Africa agrees to trade under AfCFTA
African countries have agreed to start trading on the basis of the rules and protocols established under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on January 1, 2021. The agreement … Read More
Category: Africa
Zim, SA to deepen trade ties
South Africa wants to scale up trade and economic cooperation with Zimbabwe following the proclamation to advance the economic growth promised by President Mnangagwa and President Cyril Ramaphosa when they … Read More
Malawi seeks to boost economic relations
Zimbabwe and Malawi are shifting their excellent political ties to focus towards bolstering their economic and trade relations, as both nations aim at helping transform the SADC region into an … Read More
Zim targets AfCFTA market opportunities
Zimbabwe is scaling up efforts to take a strategic position in the exploitation of the 1,2 billion people African market that is set to be created by the African Continental … Read More
SA’s Musina SEZ counts on Zim for resources
South Africa will look to Zimbabwe for resources for its proposed Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and this might include transfer of water from dams such as Zhove Dam and … Read More
Botswana lifts cross border travel restrictions
Botswana announced yesterday that it is re-opening some of its borders to passenger traffic from December 1. This comes a few weeks after Zimbabwe’s Cabinet approved the gradual re-opening of … Read More
Experts discuss AfCFTA
With Covid-19 having forced postponement of the launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the continent’s thinkers met this week to discuss its coming implementation. Trading under the … Read More
Migratory locusts threaten Sadc food security
Members of Parliament from the SADC Region are calling for a concerted regional effort to prevent African Migratory Locusts (AML) exacerbating an already dire food security situation, amid reports that … Read More
Zim’s October m/m inflation rate marginally up at 4.37%
Harare-The month on month inflation rate in October 2020 was 4.37 percent gaining 0.54 percentage points on the September 2020 rate of 3.83 percent. The year on year inflation rate … Read More
Product diversity critical for regional trade — Comesa
INTRA-regional trade is being weakened by the lack of product diversity as most states within the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) and whole of Africa are almost … Read More
