Weekend Read: The Gold Beneath the River and the Children Above It
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Tinotenda Bhunu HARARE – THERE are some journeys that leave you with more questions than answers. My recent trip to Kamhonde, in Makonde District, Mashonaland West, was one…
Cars on Broken Roads, Solar on Every Roof
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesZimbabwe is accumulating capital at pace. The question is who owns it, where it sits, and what it replaces. By Jabulani Chibaya Two charts crossed my timeline this week.…
The Control That Runs at 2am: Zimbabwe’s ITGC Gap
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Jabulani Simplisio Chibaya The control that runs at 2am HARARE – A FRAUD model on a mobile money switch is retrained overnight, pushed through an emergency pipeline, and…
Weekend Read: Zimbabwe’s Money Is Stable, But Is It Trusted?
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesLow inflation, rising reserves and falling interest rates signal progress. But the real test of monetary reform is whether Zimbabweans can trust their money, invest with confidence and build…
The Great Split: Ncube’s Prudence Meets Tagwirei’s Enterprise
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesA Financial and Political Economy Analysis By Newton M. Mambande HARARE – PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s decision on 8 October 2026 to split the Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and…
Africa Will Only Rise When Tech, Marketing & Supply Chains Work as One
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Andrea Nokwanda Bule LIVINGSTONE – NEARLY 500 million young Africans will enter the workforce by 2035, according to the World Bank. More than 72 million are estimated to…
Weekend Read: Stablecoins Can Move Money Faster but Cannot Build Trust
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Tinotenda Bhunu HARARE – THE next currency debate in Zimbabwe may not begin at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe or in Parliament. It may begin on a smartphone.…
Zimbabwe’s Stable Prices Hide a Deepening Credit Drought
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Jabulani Simplisio Chibaya HARARE – TWO charts from @dailyviz263, both sourced to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s National Payment Systems quarterly reports, look like they belong to different…
ANALYSIS| Zim’s Rate Cut Tests Whether Cheaper Money Can Buy Real Stability
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Tinotenda Bhunu HARARE – THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has cut its Bank Policy Rate from 30% to 27.5%, the second big reduction in a few months. The…
Zimbabwe’s ZiG15.1 Million Pension Payout Tests Faith in a Broken Promise
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Newton M. Mambande HARARE – THE announcement that Government will disburse ZiG15.1 million to public pensioners who lost value during the pre-2009 period has reopened one of Zimbabwe’s…