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Zambia records increase in trade volumes

(4 minutes read) ·        The Zambian economy has  posted an increase in cumulative trade volumes by about 83% in 2021 compared to...

Mali’s still in political turmoil: military junta claims civilian government violated charter

(4minutes) ·        Police vehicles patrolled the streets of Bamako, Mali's capital yesterday (Tuesday) in a show of strength, which also conveyed the...

Vodacom contemplates part sale of M-Pesa stake

Chief executive Shameel Joosub of Vodacom Group disclosed at an investor briefing this week that the company is contemplating selling part of its...

S&P rates ‘BB’ for South Africa’s long term foreign and local currency debt ratings

Credit rating agencies Standard & Poor (S&P) and Fitch's recent assessment of South Africa's investment grading has put South Africa's long term foreign...

Global warming level a threat to develop Mozambique’s gas fields

The recently published International Energy Agency (IEA) report has pointed out that Mozambique's gas fields cannot be developed if global warming is to...

Plea to China Non Ferrous Metal Company to reopen Zambia mines

·       It is reported that the China Non-Ferrous Metal Company (CNMC) Luanshya Copper Mines (LCM), is exploring the reopening of Shaft 28 and Lufubu mines in...

Lesotho to continue its ban on poultry products imports

The highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) broke out last month in South Africa’s Gauteng commercial chicken farm and later spread to other parts...

ReconAfrica strikes massive oil field in northern Namibia

Canadian company ReconAfrica has reported that it has struck a massive oil field in northern Namibia, one of the biggest onshore finds in...

Mozambique to focus on aquaculture to raise incomes of people

(3 minutes read) ·        The Mozambican Minister of the Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries, Augusta Maita, said that the Southern African Development...

World Bank aid to Mozambique

 (3 minutes read) ·        The World Bank approved recently a US$100 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA) in support of...

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