October 25, 2016/Reuters

Zimbabwe expects economic growth to quicken to 4.8 percent in 2017 from 1.2 percent this year on improved agriculture production and higher global commodity prices, the Treasury said in a budget strategy document.

“Preliminary growth projections for 2017 are at 4.8 percent,” the document said.

(Reporting by MacDonald Dzirutwe; Editing by Ed Cropley)