China is the largest consumer of tobacco in the world, with more than 300 million smokers according to World Health Organization data. With China re-opening, we expect to see an increase in the demand
Jan 27, 2023
Although the jury is still out and awaiting US CPI data (which is set to be released on Thursday), the net market perception is geared towards an expectation that The Fed will loosen its aggressive st
Jan 09, 2023
Simbisa Brands Limited and its 567 stores have shipped to Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) to become the 6th company on the security exchange. The group views the VFEX as a way of targeting foreig
Dec 12, 2022
The results of the 2022 3rd Quarter Business and Economic Intelligence Survey have been published. This exercise was conducted and circulated by the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries with the aim
Dec 06, 2022
Harare- ZSE-listed company, RioZim Limited saw its production significantly hampered during the quarter due mainly to power supply challenges. Power outages took up to 30% of the available production
Nov 22, 2022
Due to the ongoing impact of hyperinflation on the Zimbabwean economy, the company has to exclude the results of the Zimbabwe business from adjusted headline earnings. The Group headline earnings for
ZSE-listed company First Mutual Properties posted aminimalistic update for the quarter. Many descriptive statistics and financial line items such as cash generated from operations, and financial perfo
Nov 18, 2022
ZSE-listed manufacturing company, ProPlastics Limited (formerly known as Murray & Roberts and Masimba Industries Limited) reported a 10% drop in sales volume across its offering of plastic pipes and r
Nov 15, 2022
14 Countries have expressed clear intentions to join The BRICS. Why Zimbabwe is not on this list has stirred some interest in the local economic community. Given close ties with a majority of the memb
The Zimbabwean delegation has returned to the UN Climate Change Conference. The 2022 COP27 held in Sharp El Sheikh Egypt, shows the nation’s concerted efforts to agree on policies to limit global temp
Nov 08, 2022
The delayed lift-off of the Cygnus spacecraft is finally a go. The flight which was delayed due to a fire alarm at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, US Spaceport had on board Zimbabwe’s firs
Nov 07, 2022
Tanganda Tea Company has closed a US$8 million rights offer that lifted cash to US$5.18 million at 31 March 2026, from US$519,561 six months earlier, moving the binding constraint on its recovery from
Willdale Limited, the country’s only listed brick maker has increased fired brick production by 44% during the quarter ended June 2026 and still sold 4% fewer bricks, exposing a working capital constr
Willdale Limited’s sales volumes fell 4% in the quarter ended 30 June 2026 after insufficient stock restricted deliveries during a period of strong demand for bricks from housing and infrastructure pr
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
Hichilema secures a second term decisively. Whether that mandate converts into the stability business actually needs is the test now beginning. Zambia Election 2026, Hakainde Hichilema, Brian Mundubil
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
Nampak, the country’s biggest packaging company has generated US$67.8 million in revenue during the nine months to June 2026, 9% ahead of the comparative year, propelled by volumes growth of 16%, supp
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
