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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
When Moustapha Dieng came down with stomach pains one day last month he did the sensible thing and went to a doctor in his hometown of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital…. Read more »
Zimbabwe will with effect from today start drawing down on a $250 million line of credit facility from a United Kingdom-based firm, Gemcorp Capital, an international independent investment fund management… Read more »
The Zimbabwean government on Tuesday embarked on a charm offensive to woo investors in South Africa during the country’s “Zimbabwe is open for business” summit held in Johannesburg. Hosted by… Read more »
Government should negotiate a rescue liquidity package from the region, particularly South Africa, to buttress economic stabilisation efforts and steer business growth, economic analysts have said. Contributing during a discussion… Read more »
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) said yesterday they have joined hands to mobilise $100 million over the next five years to… Read more »
