AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoTrade: Zimbabwe’s exports rose 60.7% in the first eight months of 2026, although the trade deficit is still expected to widen. Digital Payments: The Reserve Bank is negotiating with India’s NPCI to introduce a shared payments platform, including one QR code for participating banks and mobile wallets; talks are due to conclude by 31 October. Infrastructure: Work has resumed on the Bulawayo–Victoria Falls highway, part of a US$400 million package for three strategic roads. Eight contractors are targeting 20km each by year-end. Mining: Invictus Energy is moving ahead with its Musuma-1 gas exploration well in the Cabora Bassa Basin, while platinum-producing communities say local services have not kept pace with the industry’s growing wealth. Agriculture: Government says it wants to lift tobacco yields and reduce post-harvest losses rather than expand cultivated land. Industrialisation: At the COMESA summit in Harare, youth business representatives called for more local processing and regional manufacturing to turn raw materials into jobs and higher-value exports.
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