10 African countries with the highest diesel prices in March 2026: Zim ranked 3rd
While prices for Zimbabwe and Sierra Leone increased, the diesel price for Burundi remained the same, while Morocco, and Rwanda ousted Uganda, and Zambia from the list this month.
Zim’s gold trade hit by global tensions, soaring shipping costs
Zimbabwe and Ghana are both facing difficulties exporting gold due to disruptions in Middle Eastern trade routes.
Namibia intervenes to protect consumers as fuel prices rise
Namibia’s government will temporarily reduce fuel levies by 50% for at least three months until the end of June in a bid to protect consumers from higher pump prices as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran continues, the energy minister said on Friday.
Zim fuel prices rise again
In its latest March 2026 review, the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority set the maximum pump price of diesel at US$2.05 per litre and blend (petrol) at US$2.17 per litre, up from US$1.77 and US$1.71 respectively announced two weeks ago.
How the Middle East crisis creates opportunity
There are always opportunities is crisis,” says Faadil Moti, CEO of 80eight, a licensed treasury outsourced company (TOC) and financial services provider (FSP).
Aluminium surges on Middle East conflict supply fears
Copper gained 0.3% and zinc rose 0.9%, while iron ore climbed 0.7% to $99 a ton in Singapore. The dollar strengthened, a headwind for dollar-denominated commodities, said Bloomberg News.