Early State-making and the historical foundations of Zimbabwe’s colonial monetary system: 1890-1900
Tinashe Nyamunda
What is money in Zimbabwe? Given the contentious and dynamic experiences in Zimbabwe’s recent history, there is no easy answer to this question. But a glimpse into...
Farai Mabeza
HARARE - The chief executive officer of African Risk Capacity Limited (ARC Ltd), Lesley Ndlovu, a Zimbabwean, has been selected as one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Climate Leaders in Business for 2024.
ARC Ltd is a hybrid mutual...
RW Johnson
The increasing threat posed by Ansar al Sunnah jihadists in Mozambique’s northernmost province of Cabo Delgado finally caused major international concern after the ISIS-linked insurgents attacked the town of Palms on March 24.
The Americans, the Portuguese and others...
A group of African banks has signed a US$194mn senior debt facility to rehabilitate the Beitbridge border post, a crossing that connects Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) acted as co-ordinating bank and sponsors’ advisor and, along with...
Victor Oladokun
For weeks, investors and the business community have been rattled by massive disruptions to global supply chains, as factories shut down in China.
Everyone from BMW and Mercedes to Apple are feeling the squeeze on account of the coronavirus.
But...
Sydney Kawadza
HARARE – The African Development Bank has prescribed a raft of measures African countries could take to benefit from rising gold prices, which have shot up 24% since January this year. The commodity’s...
HARARE (FinX) – The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe lowered its key policy rate for the second time since the Covid-19 outbreak and the third time since the set-up of the Monetary Policy Committee, to provide monetary stimulus as the...
Talkmore Gandiwa
The Zambezi River Authority has revised upwards the water volume for power generations at Lake Kariba to three billion cubic meters due the above normal rains projected for Zimbabwe and Zambia ahead of the 2021/2022 rainy season.
In a...
The imperial makings of a local/national currency in colonial Zimbabwe: Money as a product of imperial and colonial politics and law; 1930-1940
Tinashe Nyamunda
The Brookings Institute’s Economics Professor Steve Hanke has argued that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has...
Staff Writer
Swiss-based oil firm Gunvor was hounded out of the Zimbabwean fuel market by 'underworld fuel mafia cartels' despite having signed a binding contract with National Oil Company (NOIC) to supply fuel for...
