Zim Passes Another IMF Review — Now the State Must Make Room for Markets
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Tinotenda Bhunu HARARE – ZIMBABWE has cleared another IMF checkpoint. But tucked inside the good news is a warning that says more about the country’s economic problem than…
Warsh’s Fed Hikes: The Bill Comes Due Globally
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesThis is an analysis and opinion piece. It does not constitute investment advice. All figures are sourced where indicated. By Jabulani Chibaya The Federal Reserve just moved. Again. HARARE…
Zimbabwe’s AI Mining Moment Could Redefine Africa’s Future
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesHow artificial intelligence, beneficiation policy and a new National AI Strategy could make Zimbabwe a leading AI-enabled critical-minerals economy By Jabulani Simplisio Chibaya Executive Summary Zimbabwe is sitting on…
Policy, Currency, Trust: Can OK Zimbabwe Stay Open?
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Newton M. Mambande HARARE – THE sight of OK Zimbabwe Limited’s doors swinging open again across Mutare, Harare, and Bulawayo should be more than just good news for…
Remembering Mugabe: Land, Indigenisation, Education and the Economy 1980–2017
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesA Seven-Year Reflection with Case Studies By Newton M. Mambande HARARE – ON 6 September 2019, Robert Gabriel Mugabe died in Singapore. On 6 September 2025, we mark seven…
The Weekend Read: Beyond the Rubble, Zim’s Property Rights Dilemma
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Tinotenda Bhunu HARARE – There’s a particular kind of silence that follows a demolition. The bulldozer itself is loud enough, but it’s the quiet afterward that really gets…
ANALYSIS| Pfuma REIT Balances Income Today With Growth Tomorrow
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Jabulani Simplisio Chibaya HARARE – PFUMA Fund Real Estate Investment Trust, listed on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange in early February 2026, has released its first set of…
ANALYSIS| Africa Could Leapfrog Banking With Regulated Stablecoins
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Jabulani Simplisio Chibaya HARARE – IN early September 2026, a quiet but consequential announcement rippled through global finance. Twenty-one leading financial institutions—spanning Bank of America, Citi, Goldman Sachs,…
The Probationary Note: Zimbabwe Earns a Break, Now Must Prove It Deserves It
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Newton M. Mambande HARARE – THE World Bank’s decision to remove Zimbabwe from its list of fragile and conflict-affected states is more than a statistical update. It is…
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,…