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Zimbabwe
Strong Profits, Hidden Trap: How One Government Sentence Threatens Proplastics' 2026 Margins
Proplastics Limited, the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed manufacturer of plastic piping systems that underpin water infrastructure, sanitation, irrigation, and construction across Zimbabwe, has report
Mar 30, 2026
Zimbabwe
From Mortgage Lender to Property Developer: How Zim's Banks Are Reinventing Themselves
FBC Holdings, one of Zimbabwe's largest diversified financial services groups with operations spanning commercial banking, building society activities, insurance, and microfinance, has disclosed at an
Mar 30, 2026
World
IMF Warns of Stagflation Trap in Emerging Markets as Limited Middle East Conflict Tests Policy Limits
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), has uncovered a overlooked risk in its latest global outlook, a stagflationary trap that could grip emerging markets and developing economies far more severely t
Apr 16, 2026
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Records First Sustained Single-Digit ZiG Inflation in Three Decades as Q1 2026 Data Confirms Monetary Consolidation
In its Q1 2026 Quarterly Snapshot published in April 2026, confirmed that ZiG annual inflation reached 4.4% in March 2026 and 3.8% in February 2026, supported by month-on-month inflation of 0.5% in M
Apr 17, 2026
Zimbabwe
A Shift in Tone: Treasury Signals End of Forced Confidence in National Currency
Zimbabwe's Deputy Finance Minister David Mnangagwa has said the government will not attempt to force public confidence in the Zimbabwe Gold currency, instead committing to sustained institutional supp
May 11, 2026
Companies
Zimbabwe's Bigest Bank Profit Falls 33% as Fee Income Model Comes Under RBZ Pressure
CBZ Holdings Limited, Zimbabwe’s largest financial services group by assets and deposits, reported profit after tax of ZWG 361.34 million for the first quarter ended 31 March 2026, a 32.8% decline fro
May 25, 2026
Zimbabwe
SARB 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
May 29, 2026
Zimbabwe
Cheaper Credit, Tight Money: RBZ Cuts Productive Sector Credit Rate, Keeps Liquidity Brakes On
Zimbabwe’s Apex Bank, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has reduced the Targeted Finance Facility rate from 20% to 15% with a cap on banks' on-lending to productive sectors at an all-inclusive rate of 25%, an
Jun 16, 2026
World
Zimbabwe Still Outpaces Sub-Saharan Africa’s Average Despite World Bank Growth Downgrade
The World Bank's June 2026 Global Economic Prospects report has placed Zimbabwe's 2026 GDP growth at 4.6%, a downward revision from the 5% projected in its January 2026 edition, with a further easing
Jun 16, 2026
Zimbabwe
ZiG, USD Inflation Converge: ZiG Drops Sharpest Fall of 2026, Validates RBZ’s Mid-Year Turning Point
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
Jul 27, 2026
Zimbabwe
Weekly Currency Update:ZiG Holds the Line as Foreign Currency Inflows Carry the Load
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
Aug 15, 2026
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s Digital Payment Economy Expands as Mobile Money and Debit Cards Rise, while POS Stalls
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
Aug 20, 2026
Zimbabwe
ZiG and US Dollar Inflation Gap Narrows to 0.2 Percentage Points in August 2026
Zimbabwe’s two inflation measures have converged to almost the same rate after describing sharply different price environments during much of the previous year, according to the Zimbabwe National Stat
Aug 25, 2026
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World Bank Puts Vision 2030’s Upper-Middle-Income Target 6 Years Off Current Trajectory
Zimbabwe would reach upper-middle-income status around by 2036 under its current economic trajectory, six years after the Government’s Vision 2030 target, according to the World Bank’s latest Country
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