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Energy & Infrastructure · 2022 Data

Zimbabwe's Power Distribution — A 2022 Snapshot

Mining and industrial took 49% of locally consumed power. 38.1% of homes had no energy source. 61.3% cooked with wood. The 13.9% exported wasn't surplus — it was a contractual obligation to NamPower. An interactive breakdown of where Zimbabwe's electricity went.

Digital Rights · Database

We mapped what Zimbabwe's banking apps collect about you — and who they share it with.

InnBucks links 7 data types to your identity. Some apps share location data with third-party advertisers. Most users have never seen this information in one place.

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Energy & Infrastructure · 2022 Data
Zimbabwe's Power Distribution — A 2022 Snapshot

Mining and industrial took 49% of locally consumed power. 38.1% of homes had no energy source. 61.3% cooked with wood. An interactive Sankey of where the electricity went.

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Zimbabwe's Most Profitable Insurance Failure — Designed To Lapse

Five years of IPEC data on EcoSure: how a product used by over a million policyholders was built to profit from the people who left without claiming.

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The $2 ONT Fee That Quietly Became an $11 Million Question

Liquid Home charges a monthly modem insurance fee that most subscribers never agreed to. We calculated what that adds up to across their entire subscriber base.

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Privacy Health — Which Zimbabwean Banking Apps Collect the Most Data?

A database of Zimbabwean banking and fintech apps rated by data collection practices — what they take, what they share, and who's watching.

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Zimbabwe 2025 Budget Review
Zimbabwe 2025 national budget allocation chart

A quick look at the 2025 Budget allocations : Zimbabwe

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Data Rights & Breach Law · June 3, 2026
EcoCash's X Account Was Hacked for 7 Hours. Here's What the Law Says Should Happen Next.

A live compliance clock tracking Zimbabwe's mandatory breach notification window — 24-hour POTRAZ deadline already passed with no confirmed action.

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