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Mthuli Ncube outlined growth strategy at Zanu-PF Conference

Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube delivered a detailed economic address at the Zanu-PF annual conference in Mutare on Friday, highlighting government's roadmap for sustained growth and prosperity.Minister Ncube express…

Published: 20 Oct 2025 at 09:29hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter

Are Zimbabwe economic growth rates real?

Every year, the Zimbabwean government and multilateral financial institutions project that the economy will grow by huge margins, yet the current economic situation does not meaningfully change, and if it does at all, it is marginal and ne…

Published: 21 Aug 2025 at 13:08hrs | | by Delani Mangena

AfDB projects 6% economic growth for Zimbabwe

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has projected that Zimbabwe is on track to achieve a six percent economic growth rate this year, supported by stability and recovery across key productive sectors.AfDB Principal Country Economist Kelvin …

Published: 19 Aug 2025 at 18:51hrs | | by Staff reporter

Africa's broken IP system threatens innovation, growth

Africa is losing billions of dollars each year due to weak and fragmented intellectual property (IP) protection systems, undermining innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic development across the continent.Despite growing recognition of…

Published: 12 Aug 2025 at 19:33hrs | | by Staff reporter

NetOne posts record growth

State-owned mobile network operator NetOne has delivered a historic performance, posting record revenue and profit growth while aggressively expanding its high-speed 4G and 5G networks in a bold push to outpace private-sector rivals.At its…

Published: 09 Aug 2025 at 16:52hrs | | by Staff reporter

Magunje cement must follow established processes

Presidential Affairs and Devolution secretary Tafadzwa Muguti has raised alarm over suspected corruption in the licensing of a Chinese-owned cement and power plant project in Magunje, Mashonaland West - a development touted as a US$1 billi…

Published: 05 Aug 2025 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe retailers bank on 6% economic growth

The Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) says it expects consumer spending to rise this year, buoyed by the government's projected 6% economic growth, despite continued pressure on household incomes.In its review of the 2025 Mid-Year …

Published: 05 Aug 2025 at 08:53hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chitungwiza eyes growth with town expansion project

Chitungwiza is gearing up for a major transformation aimed at shedding its longstanding image as merely a dormitory town for Harare and emerging as a self-sustaining, resilient urban centre by the year 2045.This ambitious vision was unveil…

Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's tourism sector records growth

Zimbabwe's tourism sector continues to be a key driver of economic growth, with the country recording approximately 1.5 million arrivals in the first quarter of the year. Of these, 70 percent were returning residents from the diaspora, und…

Published: 03 Apr 2025 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reported

Zimbabwe's dollar-only bourse poised for further growth

The value of stocks on Zimbabwe's dollar-only bourse has jumped by 85% since the start of the year to more than $1 billion, its CEO told Reuters on Tuesday, adding he anticipated continued growth.The Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) wa…

Published: 10 May 2023 at 19:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

'VFEX growth exceeds expectation'

FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, has lauded the rapid growth of the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX), which witnessed the listing of the fifth counter, Nedbank Group Limited Zimbabwe, on Friday.The com…

Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:55hrs | | by Staff reporter

Private sector-led growth

Two years ago, the new Minister of Finance in Zimbabwe, Mthuli Ncube brought together a small group of local business persons in an informal advisory group.I was privileged to be included. our meetings were irregular, largely driven by the…

Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Eddie Cross

A tough choice between democracy and growth

IT is now one year after the first post-Mugabe elections were held which, despite their credence being contested by the MDC alliance, gave an aura of legitimacy to President Mnangagwa's government. However, the last 12 months have been pai…

Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 07:41hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo

Infrastructure, Education and Technology key for growth

In his book entitled, The Price of Inequality, revered economist, Joseph Stiglitz, contends that Government investments in infrastructure, education and technology form the basis of economic growth.In his own words Stiglitz, wrote: "Govern…

Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 13:42hrs | 2 | by ViewsFromMatopos

Factors impeding growth of industry in Bulawayo

IN my first submission I sought to unpack Bulawayo deindustrialisation and highlighted the political impact on the state of the manufacturing sector.Today I continue my submission with focus of economic, sociological and technological fact…

Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 06:31hrs | | by Obert Sibanda

Beware the ghost of Benghazi

YOUTH is a period of impetuosity and adventure. It is a time to test and experiment. It is a period of physical and mental growth.Youth is a time of discovery and for self-definition. It is a time to search for oneself and to also reach ou…

Published: 26 Aug 2016 at 06:48hrs | | by Joram Nyathi

Private enterprise is key to our future growth

"We owe it to all the peoples of the sub-continent to ensure that they see us not merely as good leaders waxing lyrical about our development, but as front commanders in the blast furnaces of labour, productive investments and visible chan…

Published: 11 Aug 2016 at 13:31hrs | | by Vince Musewe

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