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Zimbabwe Atlas
Vol. I · Dossier 2026
Edition I · June 2026Editorial dossier

The Zimbabwe
business atlas.

A US$35–40 bn frontier economy, 16.4 m people, a mining-driven export book and an informal sector that accounts for six dollars in every ten. We mapped it — sectors, operators, trade flows, opportunities, risks — into an interactive dossier you can read in 90 seconds or work through for an hour.

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Atlas at a glance
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22Companies
60Ideas

Edition I covers FY2023/24 actuals with 2025 estimates from the IMF / Ministry of Finance, refreshed mid-2026.

US$35–40 bnNominal GDP
~16.4 mPopulation
≈6.0%Real GDP growth (2025 est.)
75–80%Mining share of exports
52–55%Capacity utilisation (mfg)
~296 m kgTobacco production (2024)
US$2.0–2.2 bn/yrDiaspora remittances
~60% of GDPInformal economy
~95%Mobile penetration
~2.6 mTourism arrivals (2024)
~US$7.0 bnTotal exports (2023)
~US$8.6 bnTotal imports (2023)
US$35–40 bnNominal GDP
~16.4 mPopulation
≈6.0%Real GDP growth (2025 est.)
75–80%Mining share of exports
52–55%Capacity utilisation (mfg)
~296 m kgTobacco production (2024)
US$2.0–2.2 bn/yrDiaspora remittances
~60% of GDPInformal economy
~95%Mobile penetration
~2.6 mTourism arrivals (2024)
~US$7.0 bnTotal exports (2023)
~US$8.6 bnTotal imports (2023)
Section 01

Five numbers that shape every investment thesis.

Nominal GDP
US$35–40 bn
Source · IMF WEO, World Bank 2024–25
Real GDP growth (2025 est.)
≈6.0%
Source · IMF, MoF Budget 2025
Mining share of exports
75–80%
Source · Chamber of Mines
Diaspora remittances
US$2.0–2.2 bn/yr
Source · RBZ
Tourism arrivals (2024)
~2.6 m
Source · ZTA
Section 02

What’s in the dossier.

Volume I
01
13 Sectors

Mining to creative — share of GDP, top players, opportunities, hidden bottlenecks.

Open the atlas →
Volume II
02
22 Companies

The most consequential operators. Sortable revenue, EBITDA, edge.

Inspect the cap table →
Volume III
03
Trade Picture

What Zimbabwe ships out, what it pays for, who its partners are.

Read the flows →
Volume IV
04
Opportunity Matrix

From a phone-charging kiosk to a 150 MW solar plant. Pick your capex band.

Find your scale →
Editor’s note
“Zimbabwe in 2026 is a high-friction, high-margin environment. Disciplined operators who solve their own infrastructure can earn equity-like returns.”
— From the Executive Summary
Section 03

Where the value sits.

GDP-share weighted by formal sector. Mining is the export engine; the informal economy is, statistically, the country.

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