Search results for 'BAT'
Companies
Prospect Resources Expands Zambia Copper Footprint With 63% Resource Increase
Prospect Resources Limited, the Australia (ASX)-listed battery minerals explorer, has reported a 63% increase in total ore tonnage to 174 million tonnes, alongside a 50% rise in contained copper to 7
Feb 10, 2026
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's Maize Paradox: Production Gains Soar Yet Imports Remain Third-Largest Commodity
Zimbabwe's maize sector continues to reflect the country's turbulent yet resilient agricultural history, oscillating between periods of surplus, severe disruption, and tentative recovery. While the na
Feb 11, 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
Zambia
Growing Faster, Earning Less: Bata's Revenue Surge Masks Profit Warning Hidden in Inventory
Zambia Bata Shoe Company PLC, the country's oldest and most recognisable footwear manufacturer and retailer, has reported full year results for 2025 that present one of the more instructive paradoxes
Mar 16, 2026
Companies
BAT’s Profit Surge Against Revenue Decline: A 582% Earnings Jump With Nothing to Do With Selling Cigarettes
BAT Zimbabwe has posted one of the most spectacular profit numbers in Zimbabwe's FY2025 earnings season, and probably, one of the most misleading according to its FY2025 financial results. The group
Apr 05, 2026
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Declares Its Minerals Strategic: Critical Minerals Policy Rewrites Ownership Rules
On 22 May 2026, Zimbabwe formally published its Mineral Classification and Declaration, designating lithium, platinum group metals, cobalt, nickel, graphite, copper, rare earths, and chrome as Critica
May 23, 2026
Top Stories
Nampak Writes Down Zim Operations by R136 Million and Exits, Cites Need to "Eliminate Risk"
Nampak Limited, the JSE-listed packaging manufacturer, reported normalised headline earnings of R346 million for the six months ended 31 March 2026, up 9% from R317 million in the comparable period of
22 hours agoSARB Raises Rates for First Time in Three Years Due to Iran War, Zimbabwe Faces Imported Tightening
The South African Reserve Bank has raised its benchmark repurchase rate by 25 basis points to 7.00% on Thursday, the first rate increase in three years, joining a small group of emerging market centra
23 hours agoWhat the Invictus PSA Really Means: Legal Framework Signed, Appraisal Wells to Decide the Prize
Invictus Energy has suspended trading in its shares pending a material announcement expected by Friday, which the company has confirmed relates to the imminent signing of a Production Sharing Agreemen
1 day agoSADC's Grain Supercycle:Zimbabwe Joins Zambia, South Africa in Record-Breaking Bumper Harvest
In the same week that Zambia announced the highest maize harvest in its recorded history, and South Africa confirmed the largest grain crop ever produced on the continent's southern tip, Zimbabwe rel
1 day agoZimbabwe Unveils Most Ambitious Post-Independence Industrial Policy with Integrated Provincial SEZs
Cabinet has approved on the 26th of May 2026, the framework for the establishment of Integrated Provincial Special Economic Zones across all ten provinces of Zimbabwe, presented by the Minister of Fin
May 27, 2026
