2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1557+ words) Zimbabwe’s retail industry is usually classified according to what companies sell. Edgars and Truworths sell clothes; supermarkets sell groceries; furniture chains sell household goods. But that description misses an important part of the economics. By Brighton Musonza with work by…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1147+ words) HARARE — Zimbabwean equities weakened on Wednesday, with the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange’s All Share Index falling 0.71% to 477.75 points as investors navigated a mixed corporate and macroeconomic environment marked by sharp movements in selected counters. Trading activity remained relatively subdued, with 74 trades…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1544+ words) American banking giant Citigroup’s more positive reading of Zimbabwe’s economy, as reported by Bloomberg, could have implications well beyond the immediate debate over inflation, the Zimbabwe Gold currency and economic growth. For a country that has spent more than two…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1430+ words) HARARE — First Capital Bank significantly expanded its lending in the first half of 2026, but the composition of that growth shows a marked shift towards trade and services as the lender sought to deploy a rapidly growing deposit base. Gross loans…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1271+ words) Zimbabwe’s dormant copper industry is approaching a potentially important investment test: whether ageing assets such as Mangura can be converted from historical mining operations into commercially competitive projects at a time when copper is becoming strategically more important to the…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1279+ words) HARARE — Air Zimbabwe’s proposed fleet renewal has entered a more demanding phase as Zimbabwe’s aviation market expands, placing greater pressure on the national carrier to demonstrate that rising passenger numbers can translate into sustainable profits and cash generation. The airline…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (438+ words) NEW YORK — American banking giant Citigroup sees Zimbabwe breaking with the past as a poster child of triple-digit inflation and fiscal indiscipline, flagging an economic turnaround that could mark a decisive shift in the country’s long-running cycle of monetary instability…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (991+ words) HARARE — Zimbabwean equities extended their recent gains on Tuesday, with the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) All Share Index rising 0.66% to 481.17 points as investors continued to accumulate selected counters despite relatively thin market activity. The ZSE recorded 78 trades, generating ZWG54.39 million in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (731+ words) HARARE — The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is pressing commercial banks to pass recent monetary policy easing through to borrowers, arguing that persistently expensive credit is constraining investment and limiting the flow of finance into productive sectors of the economy. The…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (705+ words) HARARE — Dinson Iron and Steel Company (Disco) plans to raise annual steel production at its Manhize plant to about 1.8 million tonnes, nearly three times its current installed capacity of 600,000 tonnes, as the Chinese-owned steelmaker moves to broaden its product range…...