Zimbabwe’s digital economy is beginning to consume data much faster than it is adding internet users, forcing telecommunications operators, technology companies and policymakers to redirect investment

Tharisa increased capital deployment into Karo during the quarter despite weaker platinum group metal prices, signalling confidence in the project’s long term economics.

The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board will close Zimbabwe’s 2026 auction tobacco floors on Friday, 31 July, after cumulative national sales reached 354.10 million kilograms by selling day 95 on 20

Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister , Professor Mthuli Ncube has told Treasury will widen the range of taxes payable only in Zimbabwe Gold, a measure due in the 2026 Mid-Te

* Kenya’s tourism boom is lifting aviation, hospitality, finance, technology and construction together. * Zimbabwe already sits on the same regional tourism corridor through Victoria Falls. * The ne

imbabwe Gold’s (ZiG) annual inflation has fell to 3.2% in July 2026 from 4.7% in June, a drop of 1.5 percentage points that reverses three months of gradual increase and marks the sharpest single-mont

The Centre for Climate System Research and International Research Institute for Climate and Society multi-model forecast issued in July 2026 has pointed Zimbabwe toward below-normal rainfall across th

Zimbabwe has largely completed the difficult task of rebuilding grain production after last year’s El Niño drought. The country’s next challenge is transforming that recovery into a functioning comme

Zimbabwe has increased the expected return available from new residential rental developments through Statutory Instrument 131 of 2026, gazetted in July by the Minister of National Housing and Social

South Africa’s fastest growing tourism customers increasingly come from the same African countries whose nationals have become the focus of recurring anti migrant protests, placing one of the country’

Zimbabwe closed the 2026 tobacco marketing season on 31 July with 356.68 million kg sold through auction and contract floors, falling 43.32 million kg short of the 400 million kg industry target and g

Zimbabwe’s debt resolution programme has reached the point where its credibility will be judged by two payments moving in opposite directions across the same public balance sheet. Treasury needs about

Zimbabwe's Mid Term Budget Review and the 2027 Budget Strategy Paper reveal a policy shift that is larger than the headline numbers on growth, inflation or revenue. Together they show Government movin

Zimbabwe has recorded its highest monthly export value on record at least six years in June 2026, with merchandise exports rising 63.1% from May to US$1.442 billion. Imports increased 11.5% to a reco

Zimbabwe has approved 30 Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects with a projected investment value of US$7 billion since 2018, though fewer than half have progressed into construction or operation,

Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency approved 86 mining licences worth US$768.5 million in the second quarter of 2026, an average approved ticket of US$8.9 million and the largest sectoral allocatio

Finance Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has proposed linking the renewal of local authority vendor licences to compliance with Zimbabwe Revenue Authority presumptive tax requirements, using council re

South Africa's unemployment rate has risen to 33.6% in the second quarter of 2026, a four year high, after more than 178,000 African migrants reportedly left or were deported during an immigration cra

Zimbabwe's gold producers have delivered 26.05 tonnes to Fidelity Gold Refinery between January and July 2026, the strongest first seven months on record and already 52.1% of the country's 50 tonne an

The RBZ mid-rate closed the review period at ZiG26.5673/USD on 14 August 2026, appreciating marginally from ZiG26.59/USD on 13 August and by approximately 0.20% from ZiG26.62/USD a week earlier. Again