If you were waiting, the wait is finally over, former CBZ chief and Economist Dr Mangudya will be the new substantive Governor of The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. This comes […]
Dr John Mushayavanhu (left), Image Credit FBC Holdings Do you remember how excited we were when we heard that Mthuli Ncube was going to be Minister of Finance? I mean, […]
Here is the latest in the Starlink saga. The Minister of ICT, Mavetera, gave a statement on where we are with the satellite internet service provider. Spoiler: she repeated herself, […]
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has released an official statement on the Nostro account issue. If you were under a rock, a couple of leaked bank memos raised concerns about […]
Day by day, the Zimbabwe government is admitting that the forex auction was a mistake. It is the main reason for the Zimdollar tanking. They won’t come out right and […]
We talked about the upcoming digital gold tokens earlier this week. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has now revealed when we can expect the innovative tokens. They are coming in […]
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) must feel like, ‘damned if we do, damned if we don’t.’ Whatever they do attracts negativity, even when it really shouldn’t. I understand why […]
Economies run on trade. Of course, if we looked hard enough we could find one self-sufficient man somewhere but most of us have to trade what we have for what […]
First Capital Bank today announced that it was a beneficiary bank of the European Investment Bank‘s (EIB) medium – long term lines of credit (4 to 7 years) aimed at […]
It started with a short paragraph by the President. If we hadn’t been living in Zimbabwe for the past 2 decades we would have been more shocked – all lending […]
When I first heard that the first step in problem solving is identifying the problem, I thought that was a bit condescending. Pre-teen me couldn’t understand how one could not […]
Last night EcoCash Zimbabwe launched its domestic remittance service and at the same event, the country’s largest mobile money operator also announced that Cash in services are back through its […]
So… Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr Mangudya released the Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) yesterday ahead of the scheduled date that was mentioned in The Sunday Mail… Well, that’s […]
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr John Mangudya is set to deliver the Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) tomorrow (8/02/22) according to a report by The Sunday Mail. Now, as […]
Finally the Zimbabwean government, the Minister of Finance Mthuli Ncube particularly acknowledges its double standards (somewhat). The minister has shared a document on Twitter titled, “Measures being instituted by government […]
I must have been out of the loop all these years cause I had no idea ranking finance ministers and central bank bosses was a thing. It does make a […]
If you were in a coma the whole of 2021, just know you didn’t miss out on anything. It was a garbage year, globally. Zimbabwe was no exception. Near the […]
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has in a tweet announced that it would start taking action against entities that are breaching the Bank Use Promotion Act and those that […]
The RBZ governor, Dr John Panonetsa Mangudya sat down for an interview with Trevor Ncube. We talked about what was said in the first part of the interview here. Now, […]
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, Dr Mangudya, sat down for an interview with Trevor Ncube. We got another look into the man’s mind. He called for respect when […]
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s (RBZ) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) yesterday held a meeting (28/10/2021) and from that meeting came a status update on a number of movements in the […]
The government/RBZ has shut down the black market rate tracking site Market Watch. If you go to Marketwatch now you’ll see that website is no longer in-service error. According to […]
The Zimbabwean government has officially announced that they have received almost a billion US dollars from the International Monetary Fund via the institution’s Special Drawing Rights (SDR). SDR refers to […]
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has, according to a report by the Herald, said that it is working with the banking sector to create incentives that will entice people […]
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The Reserve Bank of ZImbabwe (RBZ) has issued a statement warning traders, vendors & retailers to accept the ZWL$5 note or answer to the FIU
Monetary Policy Statement breakdown with RBZ Governor Dr John Mangudya
Following the announcement of the dissolution of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) we thought it would be interesting to look at who made up the old committee.
Download the recently published and first Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) for February 18th 2021
Mobile money in 2020 EcoCash’s never-ending battle with the RBZ, OneMoney nearing the million mark and the continuing decline of Telecash.