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Long-form interviews and features with Zimbabwe's distinguished industry leaders.

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“The trader in the market has been running a profitable business for twenty years. We were the ones who could not see it.”

Chipo Mutasa, Group Chief Executive, Imba Capital Bank

Chipo Mutasa: "Banking the next ten million is a trust problem, not a technology problem"

The Group Chief Executive of Imba Capital Bank on mobile credit, partnering with startups, and what a bank owes the informal economy.

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Long read

The inheritors: how Zimbabwe's family businesses are handing over to the next generation

Many of the country's most important private companies were built by one founder. What happens next will shape the private sector for decades.

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Interview

Farai Dube on building fintech for people who have never trusted a bank

The Nyanga Digital co-founder explains why his company started with bookkeeping, not loans.

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Interview

Rumbidzai Nhema: "We are not trying to fill more beds"

The Zambezi Crest managing director on eco-lodges, conference travel and training the next generation of hospitality talent.

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