Zimbabwe earned US$16.2 billion in foreign currency receipts in 2025, up from US$13.3 billion in 2024, according to the latest foreign exchange update from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), with the

Zimbabwe achieved a historic trade surplus of US$90.5 million in November 2025, marking the country's first-ever monthly surplus approaching the US$100 million threshold, according to the latest data

Zimbabwe has achieved a significant milestone in its extractive sector by surpassing the long-elusive US$4 billion threshold in gold export revenues, a target originally earmarked for 2023 but deferre

To speak more into the 15-year trend, the period between 2009–2012 saw a post-dollarisation rebound, with prices and trade stabilizing. The agriculture sector commenced a partially recovery while mini

On 8 January 2026, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) launched  its Five-Year Strategic Plan (2026–2030), placing a transition to a mono-currency economy at the centre of its long-term monetary ambiti

Macadamia, however, is a long game and it only becomes compelling at scale. Tanganda’s 2023 reporting pegs macadamia plantation area at about 894 hectares, and the strategic logic is straightforward:

Zimbabwe’s sharp surge in tobacco exports at the start of 2026 the latest chapter in a four-decade arc of expansion, collapse, and recovery that now appears to be approaching another historic peak, wi

Zimbabwe’s gold-backed currency (ZiG) recorded a year-on-year inflation rate of 4.1% in January 2026, down sharply from 15.0% in December 2025, marking the country’s first sustained single-digit infla

Zimbabwe recorded its highest goods trade surplus of USD 240.2 million in December 2025, a 163.8% increase from November, driven primarily by a 9.1% rise in exports to USD 1.142 billion and a 5.6% dec

Zimbabwe's gold sector has triumphantly capped off 2025 by nearing its ambitious production and export targets, solidifying its status as a cornerstone of the nation's economy amid soaring global pric

The diamond industry, long synonymous with luxury, rarity, and enduring value, is undergoing a profound transformation due to the rise of lab-grown diamonds. These synthetic gems, chemically identical

Zimbabwe's local currency, the ZiG, has maintained its stability against the US dollar since the beginning of 2026 continuing the trend observed post devaluation in 2024, moving from trading around Zi

Zimbabwe's platinum group metals (PGM) sector has seen a significant structural shift toward higher-value beneficiation in 2025, marked by a deliberate reduction in raw concentrate exports and a stro

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

Zimbabwe has achieved a significant milestone in its external trade performance in 2025, with the annual trade deficit contracting to just USD 404 million, the lowest in the past five years and a dram

Zimbabwe’s largest sugar producer, Hippo Valley Estates Limited, has moved quickly to reassure stakeholders that the provisional liquidation of its South African parent, Tongaat Hulett Limited (THL),

Tanganda Tea, a diversified company listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE), has recorded a 37% surge in packed tea volumes, to 453 tonnes for the first quarter ended 31 December 2025 from 330 ton

Hippo Valley Estates, Zimbabwe's dominant sugar refiner, has dispatched 36,000 tonnes of refined sugar to the European Union in a post-period transaction, availing itself of duty-free, quota-free acce

Zimbabwe’s tobacco industry is poised for another historic season, with production projections pointing to output surpassing 360 million kilograms in 2026, eclipsing the 355 million kilograms record

Zimbabwe Stock Exchange listed cable manufacturer CAFCA Limited has recorded a 3% year-on-year increase in sales volumes for the first quarter ended 31 December 2025, signalling a gradual strengthenin