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10 Hard Lessons for Startups to Qualify for the NVCCZ Fund
 Why Most Startups Miss the NVCCZ Funding Bar, and How to Cross ItYouth-led startups account for more than 70 percent of applications to Zimbabwe’s venture capital fund, but many are failing basic inv...
ZIDA Q1 2026 investment report sees 60% YoY drop, but remains among strongest quarters in five years
 Zim Now Analysis DeskZimbabwe Investment and Development Agency has reported nearly 60 percent drop in projected investment approvals for the first quarter of 2026.Projected investment value fell to...
Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe launches Blue Roots Initiative on Earth Day
Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe has marked this year’s Earth Day with the launch of its Blue Roots Initiative, a tree-planting programme aimed at promoting environmental sustainability and supporting long term...
Reserved Sectors Policy Targets Youth Entry
Zimbabwe is positioning its reserved sectors policy under Statutory Instrument 215 of 2025 as a key lever to expand youth participation in the economy, particularly in small-scale retail and services...
Exchange Rate Stability Mantained, Reserves Rise in Q1 2026
Zimbabwe’s monetary authorities maintained relative exchange rate stability in the first quarter of 2026, supported by controlled money supply growth and rising foreign currency inflows, according to...
Madam Boss Effect: Influencer Earnings Revelation Sparks ZIMRA Tax Blitz
Madam Boss’s recent revelation that she earns more than US$20,000 from Facebook in a good month may have invited ZIMRA to knock on the doors of Zimbabwe’s top online content creators.The country’s soc...
Harare Introduce New Billing System, Warns of Temporary Service Interruptions
 The City of Harare has announced the rollout of a new enterprise resource planning system, BIQ ERP, which commenced on Monday, 20 April 2026, a move expected to modernise billing and improve service...
Global Commodity Pressures Weigh on Ariston Holdings
 Global commodity market pressures combined with domestic operational challenges weighed heavily on Ariston Holdings Limited’s financial performance for the year ended September 30, 2025, as weak inte...
Telecel Seeks Investors, Market Share Falls Below 2%
Zimbabwe’s struggling mobile operator Telecel has formally opened a search for new investors, as a prolonged operational and financial decline reduces its market presence to near-insignificant levels...
Education Summit Set for Bulawayo Indaba
Government and key education stakeholders are set to converge in Bulawayo from May 27 to 29 for the Fourth Annual National Education Summit Zimbabwe (NESZ 2026), a strategic high-level platform aimed...