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…
Duty-Free Access to China: Can It Also Drive Zim’s Industrialisation?
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Newton M. Mambande HARARE – FROM 1 May 2026 to 2028, Zimbabwe is expected to enter a new phase of trade engagement with China through a proposed arrangement…
Zimbabweans Struggle Despite Signs of African Economic Recovery – Report
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy ETimes HARARE – MOST Zimbabweans continue to face severe economic hardship despite signs of recovery across parts of Africa, with rising living costs, unemployment and shortages of basic…
How AI, Hype and Fear Built a Profitable Perception Economy
TweetShareSharePin0 Sharesthe business of selling the future By Howard Mabhugu HARARE – IN modern markets, the future itself has become a product. Artificial Intelligence is currently its most successful version.…
How Zimbabwe Can Steady Itself Amid Global Uncertainty
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Jabulani Simplisio Chibaya HARARE – THE global economy is entering a period defined by VUCA — volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. Supply chains that once appeared predictable are…
WB Lifts Zim’s 2026 Growth Forecast to 5%
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy ETimes HARARE – THE World Bank (WB) has raised its growth forecast for Zimbabwe’s economy to 5% in 2026, up from a previous projection of 4.6%. According to…
Digital Tax: A Policy That Risks Stifling the Very Economy It Seeks to Tap
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy ZimCyberSecurity HARARE – THE introduction of the 15% digital services tax in Zimbabwe reflects a policy direction aimed at expanding the national revenue base and bringing the digital…
Zim Economy Grew 6.3% on Average Over 7 Years, Ncube Says
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesStaff Writer HARARE – Zimbabwe’s economy has grown faster than expected since 2018, averaging 6.3% annually—excluding pandemic and drought years—and surpassing its 5% target, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said.…