Gideon Gono retreated on Zimdollar after heated meeting »

From The Zimbabwean – By Gift Phiri, 30th November 2009
HARARE — Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono only agreed to change his position on bring back the Zimbabwe dollar after a stormy meeting last week with President Robert Mugabe and Finance Minister Tendai Biti, according to sources.
In an embarrassing climb-down, Gono now says [...]

For brave investors, Zimbabwe could be the ultimate turnaround story »

From The Telegraph – By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard. 8th November 2009
For brave investors, Zimbabwe could be the ultimate turnaround story When the Movement for Democratic Change took over Zimbabwe’s economy earlier this year, there was not much left to run. Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF regime had carried out the most comprehensive destruction of a productive system [...]

Improbable research: the hundred trillion dollar book »

From The Guardian by Marc Abrahams, 13th October 2009

The governor of Zimbabwe’s Reserve Bank hints at the consequences of criticising the government

Gideon Gono, author of the new book Zimbabwe’s Casino Economy – Extraordinary Measures for Extraordinary Challenges, displays a rare, perhaps unique, kind of scholarly reserve. He is a scholar with a PhD from Atlantic [...]

Zimbabwe bank chief rejects blame for ‘killing’ economy »

From AFP – By Godfrey Marawanyika, 10th October 2009
HARARE — Zimbabwe’s Reserve Bank chief Gideon Gono, who presided over the collapse of the local currency, insisted he was not to blame for “killing” the nation’s economy, in an interview with AFP.
He again rejected calls for his resignation after President Robert Mugabe’s unilateral decision to appoint [...]

Gideon Gono In Surprise Walkabout Stunt »

From Radio VOP – 7th October 2009

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono on Tuesday took a surprise stroll in Harare streets, but not many people were fascinated by the stunt.
In an apparent show of mantra, Gono walked from parliament building along Kwame Nkrumah Avenue just after attending the official opening of a new [...]

Congratulations Gideon Gono »

From The Guardian -By Ian Sample, 2nd October 2009
Gideon Gono, governor of Zimbabwe’s Reserve Bank, has been awarded the Ig Nobel prize for Mathematics.
The annual Ig Nobel awards ceremony is the second most important event on the scientific calendar. The Ig Nobels, or Igs, are an annual exercise in irreverence that celebrate research that “cannot, [...]