Africa is facing a severe debt crisis that threatens to derail its economic and social progress. According to the IMF, more than half of all low-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa are already in or at high risk of debt distress.The geo political ...

Zimbabwe is facing a daunting challenge: how to raise enough revenue to finance its development and sustainance, while facing a drying up of international support and a hostile economic environment. The government announced a series of tax changes in...

Negative Output Gaps Occurances during GDP growth.Zimbabwe has been experiencing a modest economic recovery since 2021, after a decade of stagnation and hyperinflation. The country's nominal gross domestic product (GDP), which measures the total...

The capital markets of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have been hailed as some of the best performing sectors in the region, attracting foreign investors and generating impressive returns. Be that as it may, a closer look at the performance and impact...

 Recently I was scouring Twitter, or X as it is now known, and I stumbled on a thread by Prisca Mutema, a Zimbabwean economist and entrepreneur, which sparked a heated debate on the role and value of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in t...

 So Zimbabwe has operationalised its Sovereign Wealth Fund, now nostalgically named the Mutapa Fund. The country can, at least on paper, “save and invest.” What may be needed now, assuming that the fund will function as intended, is a formal, go...

Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, has received a third loan from the World Bank in less than six months, raising concerns about its debt sustainability and economic management. The latest loan, worth $700 million, was approved on September 26, 2023,...

  Commercial Bank of Zimbabwe (CBZ), the country’s largest and most profitable bank, has finalised a deal to acquire a 31.22% stake in First Mutual Holdings (FMH), one of the country’s largest insurance and property firms, from the National...

The title of this article may sound ambitious, but again, it is not impossible. Zimbabwe has recently approved a proposal by a group of Chinese investors to establish a US$2.83 billion battery-metals park that will process metals including lithium, p...

IntroductionIn this inaugural article, I was unsure what topic to tackle, considering this publication’s audience forms a niche market of experienced and knowledgeable professionals who have a keen eye for the trends and challenges that shape the fin...

 The world is witnessing a historic transformation of the global monetary system. Traditional fiat money has dominated the global economy since 1971 when American president Nixon shocked the world with a unilateral decision to end the conve...

12 JULY 2023Welcome to our VERY FIRST weekly analysis of news and trades on the three Zimbabwe securities and commodities exchanges, the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE), the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFex), and the Zimbabwe Mercantile Exchange (ZM...

 Zimbabwe’s Minister of Finance, Hon. Prof. Mthuli Ncube, is expected to announce a supplementary national budget in the coming days. By several measures (mathematical, empirical, projection and extrapolation), this impending reallocation will n...

IntroductionThe Zimbabwe Mercantile Exchange (ZMX) is a marketplace that facilitates the buying and selling of a wide range of agricultural products, such as maize, wheat, sorghum, and soybeans.It was introduced in October 2021 and now operates an El...

ASSESSMENT REPORT OF MAIZE SUBSIDIES IN ZIMBABWE 2023IntroductionMaize is the main staple food crop in Zimbabwe, accounting for about 70 percent of the national cereal consumption. The country requires about 2.2 million tonnes of maize annually for b...