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Digital transformation

Econet’s Zimbabwean CEO Strive Masiyiwa to invest in data centres on the continent

Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa, who has raised more than $1bn to ensure the growth of his group Econet, has ranked first in our exclusive ... Africa Digital ranking.

Residents watch as municipal police demolish illegal structures during a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Harare

political pawns

Zimbabwe’s illegal urban settlements: A blessing or curse for government?

In Zimbabwe, over 20,000 families are facing displacement from urban areas following a crackdown on land barons by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ... government. Many of these residential settlements were created under Mugabe, when the ruling party Zanu-PF used land in urban areas to lure voters.

MDC

AFTER PARTY

Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC implodes – thanks to Zanu-PF

What is in a name? The rumbling dispute over the proprietary rights to the name – Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) – looks set to blow ... Zimbabwe’s opposition out of the political water.

Zimbabwe Virus Outbreak

Still Vulnerable

Zimbabwe’s slower inflation may be the calm before the storm

Zimbabwe’s inflation slowdown in February may reflect the impact of COVID-19 restrictions imposed in January rather than a genuine downward ... trend. But prospects of a good harvest and improving confidence from business leaders points to relief down the road.

Zimbabwe top stories

Residents watch as municipal police demolish illegal structures during a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Harare

political pawns

Zimbabwe’s illegal urban settlements: A blessing or curse for government?

MDC

AFTER PARTY

Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC implodes – thanks to Zanu-PF

Zimbabwe Virus Outbreak

Still Vulnerable

Zimbabwe’s slower inflation may be the calm before the storm

Residents watch as municipal police demolish illegal structures during a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Harare

political pawns

Zimbabwe’s illegal urban settlements: A blessing or curse for government?

MDC

AFTER PARTY

Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC implodes – thanks to Zanu-PF

Zimbabwe Virus Outbreak

Still Vulnerable

Zimbabwe’s slower inflation may be the calm before the storm

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Kembo Mohadi

KOMPROMAT CONUNDRUM

Zimbabwe: Who gains from the public shaming of VP Kembo Mohadi?

Zimabwe's second Vice President Kembo Mohadi was caught in a kompromat trap. Recordings of phone calls full of lurid sexual banter, thanks to ... intercepts that were almost certainly the work of a state intelligence agency, were faithfully reproduced on the Zimlive online news site in a series of salacious stories.

Lose-lose cooperation?

Zimbabwe: Who wins and who loses in the rush for diamonds?

The list of hardships and suffering linked to Zimbabwe's diamond mines is growing longer by the day. ...

dust in the wind

Zimbabwe: Mugabe’s business empire, the death of a dynasty

Barely five years after the demise of Zimbabwe's former ruler Robert Mugabe, the vast wealth he owned and accumulated throughout the 37 years ... of his reign is disappearing.

One direction?

Zimbabwe: Will Mnangagwa go East as more sanctions come in from the West?

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa's attempts to win over the West to his cause are failing, the latest sign being the UK's sanctions on his ... security chiefs.

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reality check

Zimbabwe: Covid cases dying at home as hospitals reach capacity

Zimbabwe’s political and business elite are forced to confront the realities of the country’s failing national health system as most of them ... can longer fly off to private hospitals abroad.

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problems all round

Zimbabwe: President Mnangagwa unable to deliver on his promises

In November 2017 Zimbabwe’s military replaced Robert Mugabe as head of state with his long-time confidante Emmerson Mnangagwa. ...

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