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.
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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.
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On a Friday afternoon in Sandton, a fund manager who covers frontier debt pulls up Zimbabwe on his screen for the first time in 3 years. Q1 revenues 24% above target. March inflation at 4.4%. The ZiG holding at roughly 26.7 to the dollar through quarter-end. He
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For the first time in this country's mining history, the chemical leaves the border in a different molecular form than it entered the truck.
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Zimbabwe's GDP hits $52.4 billion after ZIMSTAT rebasing. Largest SADC economy outside South Africa. What the new number means for debt, policy, and Vision 2030.
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Africa's combined GDP will reach $3.32 trillion in 2026. These 10 countries account for 68% of that output. The rankings reveal which reforms are working and which resource models are failing.
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Oil at $114, fertiliser up 30%, and central banks across Africa rethinking rate cuts. What treasuries and CEOs need to know this morning.