Digital economy in Zimbabwe
Where the networks run, who is connected and how fast, who is building data centres, and where the tech markets are strongest.
People using the internet: Zimbabwe against SADC
People using the internet, people, latest year for each country. Click a bar for that country's digital economy page.
Zimbabwe's trade in digital economy goods since 2012
Exports and imports of the products in this pillar's subsectors, each product counted once, US$
Subsectors
11 in this pillarMobile networks in Zimbabwe
- Tracks
- Operators, subscriptions and share, data traffic, base stations by technology, revenue and investment, spectrum.
- Signals ahead
- Spectrum auctions, licence conditions, tower deals.
Select a figure for its trend. Source: CEPII BACI, dotzedw deals tracker.
Trade in detail
Zimbabwe exported US$544k and imported US$123m of mobile networks in 2024; exports up 19% on five years earlier, 0.2% of what SADC sells abroad.
Zimbabwe's main exports in this subsector, 2024
Zimbabwe's trade in mobile networks every year since 2012, by partner is part of the Individual plan
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What Zimbabwe sells abroad across digital economy
Zimbabwe's exports by subsector, 2024, US$, with its share of SADC's exports. A product can count in two subsectors.
Who is moving
Open in the deals tracker2 deals in the last 12 months involving Zimbabwe, placed in subsectors by what they say.
- 2026-10-10 · Zimbabwe · Venture capital · Announced · Online commerce and digital servicesZimbabwean Founders Raise $2m for Ocular AI, Selling Voice Data to the Frontier Labs
- 2026-06-30 · Zimbabwe · Development finance · Approved · Not yet placedAfrican Development Bank finances Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe Arrears Clearance Dialogue Enhancement Project (ZACDEP)
- 2024-12-20 · Zimbabwe · Development finance · Approved · Not yet placedAfrican Development Bank finances Zimbabwe - Skills for Youth and Women Employability and Productivity Project