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Minister of Energy and Power Development Hon July Moyo : Images William Muchingamiri/Marcus Chimudzi By Dickson Bandera VICTORIA FALLS – Zimbabwe’s Minister of Energy and Power Development, Honourable July Moyo, has called for urgent regulatory reforms and improved energy efficiency across the SADC region, warning that weak and poor data are undermining progress toward energy…
By Dickson Bandera CAPE TOWN, South Africa — All eyes turn to Cape Town next week as Africa’s most influential mining investment platform, Mining Indaba 2026, opens its doors, bringing together global investors, policymakers, mining executives and development financiers — with Zimbabwe firmly in the mix. The annual Indaba, widely regarded as the continent’s foremost…
Ambassador Kwame Muzawazi INSTAK CEO By Dickson Bandera The Institute of African Knowledge (INSTAK) will mark Black History Month 2026 with two major national events, the launch of a continental civilisation exhibition and the official opening of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe Museum, as Zimbabwe joins the global commemoration of 100 years of Black History Month….
By Dickson Bandera Nigeria has strengthened its capacity to detect and curb illicit financial flows linked to trade mis-invoicing following a five-day training programme conducted with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), officials said on Friday. The workshop, held in Abuja from Jan. 19–23, focused on improving the use of customs and trade…
Angola Former Vice President watering the Angola Solidarity Tree at the Liberation Museum. By Brenda Mazhambe and William Muchingamiri Angola’s former Vice President, H.E. Bornito de Sousa, this Saturday, paid a courtesy visit to Liberation City, a flagship Pan-African heritage and education site, where he commended the depth of work underway and the notable progress…
Coup plotters made their announcement on the National Television station By Dickson Bandera Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Sunday praised the swift and “gallant” response of the Nigerian Armed Forces after they intervened to help the Government of Benin Republic repel an attempted military coup that threatened the country’s 35-year-old democracy. Coup plotters reportedly…
By Dickson Bandera Nigerian billionaire and Africa’s richest man, Mr Aliko Dangote, has arrived in Zimbabwe for high-level discussions aimed at exploring investment opportunities in key sectors of the economy. His visit marks his third time coming to Zimbabwe, following his initial trip in 2015 and 2018 when he expressed interest in venturing into cement…
By Dickson Bandera ADDIS ABABA — The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) will jointly host the Sixth Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA) from 10 to 14 November 2025 at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in…
By Dickson Bandera Five former African presidents have been appointed to lead a new African Union-backed DRC peace process, uniting regional efforts to end decades of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The move follows a high-level Joint EAC-SADC Summit held in Nairobi, Kenya, on August 1, co-chaired by Kenyan President…
By Dickson Bandera Leading media executives from across Africa will convene this Thursday for the Africa Media Revenue Summit, an event focused on tackling one of the industry’s biggest challenges: how to monetise the continent’s young, mobile-first audiences amid declining traditional advertising revenue. With Africa boasting one of the world’s youngest and most digitally connected…