Thirteen sectors, one map.
From the tobacco fields of Mashonaland and the Great Dyke’s platinum reefs, down to EcoCash wallets and Vic Falls lodges. Each card opens a deep dive: snapshot, top players, advantages, opportunities and what makes operators sweat.
- Sorted by share of formal GDP
- Informal note: ~60% of GDP runs outside this list
- Click any card for the full dossier section
Cross-border traders, tuckshops, kombis, vendors — operational reality for ~5–6m workers.
Tobacco-led cash-crop economy with growing horticulture (especially blueberries) and chronic wheat/edible-oil import bills.
Tier-1 geology — gold, PGMs, lithium, chrome, diamonds, nickel, coal. Lithium is the strategic 2020s story.
Food & beverages dominate; building materials and pharma growing. Capacity utilisation ~52–55%.
Modern formats coexist with massive informal trade. Dual-currency pricing universal.
Mature mobile-money rails (EcoCash); insurance penetration low; VFEX as USD listing venue.
Vic Falls, Mana Pools, Hwange, Great Zimbabwe. Recovered to ~95% of 2019 peak.
Strategic corridor nation between Cape Town, Lusaka, Beira, Lubumbashi.
Econet dominant; fibre backbone via Liquid; growing software & BPO talent base.
Two-tier system; diaspora-funded private demand growing.
Strong literacy and tertiary pipeline; EdTech opportunity sits with diaspora-paid demand.
Generation 1,200–1,400 MW vs peak 2,000+ MW. Solar is the obvious answer.
1.5 m housing unit backlog; diaspora-financed builds dominate upper-middle.
Soft-power engine: music, film, fashion, Shona sculpture, sport.