President Emmerson Mnangagwa during his address in New York at the Zimbabwe Business Forum By Dickson Bandera NEW YORK — Zimbabwe is positioning the Masuwe Special Economic Zone as part of a broader strategy to strengthen Victoria Falls as a tourism, business and investment destination, as the country takes its tourism and investment proposition to…
By Dickson Bandera HARARE — Rainbow Tourism Group (RTG) has secured two major recognitions at the 2026 Association of Zimbabwe Travel Agents (AZTA) Awards, with the Harare International Convention Centre (HICC) taking the top prize for conferencing and Rainbow Towers Hotel finishing as first runner-up in the Best City Hotel category. The awards come after…
By Dickson Bandera VICTORIA FALLS — For 28 consecutive years, Victoria Falls Safari Lodge has been recognised for excellence by the Association of Zimbabwe Travel Agents (AZTA), extending one of the longest-running award records in Zimbabwe’s tourism industry. The latest recognition came at the 2026 AZTA Awards on 19 September, when the lodge was again…
By Dickson Bandera MASVINGO — A new chapter is opening for one of Masvingo’s established nature destinations following the commissioning of more than US$150,000 worth of tourism infrastructure at Kyle Recreational Park, strengthening the facilities available to visitors exploring the Lake Mutirikwi area. Environment, Climate and Wildlife Minister Hon Evelyn Ndlovu officially commissioned the projects,…
Zimbabwe’s Tourism Minister Hon Barbara Rwodzi poses for a photo with CNN officials in New York recently on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly By Dickson Bandera Zimbabwe is seeking to turn international attention on its tourism sector into greater destination visibility, tourist arrivals and investment through a proposed strategic media partnership with…
Fine & Country Zimbabwe chief executive officer Karen Nyenga By Dickson Bandera HARARE — Fine & Country Zimbabwe on Friday launched an eight-week property programme aimed at helping Zimbabweans at home and abroad better understand the processes, costs and professional services involved in buying, developing and investing in property. Buying property remains a major aspiration…
By Dickson Bandera The United Kingdom has injected an additional £500,000 into Zimbabwe’s drought preparedness programme, targeting more than 97,000 people in five districts considered vulnerable to the anticipated effects of El Niño. The additional funding from the British Embassy in Harare brings the United Kingdom’s total contribution to START Ready’s anticipatory drought response in…
HARARE — The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is in the advanced stages of constructing its Southern Africa Regional Office, the Afreximbank African Trade Centre Harare (AATC), a major mixed-use development expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2027. The centre is being built at the corner of Chitepo Avenue and 7th Street in…
