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Zimbabwe's Tobacco Industry Under Threat: Growers Suspected of Side Marketing

The Zimbabwean tobacco industry, is facing challenges with suspected side marketing by contracted tobacco growers. As a result of this illegal practice, the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB)

Apr 14, 2023
World
Zambia Approaches Debt-Restructuring Agreement

-Zambia is a step closer to finalizing its long-awaited debt-restructuring agreement with its official bilateral creditors. The nation’s treasury secretary, Felix Nkulukusa, recently announced that th

 Apr 13, 2023
Zimbabwe
Bear-run on VFEX: Investors in despair

The Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) has been on a negative trajectory for close to five months now, and has succumbed to a -4% decline since the beginning of the year. This is inverse to the prim

 Apr 12, 2023
World
Africa Capital Markets Update: Performance Variance Analysis

The Nairobi Stock Exchange has earned the unfortunate distinction of being the worst performing African stock market in the first quarter of 2023. So far this year, it has experienced a significant de

 Apr 11, 2023
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Targets Self-Sufficiency in Wheat Production Through Increased Hectarage

The Zimbabwean government recently announced its plans to increase the hectarage of winter wheat production by 5% for 2023, compared to last year's 80,388 hectares. This comes as good news for the cou

 Apr 06, 2023
World
Stanbic Bank's Bottomline Soars by 180% for FY’22

Despite the challenging economic landscape, Stanbic Bank thrived in the 2022 financial year posting a profit of $49.9 billion in inflation-adjusted terms, up by 180% from $17.8 billion the prior year.

 Apr 04, 2023
World
African Capital Markets Update: Positive Outlook Despite Contrasting Performance - Challenges Ahead

In the past week, the All-Share Index rose 7.59%, ranking the best performing stock market in Africa. The bourse registered growth on the back of a remarkable 17% surge in the Utilities sector, primar

 Apr 04, 2023
Zimbabwe and Belarus Strengthen Economic Ties Through Government and Private Sector Partnerships

The governments of Zimbabwe and Belarus have taken steps to strengthen their engagement and foster trade between their private sectors after Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Honour

Mar 31, 2023
The Fall of Babylon? Aftermath of Possible Greenback’s Crush

The United States of America (USA) has for centuries managed to position its currency, United States dollar as the currency of global trade. However, the greenback is facing a multitude of headwinds f

Mar 30, 2023
South Africa's Insurance Market in Turmoil: Reinsurance Rates Soar, Power Grid Collapse Looms

South Africa's insurance market, once considered the most developed in Africa, is facing serious challenges due to rising reinsurance rates, which are outstripping the global trend. Claims pay-outs fr

Mar 30, 2023
FCB’s Non-funded Income Dominated Revenue Generation in FY22

First Capital Bank’s non-funded income dominated revenue generation for the firm in the 2022 financial year as the bank posted real growth in terms of non-funded income by 44% with the non-funded to t

Mar 28, 2023

African Capital Markets Update:The Remerging Bond Markets

he Mozambique bond market has re imaged after a successful bond issuance with the results of the public hearing held on March 21, 2023, at the Mozambique Stock Exchange. These bonds generated a high d

Mar 28, 2023

CORPORATE ACTION SUMMARY

Border Timbers held Annual General Meetings, individually, for the years from 2018 to 2022 as the company was under judicial management. For the years 2018 to 2021, shareholders passed the resolution

Mar 27, 2023

Zimbabwe Takes the Lead as Chair of African Diamond Producers Association

-Zimbabwe has taken over as the new Chair of the African Diamond Producers Association (ADPA), a move that is likely to reactivate the diamond mining sector and possibly deliver growth. Zimbabwe's cha

Mar 24, 2023

Biden's Economic Report Criticizes Cryptocurrencies For Lacking a Fundamental Value

The report made no recommendations for immediate action. Regulators, though, don't require a starting pistol. Some agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, have already begun taking

Mar 24, 2023

South Africa Beats the Odds: Inflation Surges Higher Than Expected In February

South Africa's headline consumer inflation has risen slightly higher than expected in February, according to data released by Statistics South Africa. Year on year, inflation grew by 7.0% from 6.9% in

Mar 23, 2023

Volatility Yields: ZSE Investors Take Home Almost 50% US$ Gains

The highly volatile financial market, Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE), has once again emerged the best performing bourse in Africa on a year-to-date basis, in US$ terms. As at the 21st of March, 2023, t

Mar 22, 2023

TSL Revenue Soars as Expansion Initiatives Pay Off

TSL Limited, a tobacco merchant, and agro-industrial focused group increased its revenue by 106% in inflation-adjusted terms during the first quarter ended 31 January 2023 against the prior period. Th

Mar 21, 2023

African Markets Update: Unlocking the Mystery of Third World Economies' Record Stock Exchange Results

The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange is currently the best performing stock market in Africa, with a year-to-date return of 34.67% in USD terms, and 83.41% in inflation-adjusted ZWL. Typically, the stock mark

Mar 21, 2023