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Zimbabwe is spending millions of dollars on importing products that it should ordinarily manufacture locally or simply do without, latest figures from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) have revealed.

According to the Ethiopian Investment Commission, Ethiopia announced plans to build four industrial parks by the end of the year.

The Coordinator of the Farmers' Union Network of Liberia, Julius Bass, called on the government to give priority to agriculture and diversify its economy to ensure its revitalization and growth and to provide food for the people.

Representatives from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Liberia and the African Development Bank recently held a meeting in Monrovia to discuss the Asian Development Bank's strategy for promoting agricultural transformation in Africa.

Deep structural reforms such as transparency in the mining sector and respect for property rights could improve Zimbabwe's business climate, attract private investment and see the return of skilled labour, the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has said.

The British government plans to provided £100 million to help hundreds of thousands of people in sub-Saharan Africa get access to electricity.

Justice and Economic forecast by Standard Chartered Bank indicates that Uganda’s economy is bound to grow at a higher rate propelled by government investment in infrastructure.

Botswana is a landlocked country located in southern Africa, bordering Namibia, the Republic of South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia.

The value of Kenya's imports from neighbouring countries jumped by 42.64 per cent in nine months through September amid flat growth in exports, fresh official statistics show, hurting job opportunities for the youth.