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Small is the new big: Future of retail in Zim
To understand why smaller is beginning to outperform bigger, you first have to appreciate what big actually costs.
By Valentine Muhamba
Apr. 24, 2026
The skies were never Ours: Pay more, fly longer: Africa's route rip-off
The routing via Dubai or Jeddah is not a quirk specific to Algeria. It is a description of how African air travel works. Only 19% of African city pairs are connected by a direct flight.
By Valentine Muhamba
Apr. 27, 2026
Stop trying to be an airline. Start being one: The case for Air Zimbabwe going budget
The market that a budget Air Zimbabwe would serve is real and growing. Zimbabwe received 1,613,901 international tourist arrivals in 2024, generating an estimated US$1.2 billion in tourism revenue.
By Valentine Muhamba
Apr. 27, 2026
The Great Trek: Why Zimbabwe's best companies are leaving their own stock exchange
That figure is not ambiguous. It is not a divided verdict. It is the judgment of the company's own shareholders, independently expressed, that the ZSE could no longer price their investment fairly.
By Valentine Muhamba
Apr. 28, 2026
57% of What, Exactly? Why capacity utilisation is the wrong answer to the wrong question about Zimbabwe's industry
To understand why the denominator in Zimbabwe's capacity utilisation fraction is so problematic, you have to understand the economy that created it.
By Valentine Muhamba
Apr. 28, 2026
Missing Harare-London direct flight: Case on remittances, diaspora, cargo
British Airways’ three-weekly Heathrow-Harare service ended on October 28, 2007, with the airline citing spiralling costs and falling demand.
By Valentine Muhamba
May. 2, 2026
What anyone buying Telecel is really getting
The more pressing question, the one any serious investor should be asking before signing a non-disclosure agreement and requesting access to the data room, is: what exactly is on offer?
By Valentine Muhamba
May. 2, 2026
Mnangagwa says trade must flow — Cost of removing Sadc tariffs to Zim
ON April 26, 2026, state media reported that President Emmerson Mnangagwa had directed the government to begin removing all trade barriers with countries in the (Sadc).
By Valentine Muhamba
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Same app, stronger ground: What the EcoCash super app is and is not
SASAI is back. It is just not called Sasai anymore. EcoCash launched what it is calling Zimbabwe’s first all-in-one super app on April 23, and the feature list is genuinely ambitious: payment
By Valentine Muhamba
7h ago
