Staff Writer
Zimbabwe’s short-term insurance industry entered 2026 on a stronger financial footing, with most insurers comfortably meeting regulatory capital requirements and underwriting profitability improving despite a more challenging operating environment.
However, beneath the encouraging numbers, the latest Insurance and Pensions Commission (IPEC) sector report shows an industry grappling
HARARE: On February 4, 2026, Econet announced its migration to an Over-The-Counter (OTC) platform on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX). This is a special trading platform managed by the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE).
At first perceived as a routine corporate decision, the move signifies a strategic transformation with the potential to reshape Zimbabwe’s capital market and significantly increase
Are pension funds the weak link in Zimbabwe’s shrinking capital markets
Harare: Econet Wireless Zimbabwe and African Sun are the latest to announce plans to delist, both citing the same problem, chronic lack of liquidity.
The growing list of companies exiting Zimbabwe’s stock exchanges points to a deeper structural failure.
On the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, trading is heavily concentrated.
By Taurai Craig Museka
By any measure, the African Trade & Investment Development Insurance Agency (ATIDI) has become one of Africa’s most important financial institutions. Established to mitigate political, credit, and investment risks, ATIDI has evolved into a central pillar of the continent’s trade and infrastructure finance ecosystem.
Yet a closer look at ATIDI’s 2024 project support
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HARARE: Zimbabwe’s short-term insurance industry finds itself at a strategic variation, with the sector in 2025 demonstrating resilience, driven by a buoyant foreign-currency-denominated premium pool, a reformed regulatory landscape and expanding policy volumes.
But mounting complaints about service delivery and the policy debate around a Road Accident Fund (RAF) highlight the challenges
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HARARE: Zimbabwe’s pension funds are now heavily invested in investment properties, a shift away from equity investments where traditionally the funds had the highest concentration.
Driven by evolving customer needs, technological advances, and regulatory shifts, what has been key growth opportunities for 2025:
1) Sports Insurance
The global sports industry is rapidly expanding, driving higher demand for comprehensive insurance. As sports grow in both professional and recreational spheres, insurers will see an increased need for coverage addressing athlete injuries, event
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FBC Securities, a stockbroking and equities research firm says fewer pension funds have taken advantage of the permission by IPEC to invest in offshore assets as a way of mitigating local economic risks and improve returns for pensioners.
In 2022, the Insurance and Pensions Commission (IPEC) of Zimbabwe introduced a regulation permitting pension funds to invest up to 15% of their portfolios
Gandy Gandidzanwa & Itai Mukadira
We asserted, in Part I of this two-part thought-piece, that the pension fund industry finds itself at a cross-road. That the options are many, though the right ones are few – and while they are known, they are unpopular. They require some painful sacrifices. They are no populist choices…. Let’s dig in … Restoration
By GANDY GANDIDZANWA & ITAI MUKADIRA
The old adage, “no pain, no gain” is as honestly brutal as it is stubbornly unsettling. Many acknowledge it, while only a few embrace it – and our pension fund industry is no exception.
The old adage, “no pain, no gain” is as honestly brutal as it is stubbornly unsettling. Many acknowledge it, while only a few embrace it – and our pension