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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved $50 million framework financing for small-scale renewable energy projects in Zambia.
President Muhammadu Buhari pledged the commitment of his administration to revive the ‘good old days’ when the cotton and textile industry employed hundreds of thousands of Nigerians.
Fuel shortages that have dogged the economy since last year, are now posing a threat to the mining sector and small-scale miners have called on the Government to act decisively to avert the negative effects. The mining sector is Zimbabwe’s largest foreign currency earner led by g...
Imports of secondhand clothes, popularly known as mitumba, almost doubled between July and September 2018 after Treasury reduced the duty on the products.
It is reported that by 2021, China's wine consumption will increase by more than a third, reaching $23 billion. By then, it will reach 192 million cases, an increase of nearly 30%.
Botswana headquartered group Hangana Private Limited plans to establish a diamond cutting and polishing centre in Bulawayo as part of its long-term investment in Zimbabwe.
Fertiliser imports dropped by 50 per cent in the last two quarters signalling lower production in the agricultural sector.
Tanzania recently announced that it is now issuing permits to traders to import sugar from Uganda as the country is hit by a 290,000-tonne shortage.
The United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has predicted that Africa would need a whopping 7 billion U.S. dollars for its rice imports annually by 2020.