Zambia is often referred to as a landlocked country. In terms of trade, this has always been seen as a weakness because the cost...
A worrying development emerged last week at this year’s ZIMEC conference in Lusaka, which, if not addressed, could well result in the failure of...
A picture is worth a thousand words, as the CEO of a major African rail company demonstrated powerfully at the Africa Rail 2018 conference...
Rail SI, the statutory instrument which compels mines and other businesses to transport 30% of their bulk cargo by rail, will not be enforced...
1. Mining is an important sector
In 2014 mining accounted for about four percent of the Tanzanian economy, with the value of mining having doubled...
Why does Africa import so much food, when it could grow its own? Despite fertile soils, abundant rain and large tracts of land available...
Six days a week, 165 km a day, five hours of cycling – that’s the gruelling training regimen that Zambia’s national cycling team is...
1. It is one of the world’s biggest producers of diamonds
In 2017, Sierra Leone produced nearly 450 000 carats of diamonds, making it the...
The world is changing fast. Things that would have seen inconceivable ten years ago are now commonplace, from global politics to technology. To someone...
They are so talented that it’s almost scary – in the space of barely three years, a group of underprivileged schoolchildren from informal settlements...
