Half-Mast to Full-Sail: What Dolly Parton’s Hypothetical State Funeral Teaches Zim About Heritage Cash
TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Why a country singer from the Smoky Mountains matters more to Zimbabwe’s economy than a diamond mine. By Newton M. Mambande HARARE – WHEN a nation lowers its…
RBZ’s Lending Reset: From Consumption to Real Production
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Newton M Mambande HARARE – THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s directive urging commercial banks to cut down on lending has triggered unease across the business community. In Harare,…
Zimbabwe’s Bond Market: Why Long Money Still Keeps Its Distance
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesGovernment, municipal, corporate and mezzanine debt — yield curve, sovereign risk, currency policy, regional comparisons, and the path back to long money By Jabulani Simplisio Chibaya HARARE – A…
The Qualification Debate: What Should We Demand of Those Who Drive and Govern?
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Tinotenda Bhunu HARARE – THERE’S something worth reflecting on in the idea that you might soon need five O-Levels to get a professional driving licence. The proposal is…
ANALYSIS| Zim’s Currency Is Improving But Trust Still Needs To Be Earned
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Tinotenda Bhunu HARARE – THERE’S a peculiar moment in the life of a currency when the central bank starts telling you that you should trust it. The speeches…
Carrying Forests, Raising a Nation: The Quiet Economic Legacy of Dorcas Sigauke
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Newton M. Mambande ‘19 August 1965 – 3 July 2020’ HARARE – SHE was not in the history books. She held no title. She never addressed a conference.But…
Counted or Written Out: Who Belongs in Zim’s Fintech Revolution?
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Jabulani Simplisio Chibaya HARARE – WHY a 21-point gap between urban and rural mobile money use is really a story about who gets to participate in Zimbabwe’s economy…
ANALYSIS| Zimbabwe’s Greatest Export Is the People It Cannot Keep
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesA critique of the diaspora narrative and its implications for national development By Tonderai Godknows Mapfumo Introduction: Two Waves, One Nation HARARE – ZIMBABWE’S migration history over the past…
Weekend Read| The Jobs Crisis Hidden Behind Zim’s 9.3% Unemployment Rate
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Tinotenda Bhunu HARARE – THERE are numbers that inform us, and there are numbers that reassure us. Zimbabwe’s 9.3 percent unemployment rate is very much the latter kind.…
The Resilience Nobody Sees: How Zim’s Informal Traders Are Beating Climate Shocks
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesAn Economy Adapting in the Shadows By Tonderai Godknows Mapfumo HARARE – IT IS just after six in the morning in a Harare suburb, and a vegetable vendor is…