Money and the winds of change in the 1960s. Federal collapse, the Rhodesian rebellion, sanctions UN sanctions and the turn towards a post-sterling currency.
Tinashe Nyamunda
The 1960s have been viewed by historians as the decade of African independence. While many...
HARARE— A partnership announced today between IFC and the Government of Zimbabwe will support recovery and jobs in Zimbabwe’s tourism sector by helping increase air access to Victoria Falls, one of Africa’s premier tourist destinations.
IFC—a member of the World...
Farai Mabeza
Government has dangled a carrot to potential investors in the renewable energy sector by giving tax breaks as well as awarding national project status for such ventures.
This is contained in the new energy policy that was launched by...
Pride Mzarabani
HARARE - The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has issued Exchange Control Circular No. 3 of 2024 which seeks to tighten controls on foreign exchange transactions.
The key provision of the circular is aimed at preventing the duplication of invoices...
Benhilda Magomo
Harare- Zimbabwe's continued unsustainable debt surpasses the national income by 99.6% which is unfit for developing countries like Zimbabwe, Economist data has reviewed.
In a Public Expenditure Workshop, Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD) Economist Zvikomborero Sibanda said...
Davison Kaiyo
Zimbabwe retailers have called for a relaxation of the COVID-19 lockdown measures as a way to support business which a reeling under the pandemic amid reports that most companies are recording more than 30 percent in losses.
Confederation of...
HARARE, November 2, 2021—The World Bank has said that it will continue to provide technical and financial assistance to respond to the challenges facing the economy while contributing to economic growth and poverty reduction, with emphasis on post-COVID recovery.
New...
By Terrence Kurira
HARARE - Zimbabwe's diaspora remittances experienced a 6% rise in the first two months of the year, reaching US$352,141,671, up from US$329,571,954 in the same period last year.
This growth is a timely boost to Zimbabwe's economy, according...
Sydney Kawadza
Zimbabwe could yet again suffer from self-inflicted challenges that would see the Southern African country fail to capitalize on the African Continental Free Trade Area currently being implemented across Africa.
The key challenges threatening Zimbabwe’s full participation in the...
Christopher Mahove
Zimbabwe’s food manufacturing sector sources 70% of its input components from foreign markets despite the country’s economy being agro-based.
Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries chief economist, Cornelius Dube said the country’s economy had lost its downstream value chain dependency and...
