Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (General Investments) (Amendment) Regulations, 2026 (No. 1)
ZIDA's investment licence fees are re-set: US$500 to apply, US$4,000 on issue, US$3,000 to renew, amend or replace a licence — foreign investors pay in US dollars, local investors the equivalent in ZWL at the interbank rate.
The fee schedule for general investment licences under the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency Act has been replaced in full. Applying for an investment licence costs US$500, and the licence itself costs US$4,000 once approved.
The schedule sets those amounts for foreign investors and requires local investors to pay the equivalent in Zimbabwe dollars at the interbank rate of exchange — so the cost is the same in real terms, and only the currency of payment differs.
Renewing an investment licence is US$3,000, as is applying to alter or amend one, or to replace a lost licence. Requesting information on file or inspecting the Investment Register costs US$100.
The schedule as printed sets out the amounts across a ZWL column and a US dollar column, and the correspondence between the two is not spelled out for every line; the local-investor entries are the ones that state the interbank conversion expressly. Nothing in the instrument states when the new fees commence beyond its gazetting on 6 February 2026.
What changed
- Investment licence application fee set at US$500
- Issuance of an investment licence on approval set at US$4,000
- Renewal of an investment licence set at US$3,000
- Alteration or amendment of a licence set at US$3,000
- Replacement of a lost licence set at US$3,000
- Request for information on file or inspection of the Investment Register set at US$100
- Local investors pay the ZWL equivalent at the interbank rate; the Second Schedule to SI 227 of 2023 is replaced in full
Who this affects
- foreign investors applying for a ZIDA investment licence
- local investors applying for or renewing an investment licence
- existing licence holders due for renewal or amendment
- corporate advisers and law firms filing ZIDA applications
Plain-language summary — not legal advice. Always read the full instrument.