In an interview, the executive director of AEDS, Professor Gift Mugano, said maintaining an ongoing dialogue among key stakeholders was essential to ensuring lasting economic stability. “We feel that it is very important for us to continue these conversations on how we can continue to guarantee durable stability,” Prof Mugano said.
Business Reporter
ZIMBABWEAN thinktank, Africa Economic Development Studies, will host the Mid-Term Economic Review and High-Level Policy Dialogue next week, bringing together top Government officials, monetary authorities and business leaders to dissect Zimbabwe’s economic resilience amid global volatility.
Despite a bruising cocktail of external pressures — including fluctuating commodity prices and global supply chain disruptions stemming from geopolitical tensions — Zimbabwe’s inflation has defied grim market predictions by remaining firmly in the single digits.
In an interview, the executive director of AEDS, Professor Gift Mugano, said maintaining an ongoing dialogue among key stakeholders was essential to ensuring lasting economic stability.
“We feel that it is very important for us to continue these conversations on how we can continue to guarantee durable stability,” Prof Mugano said.
Key speakers at the event include the Minister of Industry and Commerce, Mangaliso Ndlovu, Minister of Mines and Mining Development Polite Kambamura, Permanent Secretary for Lands, Agriculture, Permanent secretary in the Ministry Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Professor Obert Jiri, his Finance, Economic Development, and Investment Promotion counterpart, Mr George Guvamatanga and Mutapa Investment Fund chief executive officer, Dr John Mangudya will attend the event alongside other senior Government officials and business leaders.
The dialogue will also serve as a platform to launch AEDS’s flagship economic report, the Zimbabwe Economic Pulse, a quarterly investment promotion magazine which showcases high-potential opportunities across Zimbabwe’s key sectors.
Prof Mugano noted the summit arrives at a unique moment, praising Zimbabwe’s remarkable ability to withstand a “double tragedy” of overlapping global crises.
He pointed out that despite the Russia-Ukraine war, the Israel-Gaza conflict and tensions between the US, Israel and Iran, which are driving up global food and fuel costs, the local economy has held firm.
“Market watchers were expecting that Zimbabwe might see inflation again rising rapidly into double digit but we are refreshed to see that inflation has remained below 5 percent from January 2026 to date.
“So, we are getting into this Mid-Term Economic Review, this refreshing news and we hope that continues to sustain that,” said Prof Mugano.
Prof Mugano explained that a key session of the dialogue will focus heavily on structural transformation.
He emphasised that the country must capitalise on its current economic stability by boosting domestic production, a goal he notes will be heavily driven by strategic industrial policies and targeted structural interventions.
Prof Mugano highlighted that Mutapa Investment Fund chief executive Dr John Mangudya will outline the sovereign wealth fund’s strategic interventions, describing the fund as an economic “game-changer” central to Zimbabwe’s transformation matrix.
“As a think tank, our view is to chart the outlook for the remaining part of the year, the next six months,” said Dr Mugano.
“It is very critical for business because this is the time again they also review their budgets, review their strategies and we are creating a platform where they can get incisive information about the state of the economy, which is critical for them to inform their strategy as an industry,” said Prof Mugano.-herald
