Zimbabwe's central bank launched a new "structured currency" backed by gold on Friday, as it seeks to tackle sky-high inflation and stabilise the country's long-floundering economy. The ZiG ...

Zimbabwe has introduced a new gold-backed currency called ZiG - the name stands for "Zimbabwe Gold". It is the latest attempt to stabilise an economy that has lurched from crisis to crisis for the ...

Less than six months after Zimbabwe launched yet another new currency, it was forced to devalue it, signalling new challenges for the Southern African country’s efforts to stand up a local ...

Inflation-hit Zimbabwe has a new currency — again. Last week, the country's central bank introduced a new gold-backed currency called Zimbabwe Gold, or ZiG, in an attempt to tame price gains ...

The new banknotes come in denominations from 1 to 200 Zimbabwe has introduced a new gold-backed currency called ZiG - the name stands for "Zimbabwe Gold". It is the latest attempt to stabilise an ...

A looming American debt default is a favourite; the supposed launch of a gold-backed currency by China and Russia is a new and even more fantastical forecast. But today there are more people ...

It's only been six months but it appears as if Zimbabwe's latest currency experiment is at risk of failure. Almost half the value of the ZiG, short for Zimbabwe Gold, has been wiped out since its ...

Zimbabwe's central bank has devalued its gold-backed currency by over 40% against the US dollar, indicating that the last ditch effort to stabilise the country's volatile economy, is in trouble.

Fiat money is a government-issued currency that is not backed by a physical commodity, such as gold or silver, but rather by the government that issued it. The value of fiat money is derived from ...

EMOTIONS aside, allow me to analyse the good, the bad and the in-between of the country’s domestic currency, the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG). The ZiG was introduced, as a structured currency, in April 2024.