Economic Analysis

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s economy has struggled beneath the weight of Brexit uncertainty for nearly three years, but many business leaders would probably be relieved just to have more of the same for the next […]

FINANCE Secretary, George Guvamatanga has maintained that Zimbabwe’s economy cannot be described as fragile because of the ongoing implementation of a raft of measures to resuscitate the economy. Guavamatanga told journalists at the African Economic […]

LONDON, March 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Africa’s legal cannabis industry could be worth more than $US 7.1 billionannually by 2023 if legislation is introduced in a number of the continent’s major markets, European-based market intelligence and strategic consultancy firm Prohibition Partners […]

Zimbabwe Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube sees inflation – currently at 59% – declining to 10% by the end of the year. He is banking on slowing down money supply, liberalisation of the exchange rate and […]

HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s annual inflation is expected to slow down to below 10 percent by the year-end on expectations that the government will cut the budget deficit by half, and reduce money supply growth, […]

HARARE, March 19 (Reuters) – Zimbabwe expects to raise $350 million from selling shares in five state-owned telecommunications companies and a bank, as part of economic reforms being pursued by the government, Finance Minister Mthuli […]

Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of infrastructure, livestock and agricultural produce  have been destroyed in Manicaland and parts of Masvingo provinces in the past three days due to heavy rains and gusty winds from […]

The establishment of the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA) will capacitate the country to process foreign direct investment (FDI) approvals within a day, Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has said. Zimbabwe […]

Zimbabwe’s annual inflation has risen to a 10-year high since hyperinflation, but month-on-month prices are beginning to drop as monetary reforms aimed at combating inflation, addressing foreign currency shortages and price distortions take hold, with […]