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The Power of a Dollar: How Zimbabwe’s Economy Grips the Country

Hyperinflation and currency collapse are the headlines, but there’s always much more to the story. Global Press journalists covered the Zimbabwean economy in-depth between 2016 and 2025, during a period of extreme upheaval and widespread insecurity. It was an area in which Global Press frequently broke news, holding power to account and revealing new insights about how the government’s actions hurt ordinary people.

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Zimbabwe Has Ivory Worth Millions but Can’t Use

By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa
Zimbabwe

Brick by Brick, Zimbabwe Companies Fall to Foreign Competitors

By Linda Mujuru
Zimbabwe

Another Zimbabwe Gold Coin Sale Registers Little For Most

By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa
Zimbabwe

Why are Zimbabwe Police Chasing Off Some of the Economy’s Biggest Players?

By Linda Mujuru
Zimbabwe

Could the Black Market Become the Only Market in Zimbabwe?

By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa
Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Faces Liquidity Crisis as US Halts Foreign Aid

By Linda Mujuru
Zimbabwe

Zimbabweans Skeptical About Country’s Latest Currency

By Linda Mujuru
Zimbabwe

Pandora’s Lunchbox: How School Fees Embody the Chaos of Zimbabwe’s Currency System

By Evidence Chenjerai
Zimbabwe

Skyrocketing Fuel Prices Drain Taxi Industry

By Fortune Moyo
Zimbabwe

Robbers Prey on Mistrust of Financial System

By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa
Zimbabwe

‘Surrender’ Earnings? Businesses Fight Rule That Cuts Profits

By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa
Zimbabwe

Students Search for Jobs That Often No Longer Exist

By Fortune Moyo
Zimbabwe

How the Pandemic Reshaped the Way Zimbabweans Send Money

By Linda Mujuru
Zimbabwe

Local Government Services Crumble Amid Economic Woes

By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa
Zimbabwe

Workers in Informal Economy Shun Virus Lockdown Rules

By Linda Mujuru
Zimbabwe

Cotton Farmers Decry End of Cash Payments

By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa
Zimbabwe

Paying for Access: Even Public Services Have a Price

By Linda Mujuru
Zimbabwe

Students Return to Class, but Teachers Don’t

By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa
Zimbabwe

Retirees Watch Pensions Evaporate Amid Currency Chaos

By Linda Mujuru
Zimbabwe

Coronavirus Batters Fragile Livelihoods of Informal Laborers

By Fortune Moyo
Zimbabwe

Critics: Zimbabwe’s New Currency Auction Unfairly Favors Big Business

By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa
Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s Hyperinflation Threatens Beloved National Pastime

By Fortune Moyo
Zimbabwe

Coronavirus Dismantles Tourism, a Key Economic Driver

By Linda Mujuru
Zimbabwe

In Cash-Strapped Zimbabwe, Convenience of Mobile Money Comes at a Steep Cost

By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa
Zimbabwe

Prized Cattle Are Thinned, Butchered Amid Zimbabwe’s Economic and Climate Crises

By Fortune Moyo
Zimbabwe

The Alchemists: Concocting Currency in Search of Prosperity

By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa
Zimbabwe

To Combat Skyrocketing Prices, Zimbabweans are Making and Selling Goods From Home

By Fortune Moyo
Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s New Dollar Causes Chaos for Suppliers

By GPJ Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe

Recapping Zimbabwe’s Currency Crisis

By GPJ Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe: When the Value of Money Changes Daily, What Does it Cost to Live?

By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa
Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s Film Industry Hit Hard by Economic Troubles

By Linda Mujuru
Zimbabwe

After the Diamond Rush: Shoddy Housing, Few Jobs in Eastern Zimbabwe

By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa
Zimbabwe

As Bond Note Value Drops, Zimbabwean Money Clubs Watch Savings Disappear

By Fortune Moyo
Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s Ongoing Protests Are About More Than Just Fuel Prices

By Linda Mujuru
Zimbabwe

Greenhouse Farming Offers Lifeline for Zimbabwe’s Unemployed

By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa
Zimbabwe

Long Lines, High Prices, No Cash: Zimbabwe Crippled by Economic Reforms

By GPJ Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s Economic Crisis Is Changing How the Country Shops

By Fortune Moyo
Zimbabwe

Is there a ‘Local’ Dollar in Zimbabwe? Banks Say Yes

By Linda Mujuru
Zimbabwe

Insulin Prices Spike in Zimbabwe, as Cash Shortage Continues

By Linda Mujuru
Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s Economic Crisis Has Made Many Grandparents Primary Caregivers

By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa
Zimbabwe

With Election Days Away, Zimbabweans Hope New President Will Bring New Jobs

By Vimbai Chinembiri
Zimbabwe

Upcoming Elections a Major Test of Zimbabwe’s Readiness for Foreign Investment

By Kudzai Mazvarirwofa
Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s Elections Have Many New Parties, but Parties Have Little Money

By Sharon Munjenjema
Zimbabwe

Luxury-Train Stopover in Gwanda, Zimbabwe, Brings Tourists – and Their Money

By Vimbai Chinembiri
Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s Gold Rush: The Consequences of a Booming Industry

By GPJ Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe

Chinese-Owned Mining Companies Bring Work and Hazards to Zimbabwe

By Linda Mujuru
Zimbabwe

With Cash in Short Supply, Zimbabweans Turn to Smugglers for Basic Necessities

By Linda Mujuru
Zimbabwe

Gold Rush: The Promise of Chinese Money Spurs Zimbabweans To Dig

By Evidence Chenjerai
Zimbabwe

Homelessness, Drug Use Rising in Bulawayo Amid Broken Economy, Lack of State Support

By Linda Chinobva
Zimbabwe

Despite Opposition, Chinese Retailers Thrive in Zimbabwe’s Cash-Strapped Economy

By Fortune Moyo
Zimbabwe

In Cash-Strapped Zimbabwe, Some Churches Now Take Debit Cards

By Talent Gumpo
Zimbabwe

With Economy in Shambles, Zimbabwe’s Gold Miners Risk Mercury Poisoning for Payday

By Linda Mujuru
Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s Bride Price Tradition Distorted Into Moneymaking Venture in Current Economic Climate

By Fortune Moyo
Zimbabwe

Push for Debit Cards to Replace Cash Strains Small Businesses in Zimbabwe

By Evidence Chenjerai
Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s Economic Collapse Cited in Rise of Gender-Based Violence

By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa
Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean “Techpreneurs” Innovate Despite Economic Crisis and Local Challenges

By Lindelwe Mgodla
Zimbabwe

Amid High Unemployment, One Man Creates Wheelbarrow Cooperative To Employ Others

By Linda Chinobva
Zimbabwe

Easing of Import Ban on Secondhand Clothes Greeted as Zimbabwe’s Economy Struggles

By Talent Gumpo
Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Entrepreneurs Find Niches Despite Country’s Economic Crisis

By Kudzai Mazvarirwofa
Zimbabwe

Male Sex Workers Struggle In Zimbabwe’s Shifting Economy

By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa
Zimbabwe

In A Weak Economy, Traditional Healers In Zimbabwe Feel Boom and Bust

By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa
Zimbabwe

Unemployed Men in Zimbabwe Turn to Gambling to Earn Cash

By Lindelwe Mgodla
Zimbabwe

Invisible Children Beg, Sell on Zimbabwe’s Streets to Aid Families in Economic Turmoil

By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa
Zimbabwe

Forced into Street Vending, Zimbabwe’s Professional Class Struggles to Survive

By Kudzai Mazvarirwofa
Zimbabwe

Citizens React: Zimbabwe to Print $75M in Bond Notes in Response to Cash Shortages

By Linda Mujuru
Zimbabwe

Economic and AIDS Crises in Zimbabwe Force Elderly Women to Live in Poverty

By Chumile Jamela
Zimbabwe

Unemployment Drives Clash Over Vending Licenses in Zimbabwe

By Charlene P. Ambali
Zimbabwe

Students Struggle to Pay for University in Zimbabwe

By Charlene P. Ambali
Zimbabwe

As Economy Recovers, Sculpture Returns to Streets of Zimbabwe

By Geri-Leigh Diana

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