Can Zimbabwe’s Government Stave off a Cash Crunch?
Late in 2019, the government of Zimbabwe decided to take dramatic action by rejecting cash-in as well as cash-out mobile payment options, fearing that these…
Economy
Dollarisation: A study of dollarised economies (I)
l Study shows that at least 20 economies that dollarised in history with varying levels of dollarisation;
Ncube’s fungible stocks trilemma (Part I)
THE Exchange Control (Suspension of Fungibility of Certain Shares) Order 2020 published on March 15 by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube (pictured) suspending the…
Coronavirus-induced negative GDP likely
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Article IV report on Zimbabwe released on February 24 gave a forecast of a real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth…
Covid-19 pandemic: Should Zim be worried?
COVID-19, a novel virus first discovered in China’s Wuhan province, is rapidly spreading across the world and is now present in at least 88 countries. The…
Rethink, re-invent the country’s economy
ZIMBABWE’S economy is evidently sinking deeper into crisis as weak economic fundamentals paint a gloomy outlook picture. The Confederation of Zimbabwe…
Dollarisation misconception unpacked
THE monetary authorities, intellectually speaking, have heavily invested in pushing back the narrative from business lobby bodies and analysts that the…
IMF SMP review serious cause for concern
ON May 15, 2019, the managing director of International Monetary Fund approved a Staff-Monitored Programme (SMP) for Zimbabwe, covering the 10-month period…
Eulogy for Clayton Christensen II
CLAYTON Christensen’s passing away in Boston on January 23 has robbed us of one of the finest thinkers on economics and management the world has seen.Today…
De-dollarisation an albatross to FDI
UNDER the “New Dispensation”, government has gone on a “Zimbabwe is open for business” crusade in a bid to mobilise inbound investment, but as the…
