Zim, Malawi bolster ties
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday urged SADC countries to harness natural resources abundant in the region so as to improve the lives of their citizens through production and productivity. Speaking at a … Read More
Category: Africa
Illicit flows dwarf Africa’s resources
Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) continue to weaken Africa’s resource mobilisation efforts, with crippling impact on country-level development, at a time when the continent is battling the disruptive economic effect of … Read More
Zimbabwe, Zambia reaffirm commitment to Batoka project
THE Council of Ministers of the Zambezi River Authority, the supreme bilateral body for the management of the Zambezi River and ancillary infrastructure, has expressed satisfaction with the progress on … Read More
‘Africa remains prime investment destination’
DESPITE the disruptive economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Africa is still a prime investment destination. Regional economic experts affirmed this position during a recent African Development Bank (AfDB) webinar … Read More
‘Infrastructure development will unlock region’s potential’
THERE is an urgent need to beef up energy infrastructure development within the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) — Indian Ocean bloc so as to unlock the … Read More
Sadc develops regional blue-print to tap into gas energy
THE Southern African Development Community (Sadc) is developing a Regional Gas Master Plan aimed at harnessing economic opportunities from the vast natural gas deposits that have recently been discovered in … Read More
AfCFTA expected to increase intra-Africa trade by 60 percent
ZIMBABWE’s private sector and its regional peers have been called upon to take advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to increase intra-Africa trade. The historic free trade … Read More
AfDB commends Government reforms
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has commended Government’s efforts in implementing the ongoing reforms under the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) aimed at turning around the economy. Zimbabwe launched the TSP, … Read More
Masisi signs off 1bn pula facility
Botswana President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi has confirmed the 1 billion pula Botswana credit facility that will be channelled towards Zimbabwe’s private sector. Fielding questions from journalists at the close of … Read More
Comesa reviews infrastructure programmes
Infrastructure experts from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa Member States are meeting in Zambia to review the status of domestication and implementation of programmes in transport and … Read More
