The Great Repricing: Why 2027 Belongs to Power, Resilience and Real Assets
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Jabulani Chibaya HARARE – ON Wednesday, Wall Street celebrated. On Thursday, it flinched. In between, the Dow posted its best post-midterm day in 44 years, then surrendered it,…
Over half of Zim’s ATMs lack cash – RBZ
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy ETimes HARARE – MORE than half of Zimbabwe’s automated teller machines have no cash, even as nearly all bank branches are funded, according to the Reserve Bank of…
Zim readies US$250 mln against El Nino
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy ETimes HARARE – ZIMBABWE will have about US$250 million in reserve by January 1 to fund its response to the El Nino weather phenomenon, on top of money…
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…
Treasury’s 6% Growth Forecast Hinges on Unresolved Production Bottlenecks
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Newton M. Mambande HARARE — THE 2026 Midterm Budget and Economic Review, presented by the Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion, arrives at a critical juncture. Households,…
Weekend Read| The Most Expensive Thing an Economy Can Lose Is Time
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Tinotenda Bhunu HARARE – ECONOMISTS often talk about inflation, interest rates, exchange rates and fiscal deficits. These are important indicators, but they can distract us from a more…
Weekend Read: Growth is a Choice But Zimbabwe’s Businesses Are Choosing Caution
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Tinotenda Bhunu HARARE – ECONOMIC decline is not always announced by a recession. Sometimes it arrives quietly. There are no dramatic headlines. Supermarkets remain open. Banks continue operating.…
WB cuts Zimbabwe 2026 growth forecast to 4.6%
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy ETimes HARARE – THE World Bank (WB), in its June 2026 Global Economic Prospects report, has revised down Zimbabwe’s 2026 economic growth projection to 4.6% from 5.0% forecast…
How Zimbabwe Just Built a Financial Engine for the Digital Age
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesZimbabwe Just Flipped a Switch That Could Change How Money Works Here FINSEC has built the blockchain rails for tokenised assets, and the ripple effects could reach your neighbourhood…