Zim not yet ready for full AfCFTA
Zimbabwe should ramp up value addition and beneficiation of its products so that the country can benefit from the full implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) once… Read more »
Category: Africa
Ethiopia industry inspires ED. . .President desires same for Zim
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa and his delegation had an eye-opening tour of Ethiopia’s multi-million dollar industrial parks on the outskirts of Addis Ababa yesterday and vowed this was the path Zimbabwe must… Read more »
Zim, 3 others seek lifting of ivory trade ban
Zimbabwe, together with Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, have applied again to Cites, the global watchdog for endangered animal species, to have a ban on the commercial trade of their… Read more »
‘Zimbabwe returning to domestic currency’. . . Country used US$300 million to import USDs annually . . . Minister rules out introduction of South African Rand
Zimbabwe will reintroduce domestic currency only when conditions are ripe and critical economic fundamentals are in place since using the US dollar as an anchor currency is now unsustainable, according… Read more »
Zambia remains Zim top export destination
ZAMBIA remains Zimbabwe’s top export destination with 26 percent of the local manufacturing companies exporting value-added products to the neighbouring country, official data shows. In the 2018 manufacturing sector report… Read more »
Zim may lose out on Chinese funds
China, a comprehensive strategic partner of Zimbabwe, feels its debt stricken ally has moved slowly towards seizing funding opportunities Beijing pledged at this year’s Forum for China-Africa Co-operation (FOCAC) amounting… Read more »
Africa predicted to be the world’s second-fastest growing region in 2020
The International Monetary Fund predicts that Africa will be the world’s second-fastest growing region in the period to 2020. This ensures that the continent will remain squarely on the radar… Read more »
From land-locked to land-linked economy
This week I share my thoughts on changing Zimbabwe from being a land-locked country into a land-linked economy. This subject, among other things, addresses country and regional infrastructural assets and… Read more »
Why ‘Blue Economy’ matters to Africa
In Kenya, the big economic talk is about something called “Blue Economy” conference that started in Nairobi yesterday. The term “Blue Economy” sounds exotic, elitist, and maybe romantic in part… Read more »
Comesa–EU sign €48m trade facilitation programme
THE Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) and the European Union have signed a €48,3 million trade facilitation programme aimed at deepening regional integration, improving inclusive regional economic… Read more »