital. The real test in the second half of 2026 will be whether this expanding infrastru
Aug 20, 2026Power Import Bill Reaches US$84 Million in First Half, On Track For US$169 Million In 2026
Zimbabwe has spent US$84.35 million on electricity imports in the first half of 2026, a pace that carries the full year bill to about US$169 million, up 44% on the US$117 million recorded across all
Aug 20, 2026
