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RBZ deputy governor to join African Mining Week as Zimbabwe pushes mining capital strategy
  ZimNow News DeskReserve Bank of Zimbabwe Deputy Governor Dr Innocent Matshe is expected to outline the central bank’s role in supporting mining investment when he joins African Mining Week 2026 in C...
China prices lithium in yuan as Zimbabwe faces new mining currency shift
Zim Now Analysis DeskOn July 3, 2026, the Guangzhou Futures Exchange opened its lithium carbonate futures and options to overseas traders for the first time. The contracts are denominated and settled...
Zimbabwe's 20% Capital Hurdle Exposes Cost of Country Risk
Zimbabwe remains one of Southern Africa's highest-risk investment destinations, with investors demanding returns of about 20 percent in US dollar terms simply to compensate for the risks of operating...
Paper Profits Vanish, Exposing Cracks in Zims Financial System
 Zimbabwe's financial sector is entering a new phase in which banks and pension funds are being forced to adjust to an operating environment in which profits can no longer be driven by inflation, exch...
Women and Youth Businesses Still Face the Biggest Financing Gap
Mukai Mahachi and Ayodele OdusolaDespite driving a significant portion of Zimbabwe's economy, women and youth-led enterprises remain trapped in a cycle of limited growth, hindered by persistent barrie...
Smartphone Imports Surge as Smuggling Crackdown Reshapes the Market
Zimbabwe's official smartphone imports have almost doubled during the first four months of 2026, a development that may reflect less of a sudden consumer technology boom than the growing impact of tig...
ZIDA Markets US$17 Million Investment Pipeline Across Mining, Energy and Technology Sectors
 The Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency has unveiled a portfolio of investment opportunities worth more than US$17 million, targeting investors interested in mining, renewable energy and digit...
Powertel, Paratus switch on Zimbabwe’s first high-capacity regional fibre corridor
Lto R: Shareholder Mutapa Investment Fund, represented by Mr. Tinashe Yafele (Head of Energy and Trading); Powertel Board Chairperson: Mrs. Miriam Chahuruva; Powertel Acting Managing Director: Mr. Wil...
Govt Reverses Foreign Ownership Rule for Telecoms
The Government has abruptly withdrawn controversial regulations that would have required telecommunications companies to be at least 75 percent Zimbabwean-owned, reversing a policy that had sparked co...
Hwange Can Produce 15 Million Tonnes, Who Will Buy It?
Hwange Colliery Company Limited says it has solved the production problems that once held back Zimbabwe's largest coal producer. Today, the challenge is no longer digging coal out of the ground but fi...