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Zimbabwe’s US$1.59bn Investment Pipeline Faces Execution Test: ZIDA Shifts Focus From Licences to Capital Deployment

Zimbabwe has approved almost US$1.59 billion of new investment proposals during the second quarter of 2026, although the more consequential number sits outside the licensing table. It is the amount of

Aug 26, 2026
Companies
First Capital Put Nearly Two Thirds of New Lending Into Trade and Services

First Capital Bank has started putting its rapidly growing deposit base to work, although the destination of that money gives a more precise picture of the strategy than the headline 28% increase in l

 Aug 26, 2026
World
Mopani, KCM Drag ZCCM-IH Into ZMW4.9bn Loss

The 2025 loss confirms that the earnings contribution from that rehabilitation remained limited during the reporting period. ZCCM-IH’s exposure gives the state substantial participation in any success

 Aug 25, 2026
Companies
Dinson Plans to Triple Manhize Steel Capacity to 1.8 Million Tonnes

Dinson Iron and Steel Company the Zimbabwean subsidiary of Chinese steel and nickel group Tsingshan Holding Groupplans to increase annual steel capacity at its Manhize plant from 600,000 tonnes to abo

 Aug 25, 2026
Companies
Dairibord Chooses Home: 30% Export Drop as Zimbabwe Absorbs More Product

Dairibord Holdings has recorded a 30% decline in export volumes during the six months to June 2026 as stronger domestic demand absorbed more of the company’s production. The decline was attributed  t

 Aug 24, 2026
Companies
AFC Land Bank’s 12.65% Bad Loan Ratio Exposes Climate Funding Gap

AFC Land and Development Bank is sitting on a 12.65% non-performing loan ratio which exposes a funding mismatch inside Zimbabwe’s agricultural credit system. The bank is carrying losses generated by c

 Aug 24, 2026
Zimbabwe
CBZ Commits US$100m to Harare-Chirundu Highway

CBZ Holdings is set to provide US$100 million towards rehabilitation and upgrading of the Harare Chirundu Highway, placing one of Zimbabwe’s largest banking groups directly inside the financing of a s

 Aug 24, 2026
Dairibord’s Capacity Investment Starts Paying Ahead of Potential Control Deal

Dairibord Holdings, Zimbabwe’s biggest milk processor has begun extracting a stronger return from the production capacity built across its factories, with higher throughput now reaching margins and o

Aug 24, 2026
African Sun to Sell Holiday Inns to Fund Full Victoria Falls Hotel Control

African Sun is moving to dispose of its Holiday Inn operations in Harare, Bulawayo and Mutare to finance the acquisition of Meikles Hospitality's 50% interest in the Victoria Falls Hotel Partnership a

Aug 20, 2026
Stanbic’s UnionPay Bet Lands as Zimbabwe Squeezes Bank Charges

Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe's integration of UnionPay e-commerce acceptance unlocks a vital new stream of international merchant transactions. As regulatory pressures in Zimbabwe drive down routine domestic

Aug 20, 2026
Inside Nampak’s Zimbabwe Disposal Delay

Nampak Zimbabwe’s controlling shareholder remains in discussions with potential acquirers almost two years after agreeing a US$25 million exit that subsequently collapsed, extending a disposal process

Aug 19, 2026

CAFCA’s Profit Before Tax Jumps 147% on 32% Quarterly Volume Growth

Zimbabwe’s only listed cables manufacturer CAFCA Limited, has recorded a 147% increase in profit before tax during the nine months to June 2026, with stronger cable demand lifting volumes and allowing

Aug 19, 2026

Victoria Foods Flour Volumes Surge 86%, CFI Retail Business Retreats

CFI Holdings has recorded an 86% increase in wheat flour volumes at Victoria Foods during the June quarter, extending a shift in the group’s operating momentum towards food processing as Farm & City

Aug 19, 2026

Tanganda's US$8m Recapitalisation Shifts Recovery Test to Crop Yield

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

Aug 18, 2026

Willdale Brick Output Jumps 44%, Cash Shortage Leaves Demand Unserved

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

Aug 18, 2026

Willdale Sales Fall 4% as Stock Shortages Leave Brick Demand Unfilled

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

Aug 18, 2026

ART Battery Volumes Plunge 26% in Q3 2026 as Working Capital Bites

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

Aug 18, 2026

Nampak Zimbabwe Recovery Tests Parent’s US$10.9m Write Down

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

Aug 17, 2026

Star Africa Price Cuts Lift Sugar Volumes 38%, Refinery Capacity Reopens Growth Path

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

Aug 17, 2026