Investments & Projects

HARARE, April 21 (The Source) – Zimbabwe’s Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appealed to the private sector to invest in the country’s irrigation infrastructure to improve maize production

China began to increase significantly its investment in Africa at a time when Western companies, including those in the United States, were drawing back from Africa. China took advantage of opportunities and, to some extent, filled a void left by the West.

Megaprojects like these are deeply important for solving sub-Saharan Africa’s colossal energy access challenges at the pace governments there want. But they are not the complete answer. They are often expensive, take years to build and can’t reach everyone

South Africa's government last week urged the private sector to take a bigger role in billions of dollars worth of planned public works and the opening of the country's energy sector, weeks after scaling back its own planned spending due to slumping oil prices.

Tata Housing plans to raise $200 million through private equity to fund the overseas operations in Kenya and Tanzania.

Mwanza — The Misungwi District Council has set aside 2,400 hectares of land in the area for industrial investment which includes the establishment of 'Export Processing Zone (EPZ).

Aïn Defla is struggling to fulfill this mission, due in particular to shortcomings in investment in niche markets with high added value.

Chinese oil firm CNOOC has expressed interest in the Ugandan oilfields that its partners Tullow Oil and Total had agreed to transfer in a $900 million deal.

The project to safeguard the plain of Saiss will provide a regularized supply of irrigation water from the surface (dam M'dez) in order to substitute a large part of the samples for agricultural use.