Reason Razao The tourism sector in Zimbabwe plunged by 90 percent in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic which led to travel restrictions and national lockdowns. Zimbabwe benefits significantly from tourism which in 2019 generated a total of US$1.25 billion with...
View of the city from Meyrick Park, Harare. (Flickr/Jonathan N. Wakeling) On Thursday, May 13, the Africa Center hosted a Zimbabwe roundtable, in partnership with the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank, featuring perspectives from government and the...
Farai Mabeza Zimbabwe is battling to salvage its economy on its own in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic after being excluded from the emergency financial assistance extended to other countries by the International Monetary Fund, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe...
Sydney Kawadza The African Development Bank has allocated a €1.2 million grant to provide training to help resource-rich countries improve their mining revenues. Among the first beneficiaries of the grant are Zimbabwe, Guinea, Liberia, Niger, Mali, Madagascar, South Sudan and Sierra...
HARARE - The quickest way to promote ZWL is for the government to start accepting ZWL for stat obligations. Mining companies need not be burdened by paying taxes, electricity in forex when 40% is surrendered to the RBZ. Tambarara in...
HARARE - Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has scrapped the VAT on pre-packaged rice imports following President Mnangagwa's intervention on the long-standing dispute. The measures will be applied on pre-packed packages of less than 25kg for retail sale, semi-milled or wholly-milled...
HARARE - A long time ago, a thriving agricultural village named Chibagwe existed. Chibagwe was renowned for the huge quantity of maize it produced. With the surplus it replenished its reserves before selling the rest to other communities. With the income,...
Simba Rushwaya HARARE - The insurance sector’s asset base has nominally increased by 147% in the just ended year from a total of $24.2 billion to $59.74 billion, Insurance and Pension Commissioner (IPEC) Commissioner...
Talkmore Gandiwa With pale faces carved with visible marks of sorrow, tobacco farmers sit patiently outside one of Zimbabwe’s tobacco auction floors in Harare, the capital city. In their minds, all they are consumed with are the meager earnings they are...
Ryan Chigoche Zimbabwe's tourist arrivals  increased by 50% to 529 078 in the first six months of 2023. Tourism receipts, grew by 16% to US$343,1 million compared to the same period last year with occupancy improving to 41% from 39% in...

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