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,…
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…
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.…
Thirst for Growth: Can Delta’s US$210m Bet Reshape Zim’s Industrial Future?
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Newton M. Mambande HARARE – THERE is a moment in every industrial cycle when a company stops reacting to the market and starts racing ahead of it. For Delta…
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…