[ad_1] Saudi Arabia: “We need the black (gold) in order to go green!” The world’s leading oil exporter relies on selling petroleum for half of GDP, and almost three-quarters of export earnings. In other words, you will pry the energy industry away from Riyadh’s cold dead hands. What the Saudis have proposed, by way of
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[ad_1] Nzega — Rehabilitation of 20 irrigation schemes in Nzega District, Tabora Region, will significantly improve food production, transform farmer’s incomes and turn the district into one of the country’s food security hubs. Bearing this in mind, the government has approved a Sh1.6 billion for rehabilitation of an irrigation scheme located at Idodomo Village in
[ad_1] In early October, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, along with a number of media partners, published the Pandora Papers, which revealed a slice of the trillions stashed away in tax havens by politicians, officials and celebrities, in particular. These leaks tell us, once again, that financial secrecy is at the heart of the
[ad_1] Golden Sibanda recently in Dubai, UAE THE Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency says it has drawn huge lessons from the Dubai Airport Free Zone Area (DAFZA), which the country’s premier investment promotion body will replicate here to promote domestic and foreign investment into the country. ZIDA was among a high powered delegation of Government officials,
[ad_1] The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday the only approved vaccine against malaria should be widely given to African children, marking a major advance against a disease that kills hundreds of thousands of people annually. The WHO recommendation is for RTS,S, sold as “Mosquirix”, a vaccine developed by British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline. Since 2019,
[ad_1] The publication of the Pandora Papers, a significant investigation into how world leaders and public officials use offshore tax havens to hide assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars has caused a bit of a stir in Kenya. However, by and large, the reaction of the Kenyan media has served to shed more darkness
[ad_1] African countries can negotiate a more equitable role in FOCAC, but this requires a more strategically focused approach, better coordination, and greater accountability to their citizens. A meeting between Chinese and Rwandan delegations at FOCAC in 2019. (Photo: Office of the President of Rwanda) The forthcoming Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit in Dakar,