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Zambia

SADC's late call to unite behind Madagascar's AU Commission candidate

The Southern Africa Development Community has come out in support of the Madagascan Richard Randriamandrato for the position of chairperson.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.02.2025

Samuel Munzele Maimbo starts Western tour for AfDB presidency votes

The Zambian candidate, in the running to take over the leadership of the African Development Bank in May, is having a series of meetings with France, Japan, Morocco and the UK.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 05.02.2025

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Macron sets course for Indian Ocean's southern islands

French President Emmanuel Macron and his Madagascan counterpart Andry Rajoelina at the 19th Summit of the Francophonie in Villers-Cotterets, France, 24 October 2024. © Ludovic Marin/AFP

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.01.2025

Gemfields CEO Sean Gilbertson at the African Mining Indaba 2022 conference in Cape Town, South Africa, 11 May 2022. © Shelley Christians/Reuters

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Gemfields scales back emerald and ruby ambitions in southern Africa

The world leader in coloured gemstones has scaled back operations in Zambia and Mozambique after disappointing auctions. In Madagascar, the British group is no longer welcome in the sapphire sector after it brought a corruption case against an adviser to Andry Rajoelina.

Subscribers only Mining 21.01.2025

Scott Nathan, CEO of the US International Development Finance Corporation on 14 December 2022 in Washington. © Tasos Katopodis/Getty via AFP

US reluctant to finance Angola-Zambia extension of Lobito Corridor railways

Washington has doubts about the relevance of extending the Lobito Corridor, which links Luacano in central-eastern Angola to Solwezi in northern Zambia, and may not finance the work.

Subscribers only Mining 04.03.2024

Vedanta Resources Chairman Anil Agarwal in Jaipur, India, 18 November 2015. © Bhagirath Basnet/The Times of India via AFP

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Vedanta and Zambia finally agree on Konkola Copper Mines takeover

Four years after having been ousted from the Zambian mining concern, Vedanta's boss is preparing to retake control of it. It now only requires the approval of Konkola's creditors.

Subscribers only Mining 31.01.2024

Kerfuffle over AfDB candidate backed by Pretoria

Cyril Ramaphosa is suggesting that Pretoria is now backing the Zambian Samuel Maimbo to head the African Development Bank. This about-turn has dismayed local banks, which were backing South African candidate Swazi Tshabalala, who is still supported by the finance minister.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.10.2024

Mercuria restructures metals trading division with sights set on African copper

After defecting from Trafigura to Swiss trader Mercuria in June, Kostas Bintas was at the London Metal Exchange week.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 04.10.2024

Rabat and Lusaka aim to relaunch bilateral trade

Rabat and Lusaka are relaunching the Morocco-Zambia Business Council, created in 2017 to facilitate investment and trade between the two countries.

Subscribers only Business, Southern Africa and islands 01.07.2024

Kimberley Process secretariat moves into Gaborone offices at last

One of the most pressing issues facing the certification body's new executive secretary, Bojun Tang, will be the issue of Russian diamonds.

Free access Mining 26.04.2024

A new French ambassador in Lusaka

We now have the name of the person who will likely become the next French ambassador to Zambia, replacing François Goldblatt, who has held the position since 2020.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.04.2024

China's AFECC clinches dam renovation contract

In a consortium with its Zambian subsidiaries, the Chinese state-owned civil engineering and mining company will renovate eight dams in the country.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 23.01.2024

Hichilema to compensate opposition militants for unlawful detention

No fewer than 1,000 supporters of the United Party for National Development (UPND), Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema's party, look set to receive financial compensation for unlawful detention.

Subscribers only Politics 15.12.2023

Saudi Arabia lays groundwork for embassy openings in SADC

The majority of UAE embassies to be opened in 2024 in Africa will be located in the Southern African Development Community.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.12.2023

Junior minister Zacharopoulou to visit Maputo, Lusaka and Lilongwe

France's Minister of State for Development, the Francophonie and International Partnerships Chrysoula Zacharopoulou will be touring Southern Africa in mid-December.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.12.2023

Russian diamonds row paralyses Kimberley Process annual meeting

The annual meeting of the international certification body was split on whether or not Russian diamonds should be considered as conflict diamonds. The stalemate prevented the organisation from appointing a new secretary general and setting up its secretariat in Gaborone.

Subscribers only Mining 21.11.2023

Claudia da Conceicao, the woman behind IFC's Southern Africa goals

The International Finance Corporation, the World Bank's private sector arm, wants to build its presence in Southern Africa to counter Chinese influence and win new projects in the region. To that end, it has called on banking sector veteran, Claudia da Conceicao.

Free access Finance 07.11.2023

Abdoulaye 'Gounass' Ndiaye's mysterious Dubai emerald auction

Senegalese billionaire Abdoulaye "Gounass" Ndiaye recently held a discreet, four-day auction sale of Zambian diamonds in Dubai.

Subscribers only Mining 30.10.2023

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Behind the scenes of Vedanta's skirmish with Hichilema

After lengthy, tense talks with the government, the British-Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal is once again in charge of Konkola Copper Mines via his conglomerate Vedanta Resources. The metal king used every ounce of his political and financial sway to return to the helm of one of the most strategic copper mines in the world.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics 23.10.2023

(From L-R) The tycoon Anil Agarwal, head of the Vedanta Resources conglomerate, current Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema and ex-Zambian president Edgar Lungu.

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China invests $1.3bn in the Copperbelt to safeguard its partnership with Lusaka

State-owned China Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Corp plans to invest heavily in its Zambian subsidiary, NFC Africa Mining, which operates the Chambishi Mine in northern Zambia. This investment is designed to preserve its special relationship with Lusaka.

Subscribers only Mining 04.10.2023

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during a state visit to China, 15 September 2023.

Critical minerals: EU deepens ties with Windhoek and woos Kinshasa

The European Commission and Namibia have approved a raft of joint projects, 10 months after signing a framework cooperation agreement in mining and industry. In addition, the EU is also in talks with further countries.

Subscribers only Mining 31.08.2023

Nomination of a new ambassador to Zambia raises questions

The former head of the French interior ministry's EU department Jean Mafart, who was identified in a 2022 media investigation, is conveniently poised to be appointed ambassador to Zambia.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.08.2023

The former director of European and international affairs at the Ministry of the Interior, Jean Mafart.

Zambia eyes up Sonangol's future Lobito refinery

Zambian Energy Minister Peter Kapala and Bradford Machila, adviser to President Hakainde Hichilema, were on a trip to Angola mid-July to study the possibility of Lusaka's participation in Sonangol's refinery project at Lobito.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders 25.07.2023

Zambia, Tanzania and DRC prepare for tough negotiations on TAZARA train line

Plans to renovate the international train line built by China in the 1970s have returned to the fore since Samia Suluhu Hassan came to power in Tanzania. Beijing is keen to get the new contract, but governments in the region are wary about the terms it is seeking.

Free access Infrastructure 06.06.2023

Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Yang Youming delivers a speech during the launch of Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) exhibition at the Lusaka National Museum, on 3 November 2017.

Berlin provides €2m for green consulting

L'agence de développement allemande GIZ multiplie les financements de contrats de "consulting vert" à destination de pays d'Afrique australe. En avril, elle a débloqué quelque 2,2 millions d'euros pour des projets sur les terrains botswanais et surtout zambien.

Subscribers only Finance, Energy 11.05.2023

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Senegal
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Zambia

SADC's late call to unite behind Madagascar's AU Commission candidate

Samuel Munzele Maimbo starts Western tour for AfDB presidency votes

Spotlight
Macron sets course for Indian Ocean's southern islands

Spotlight
Gemfields scales back emerald and ruby ambitions in southern Africa

US reluctant to finance Angola-Zambia extension of Lobito Corridor railways

Spotlight
Vedanta and Zambia finally agree on Konkola Copper Mines takeover

Kerfuffle over AfDB candidate backed by Pretoria

Mercuria restructures metals trading division with sights set on African copper

Rabat and Lusaka aim to relaunch bilateral trade

Kimberley Process secretariat moves into Gaborone offices at last

A new French ambassador in Lusaka

China's AFECC clinches dam renovation contract

Hichilema to compensate opposition militants for unlawful detention

Saudi Arabia lays groundwork for embassy openings in SADC

Junior minister Zacharopoulou to visit Maputo, Lusaka and Lilongwe

Russian diamonds row paralyses Kimberley Process annual meeting

Claudia da Conceicao, the woman behind IFC's Southern Africa goals

Abdoulaye 'Gounass' Ndiaye's mysterious Dubai emerald auction

In Focus
Behind the scenes of Vedanta's skirmish with Hichilema

Spotlight
China invests $1.3bn in the Copperbelt to safeguard its partnership with Lusaka

Critical minerals: EU deepens ties with Windhoek and woos Kinshasa

Nomination of a new ambassador to Zambia raises questions

Zambia eyes up Sonangol's future Lobito refinery

Zambia, Tanzania and DRC prepare for tough negotiations on TAZARA train line

Berlin provides €2m for green consulting

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Cameroon, Central African Republic Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Senegal Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

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West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Makhzen Inc. or the ever more prosperous business empire of Mohammed VI's entourage

Zambia

SADC's late call to unite behind Madagascar's AU Commission candidate

Samuel Munzele Maimbo starts Western tour for AfDB presidency votes

Spotlight Macron sets course for Indian Ocean's southern islands

Spotlight Gemfields scales back emerald and ruby ambitions in southern Africa

US reluctant to finance Angola-Zambia extension of Lobito Corridor railways

Spotlight Vedanta and Zambia finally agree on Konkola Copper Mines takeover

Kerfuffle over AfDB candidate backed by Pretoria

Mercuria restructures metals trading division with sights set on African copper

Rabat and Lusaka aim to relaunch bilateral trade

Kimberley Process secretariat moves into Gaborone offices at last

A new French ambassador in Lusaka

China's AFECC clinches dam renovation contract

Hichilema to compensate opposition militants for unlawful detention

Saudi Arabia lays groundwork for embassy openings in SADC

Junior minister Zacharopoulou to visit Maputo, Lusaka and Lilongwe

Russian diamonds row paralyses Kimberley Process annual meeting

Claudia da Conceicao, the woman behind IFC's Southern Africa goals

Abdoulaye 'Gounass' Ndiaye's mysterious Dubai emerald auction

In Focus Behind the scenes of Vedanta's skirmish with Hichilema

Spotlight China invests $1.3bn in the Copperbelt to safeguard its partnership with Lusaka

Critical minerals: EU deepens ties with Windhoek and woos Kinshasa

Nomination of a new ambassador to Zambia raises questions

Zambia eyes up Sonangol's future Lobito refinery

Zambia, Tanzania and DRC prepare for tough negotiations on TAZARA train line

Berlin provides €2m for green consulting

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Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Senegal
Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

Spotlight
Macron sets course for Indian Ocean's southern islands

Spotlight
Gemfields scales back emerald and ruby ambitions in southern Africa

Spotlight
Vedanta and Zambia finally agree on Konkola Copper Mines takeover

In Focus
Behind the scenes of Vedanta's skirmish with Hichilema

Spotlight
China invests $1.3bn in the Copperbelt to safeguard its partnership with Lusaka