Zimbabwe has exported US$50 million of lithium sulphate in June 2026, lifting first half exports to about US$62.7 million after the first US$12.6 million shipment appeared in April. This export was ef

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

Zambia has given President Hakainde Hichilema a second five year mandate after an election that turned the country's economic recovery into a national vote and placed the quality of its democracy unde

Hichilema secures a second term decisively. Whether that mandate converts into the stability business actually needs is the test now beginning. Zambia Election 2026, Hakainde Hichilema, Brian Mundubil

South Africa is extending its electricity recovery into the price paid for power, with government proposing a 10-year tariff trajectory as part of broader reforms to the country’s electricity market.

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

Cabinet has moved the restructuring of ZESA into implementation, consolidating generation, transmission, distribution, system planning and commercial functions under ZESA Private Limited at a time Zim

Zimbabwe has secured funding for a massive US$900 million rehabilitation of the Harare to Chirundu Highway and the modernization of the Chirundu Border Post. This strategic investment aims to capture

That combination suggests that Zimbabwe's financial system is not simply becoming larger. It is becoming more digital. The real test in the second half of 2026 will be whether this expanding infrastru

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

Samuel Chivaura takes over Stanbic Zimbabwe’s Corporate and Investment Banking franchise from 1 September 2026 He brings more than two decades of Standard Bank experience across CIB, risk, transformat

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

Zimbabwe is assessing whether the industrial model behind Indonesia’s Weda Bay complex can be replicated locally as the country attempts to move its mineral beneficiation strategy beyond individual pr

Zimbabwe has granted Sinomine Resource Group an additional quota to export 300,000 tonnes of lithium concentrate from Bikita Minerals, extending shipments from one of the country’s largest producers a

Zimbabwe has sufficient economic evidence to introduce a tied diamond royalty, with the existing 10% rate retained during stronger market conditions and lower rates activated through transparent price

Zimbabwe’s lithium industry generated US$746 million during the first half of 2026, establishing the mineral as one of the country’s fastest growing sources of mining revenue. Spodumene concentrates g

Zimbabwe has extended the National Railways of Zimbabwe’s duty rebate on engine spares, special-purpose motor vehicles and components for another two years, continuing a tax concession that has operat

The Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe has recorded 18 suspected mineral smuggling and irregular-movement cases between January and August 2026 involving about 2,654 tonnes of minerals and scr

Hakainde Hichilema enters his second term with the numerical strength of a decisive electoral victory and a political dispute that should have been comparatively easy to settle. He was officially decl

Zimbabwe's emerging lithium-processing industry has generated almost US$100 million through the customs export line used for lithium sulphate since commercial shipments began in April, giving the coun