Guvamatanga & Ncube lock currency discipline
Zimbabwe has recorded a primary fiscal surplus. In a country that spent nearly a decade inside the second-worst hyperinflation in recorded monetary history, that sentence alone is worth stopping for.
The Shock Absorber: Paul Tungwarara and the Architecture of Loyalty Around Mnangagwa
In Zimbabwe's ruling coalition, one operator has built a role most politicians run from — absorbing every attack meant for the President. Read through Selectorate Theory, it is the most rational job in the country.
Africa’s Critical Minerals Moment: Leverage Without Illusion
In 2026, Africa sits at the center of global geo-economic competition not because the world suddenly discovered its virtues, but because it needs what the continent holds. Roughly 30 percent of the world’s critical mineral reserves — cobalt, lithium, copper, manganese, platinum group metals, and graphite — lie in African
THE QUIET ARCHITECT: HOW GEORGE GUVAMATANGA REBUILT ZIMBABWE'S TREASURY FROM THE RUBBLE UP
By Powerlist Africa Editorial | May 2026 There is a particular cruelty in how institutional memory works inside African bureaucracies. The minister delivers the speech. The press takes the photograph. The historian writes the chapter. And the man who actually engineered the architecture — the one who spent seven years rewriting the
Invictus Energy Signs Historic Zimbabwe Gas Deal at Cabora Bassa
Zimbabwe has crossed a line it has been inching towards for a decade. Invictus Energy and Harare have sealed a Petroleum Production Sharing Agreement that turns Cabora Bassa from a frontier geology story into a financeable gas play, backed by Qatari capital
AfCFTA 2026: The Real Work Starts After the Signatures
The African Continental Free Trade Area is no longer just a signature on paper. By mid-2026, 54 of 55 African Union member states have signed the agreement and roughly 48 have ratified it. The Guided Trade Initiative, launched as a pilot in 2022, has expanded from a handful of
The Operator Behind Mnangagwa's Vision 2030
The President of Zimbabwe set the destination — upper middle-income status by 2030, the World Bank GNI threshold of US$4,516 per capita. Cabinet wrote the policy. One operator is converting the speeches into water, housing, hospital beds and village shareholding. His name is Dr Paul Tungwarara.
NDS2 Ready
NDS2 Is Now Live: Mnangagwa Turns Vision 2030 Into a Performance Contract With Every Zimbabwean
Guvamatanga & Ncube lock currency discipline
Zimbabwe has recorded a primary fiscal surplus. In a country that spent nearly a decade inside the second-worst hyperinflation in recorded monetary history, that sentence alone is worth stopping for.
From Panic To Policy: What Zimbabwe's New Currency Regime Tells Us About Political Will
Every African economy that has destroyed its currency did so the same way: printed first, explained later. Zimbabwe's new currency regime is attempting the opposite. This is the story of what changed, who forced it, and what it costs to hold the line.
Hakainde Hichilema And The Deal Of A Lifetime
What HH Has Actually Changed Before 2026
Ncube Revenue Hits US$9.4bn
Zimbabwe targets US$9.4B revenue with a near‑balanced 2026 budget as Mthuli Ncube doubles down on discipline, stability and growth
George Guvamatanga: The Treasury Strategist Behind Zimbabwe’s Fiscal Discipline and Economic Rebuild
George Guvamatanga has become one of the most consequential technocrats inside Zimbabwe’s economic machinery, helping drive Treasury discipline, fiscal restraint, and reform credibility.