Imani Leviston, co-founder of PowerList Africa, leads a platform that tracks and analyzes leadership, influence, and policy developments across the continent. Produced by the African News Network
Brent crude has surged past $100 as the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. For fuel-importing African economies, the fiscal assumptions underpinning 2026 budgets are now dangerously wrong. Who adjusts first — and who denies longest — will define the year.
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In 2009, BP and Shell sold their joint Zimbabwean operation. In 2010, Caltex followed. By 2015, three of the four largest international oil companies had abandoned Zimbabwe's downstream fuel market, surrendering over 130 service stations and the logistical backbone that had fuelled the country's transport, agriculture,
Three things happened in Zimbabwe’s capital markets in the same fortnight. Together they tell you more about the real state of the economy than any GDP figure or inflation print ever will.
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The 2026 Performance Awards: Inside Zimbabwe's 2026 Performance Awards,Every Winner, Every Category, and What It Means for Vision 2030
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Treasury Circular No. 4 of 2026 makes ZiG the sole payment currency for all government suppliers. With inflation at 3.8%, reserves at US$1.2bn, and an IMF SMP in place, Zimbabwe is attempting something it has never tried: de-dollarizing from strength rather than desperation.
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There is a peculiar cruelty in receiving a gift and a punishment from the same event. That is exactly what the Iran-Strait of Hormuz war is doing to Zimbabwe right now.
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Zimbabwe launched a BPO framework with a 15% tax rate and customs exemptions. The incentives look competitive on paper. But Kenya, South Africa, and Ghana already have operational ecosystems generating billions. Policy without infrastructure is a press release, not a strategy.
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The most influential people of African origin on earth — ranked by demonstrated ability to change lives, alter events, and shape trajectories at scale. Not wealth. Not fame. Influence.
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The RBZ dropped the 2030 mono-currency deadline and replaced it with a conditions-based framework. With 1.5 months of import cover against a 3-to-6-month target, the gap is real — but the discipline is new.
Rwanda's Ministry of ICT launched Innovate Rwanda, a national digital platform connecting founders to investors, incubators, and support programmes in one searchable directory. No more guessing. The ecosystem now has a map.
Africa has the most women entrepreneurs on earth yet less than 1% of VC funding reached women-led startups in 2025. KPMG's Female Founders competition opens applications across all 54 countries. No fee. Here is who qualifies and what is at stake.