Africa’s flight connectivity nightmare hinder economic progress

Africa’s flight connectivity problems calls for African governments to create direct flight links between and among each other in order to enhance economic development through easy movement of cargo and passengers, Zimbabwe's Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Development, Dr Joram Gumbo, has said. ...Read More

African stocks slowly rebounding as economic activity improves.

African stocks appear to be rallying on a slow pace after weeks of encountering loses. ...Read More

COMESA launches a women empowerment project in Zim

COMESA has launched the women economic empowerment initiative called the 50 Million African Women Speak (50MWS) project in Zimbabwe. ...Read More

Poorer countries threatened by food import bill

Windhoek - The world food import bill, global research shows, has broadly tripled since 2000 to reach US$1.43 trillion in 2017 while it has risen around fivefold for countries that are the most vulnerable to food shortages, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) latest findings. ...Read More

AfDB establishes Tonia Kandiero Prize for Excellence in Leadership

The African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Akinwumi Adesina, has instituted a special prize for excellence in leadership in memory of Tonia Kandiero, late Director General of the Bank’s Southern Africa Regional Development and Business Delivery Office (d. June 28, 2017). ...Read More