Details of the Zambian Government’s 2017 budget have recently emerged with the Minister of Finance stating that “turning the economy around requires that we make hard choices and implement difficult reforms”.
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Zambia has been battling the problem of maize smuggling to neighboring countries following a high demand for the commodity. Zambia is among the few countries with surplus maize following poor rains experienced in the 2015/2016 season in southern Africa.
Curro Holdings has acquired a stake in BA Isago University, which has campuses in Gaborone, Maun and Francistown.
Air Botswana has indefinitely ceased operating flights between Gaborone and Lusaka, as well as Harare. Air Botswana public relations officer Thabiso Leshoai said the Gaborone-Lusaka flights were terminated on November 13 and Gaborone-Harare flights on November 12. The decision comes as part of a route rationalisation exercise to reduce operational costs on non-profitable routes. The airline will also reduce frequencies on the Gaborone-Kasane route, suspending the Monday flight. This leaves six weekly frequencies.
The role of central banks is so important now that, inevitably, they are being dragged into political controversy, albeit for different reasons.
The Zimbabwean government, the country’s main employer, will cut 25,000 jobs as a desperate measure to save what’s left in state coffers. Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa announced the job cuts and other cost-cutting measures, according to a Sept. 9 report by the state-run Herald Newspaper.
Buganda kingdom has partnered with the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) to promote investment in the populous sub-region.
Uganda’s main opposition figure hopes the state does decide to bring him to trial for treason after he was arrested nearly four months ago, as it would give him a platform to challenge February’s presidential election result, he said on Friday.
Gabon opposition leader Jean Ping has lodged a challenge with…
Donald Trump Jr. said Wednesday that all undocumented immigrants will have to leave the country if his father is elected, seemingly contradicting his father’s suggestion earlier this week that some would be able to stay.
