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Zambia signs $300m joint venture to electrify Lobito Corridor
African Business
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August 21, 2025
Zambia’s national electricity utility, ZESCO, has established a $300m joint venture with Anzana Electric Group to provide first-time grid connections for nearly two million Zambians along the Lobito Corridor by 2030. The joint venture is the...
Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana launch agricultural value chain
New Business Ethiopia
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August 25, 2025
The new initiative that focuses on Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana to boost intra-regional trade in agricultural goods and aimed at advancing the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is launched this week. The Economic...
CEC Partners with LuSE as Gold Sponsor for Inaugural Zambia Capital Markets Conference and Awards 2025
Zambian Observer
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August 25, 2025
*CEC Partners with LuSE as Gold Sponsor for Inaugural Zambia Capital Markets Conference and Awards 2025* The Copperbelt Energy Corporation Plc (CEC) has partnered with the Lusaka Securities Exchange (LuSE) as a gold sponsor of the inaugural Zambia...
I AM EXTREMELY IMPRESSED WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF FRA IN THE 2024/25 CROP MARKETING SEASON- AGRICULTURE MINISTER
Zambian Observer
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August 25, 2025
I AM EXTREMELY IMPRESSED WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF FRA IN THE 2024/25 CROP MARKETING SEASON- AGRICULTURE MINISTER By: Sun FM TV Reporter Minister of Agriculture Reuben Mtolo Phiri has expressed delight with the performance of the Food Reserve Agency...
AUC, ECOWAS and ECA launch initiative to strengthen cross-border agricultural value chains between Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana
Ghana Business News
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August 25, 2025
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in close collaboration with the ECOWAS Commission and partners, has launched a project to strengthen Member State capacity to develop Regional Agricultural Value Chains (RAVCs), applying the African Union...
How smart farming helps Zambian communities adapt to drought
D+C Development and Cooperation
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Knowledge and community are tools for resilience One response to these challenges is the Emerging Farmers Initiative (EFI), a grassroots programme operating in the nearby Monze District. EFI focuses on training women and young people in...
Invisible threads: Hidden networks driving the future of mining
Canadian Mining Journal
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September 1, 2025
In 2025, the foundations of mining are shifting away from purely mechanical and geological concerns toward something far more connected: the ability to move information instantly and reliably across every part of an operation. Communication...
Fresh carnage batters textile industry
The Standard
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Edgars Stores Limited chief executive officer Sevious Mushosho noted that smuggled clothes had taken a big share of the clothing retail market. Zimbabwe’s textile industry, already battered by years of competition from a booming second-hand...
Zambia eyes mining surge as $1.25bn Kansanshi boost kicks in
ESI Africa
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August 20, 2025
In what has been described as a pivotal moment for the mining sector in Zambia and for its economic recovery, the country’s President Hakainde Hichilema has officially commissioned the S3 Expansion Project at Kansanshi Mining PLC, a subsidiary of...
Minerals Regulation Commission will deal with illegal mining – Govt
News Diggers
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August 25, 2025
MINISTRY of Mines and Minerals Development Permanent Secretary Dr Hapenga Kabeta says the establishment of the Minerals Regulation Commission will help to curb illegal mining. Recently, the Mines Workers Union of Zambia called for tightened...
Zambia and Qatar Historic $19 Billion Partnership to Build 1.5 Million Homes
Open Zambia
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The government has secured one of the largest bilateral investment commitments in its history after signing an ambitious $19 billion memorandum of understanding with Qatar, with plans to construct 1.5 million affordable housing units as a...
Why Anil Ambani group stocks, YES Bank, M&M, NTPC Green Energy, RailTel, Akums, Coal India, among others, will see market attention on Monday, August 25, 2025?
The Hindu Business Line
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August 25, 2025
Vigilante superhero Batman has the reputation of being fast and true to that ethos, Mahindra & Mahindra’s elect BE 6 Batman Edition, consisting of 999 units, was sold out within 135 seconds of the booking opening. The model was initially limited...
Missing in storytelling: International fests shun films from Africa and Global South
Lusaka Times
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September 2, 2025
By Shoks Mnisi Mzolo With Africa’s biggest film fest in Durban now a distant memory, some of the globe’s finest creatives may be seen in Venice. Amal Clooney, Idris Elba, Kanayo O. Kanayo, Lalisa Manobal, Maryam Touzani and Walter Moreira Salles...
Govt slow in dealing with mining pollution – Nakacinda
News Diggers
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August 25, 2025
PF faction Secretary General Raphael Nakacinda says the geopolitics in pollution has been invited by the inconsistencies of how the UPND government has been relating with the outside world. Meanwhile Nakacinda has attributed the slowness of...
Zimbabwe’s premier agricultural show kicks off with over 500 exhibitors
New Zimbabwe
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August 25, 2025
By Staff Reporter THE country’s premier agricultural exhibition, Zimbabwe Agricultural Show (ZAS), kicks off in Harare today, August 25, amid a surge in the number of exhibitors. This year’s showcase is the 115th edition of the annual event, which...
Vedanta’s US$2.2Bn Konkola Copper Mines Valuation Called 'Hollow' by Viceroy Research
Moneylife India
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US-based short seller Viceroy Research LLP has issued a scathing report on Vedanta Resources Ltd’s (VRL) valuation of its Zambian subsidiary Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), describing the asset as distressed, loss-making and vastly overstated....
Zambia’s Industrial Awakening
Lusaka Times
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August 20, 2025
Zambia’s Industrial Awakening By Kelvin Phiri For decades, Zambia was typecast as a resource economy a nation rich in copper yet trapped by its dependency on exporting raw ore. Factories once thrived but later shuttered, and communities suffered...
KANDEKE REVEALS YO MAPS CONTROL OF BOOMPLAY REVENUE FOR ZAMBIAN ARTISTS
Zambian Observer
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August 24, 2025
KANDEKE REVEALS YO MAPS CONTROL OF BOOMPLAY REVENUE FOR ZAMBIAN ARTISTS Zambian music fans have been left stunned after DJ Kandeke , manager to Zambian superstar Yo Maps , took to Facebook to reveal shocking insights about the local music...
Akums to set up new manufacturing plant in Zambia via JV with local govt
ETPharma.com
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August 24, 2025
Mumbai: Contract Manufacturing and Development Organization (CDMO) Akums Drugs and Pharmaceuticals is set to establish a new manufacturing facility in Zambia to manufacture and supply medicines for the country's national health program. In an...
ZAMBIA, QATAR SEAL $19 BILLION PARTNERSHIP ACROSS 11 KEY SECTORS
Zambian Observer
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August 20, 2025
ZAMBIA, QATAR SEAL $19 BILLION PARTNERSHIP ACROSS 11 KEY SECTORS August 18, 2025 Zambia and Qatar have signed a $19 billion Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation across 11 strategic sectors, marking a major milestone in...