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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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Brent crude spikes as Tehran walks away. Gold crashes 21% from January highs. SARB holds. Afreximbank launches trade tech accelerator. The continent's treasury desks are watching closely.
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Three men. One fabricated association. A political science autopsy of how Zimbabwe misreads the relationship between party capital, private enterprise, and activist freelancing — and why it matters for 2030.
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The PF just elected a new leader. It does not matter. Hichilema has already absorbed three opposition parties, expanded parliament by 113 seats, and polls at 60%. This is coalition mathematics, not democracy.
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Trump's war exposed. Mnangagwa's constitution advances. Congo's drone war escalates. The 11 power plays reshaping Africa today.
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Brent at $110. Zimbabwe fuel up 39%. Who profits from the arbitrage? PowerList names winners, losers and the next move.
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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.
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Oil at $100 is the headline. Fertiliser at 45 percent above January prices is the crisis nobody is covering. One-third of the world's seaborne fertiliser trade passes through the Strait of Hormuz. Africa imports over 90 percent of what it uses. The maths is brutal.
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In January 2026, Zimbabwe recorded an annual inflation rate of 4.1 percent. By February, it dropped to 3.8 percent. For a country that once printed hundred-trillion-dollar banknotes, this is not just a statistic. It is a statement.
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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.