By Tsungai Mukwashi
We are constantly told that the world is going through an energy transition. We are warned about global warming. We are shown graphs, reports and conferences filled with promises of solar...
By Simbarashe Namusi
Zimbabwe has developed a peculiar reflex: when a problem arises, the default solution is not policy, infrastructure, or long-term planning—it is a car.
A pothole swallows...
By Danai Sipho Mugano
In 2019, Emmerson Mnangagwa scrapped fuel subsidies and jetted off to Asia and Russia, confident that he had done the “right thing.” The people, he believed, would understand the economics...
By Kevin Msipha, CZI Value Chains and Sectors Coordinator
A famous philosophical fragment by the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus, “no man ever steps into the same river twice, for it is not the same...
Zimbabwe is going through a rare phase of relative economic 'calm'. Growth feels steady, inflation has slightly cooled, and the exchange rate is holding, for now. But risks from unpaid debts and a 2030 currency deadline raise...
By Tatenda Mashanda
Let me confess. I never set out to write about Frederick Shava. In fact, I doubted there was anything worth saying. But that doubt is precisely the problem. Silence about him...
By Perry Munzwembiri
There has been a rather perplexing decoupling between the booming property and construction market for both individual home builders and the commercial segments in Zimbabwe, and the chronically persistent financial...
By Linda Mujuru
Zimbabwe’s tobacco sector was once on the brink of collapse. Now, it’s booming again. Last year alone, it earned the country close to US$1 billion in revenue.
But...
By Obert Bore
When Chinese battery materials giant Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt acquired the Arcadia Lithium Mine for $422 million in 2021, Zimbabwe saw an opportunity to claim its share in the global electric vehicle...
In 1976, Bob Marley released the song War as part of his album Rastaman Vibration. The lyrics were taken from a 1963 speech to the United Nations by Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.
This...
