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Politics 22/09/2022

Portugal overhauls its Africa policy team

The Portuguese foreign ministry has decided to overhaul its entire Africa department just months after its first change of boss since 2015. [...]

Mining 07/07/2022

Mining appeals tribunal takes shape

Zambia has at last launched its new appeals tribunal dedicated to settling disputes in the strategic mining sector. It is manned by several big names from the legal and mining worlds. [...]

Mining 04/07/2022

National mining company ZCCM-IH increasing efforts to target cement market

In addition to supplying cement manufacturers with limestone, state-run ZCCM-IH is looking into building a new gypsum factory, another component of cement, as part of its strategy to diversify beyond copper. [...]

Mining 28/06/2022

Air Force flies in to support Hichilema's mining strategy

In addition to the economic and legislative reforms he is putting in place to attract foreign investors to Zambia, head of State Hakainde Hichilema might also be able to count on security support from above. [...]

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Commodity traders Diplomacy 16/06/2022

Putin's envoy reassures Harare and Maputo but avoids Pretoria

Valentina Matvienko, President of the Council of the Russian Federation. © Maxim Shipenkov/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Mining 15/06/2022

ZCCM-IH hunts for new boss to implement strategic plan

ZCCM-Investment Holdings (ZCCM-IH), which manages the state's stake in Zambia's mines, has formally launched the process of recruiting a new CEO. [...]

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Southern Africa: the tough path towards quitting coal

The whole region of southern Africa, and especially South Africa, remains extremely dependent on coal mines, despite protests from environmentalists and pressure from the West in the form of billion-dollar subsidised plans to speed up the coal phase-out. [...]

The Duvha coal-fired power plant, owned by state-owned utility Eskom, in Emalahleni, Mpumalanga province, South Africa, on June 3, 2021.

Mining Diplomacy 13/06/2022

Brenthurst Foundation plays promoter of North American interests in Lusaka

Greg Mills, head of South Africa's Brenthurst Foundation, is showing himself to be increasingly influential with Zambian head of state Hakainde Hichilema. He has recently brokered talks on such major issues as the opening of an Africom bureau in Lusaka and a multi-million dollar investment programme in Zambia by First Quantum Minerals. [...]

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema at the launch of Greg Mills' book Expensive Poverty on 27 January 2022 in Johannesburg.

Mining 06/05/2022

Vedanta Zinc on the hunt for new CEO

Having been run by a management committee for two years, Vedanta's zinc subsidiary is looking for a new CEO to support its strategy to increase production. [...]

Diplomacy 05/05/2022

Brasilia injects fresh blood into its African diplomatic corps

Neglected since the outset of the Bolsonaro era, Brazil's diplomatic apparatus on the African continent is undergoing a complete overhaul with a reassigning of senior officials to the country's key embassies in southern Africa. [...]

Diplomacy 14/04/2022

African Union foreign ministers set to meet in Lusaka

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema will hold a 'coordination' meeting of African Union (AU) foreign ministers in Lusaka from 14 to 15 July. As such, the 54 heads of diplomacy of AU countries have been invited to the Zambian capital [. [...]

Mining 05/04/2022

State mining investor ZCCM-IH to apply ESG to attract foreign investors

Zambian public mining company ZCCM-IH is creating a framework to integrate environmental, social and corporate governance into its business to appease both foreign investors and local communities. [...]

Mining 30/03/2022

Will US sanctions crush Museveni's ambitions for Congolese gold?

The Ugandan president was counting on DR Congo's entry into the East African Community to boost Congolese gold exports to his country. But US sanctions on Kampala's biggest gold refinery may dash those hopes. [...]

Defence Diplomacy 17/03/2022

Volunteers forced to wait before joining International Ukrainian Legion

In Pretoria, the Ukrainian embassy has received many requests from South Africans and neighbouring nationals to join the fight against Russia, yet at the moment there are several obstacles stopping them from going. [...]

Defence Mining Commodity traders 04/03/2022

Russia sanctions accelerate Airbus and Boeing's hunt for African titanium

The world titanium market is in the midst of a major reorganisation following the Russian offensive in Ukraine. African producers of this mineral, which is highly prized by the defence and aerospace industries, are expecting a record year. [...]

Mining 02/03/2022

Hichilema's gold mine bind

The mining minister's decision to shut the state-owned Kasenseli mine is causing quite a storm and has left the head of state caught between local residents' concerns and the economic consequences of the closure. [...]

Mining 02/02/2022

Tracr diamond tracking software battle resumes with De Beers and BCG lawsuit

After more than a year of waiting, a former BCG employee is resuming legal action against the company and De Beers over the development of its Tracr blockchain-based diamond tracking software, which he claims was based on the results of his doctoral research in the field. [...]

Mining 31/01/2022

President Hichilema must take responsibility for the decisions of his predecessor over the Konkola mine dispute

More than two years after the previous government placed the Konkola copper mine in liquidation in a move contested by its operator Vedanta Resources, the future of the site has still not been decided by the courts. [...]

Energy Business 20/01/2022

Lusaka looks to wind power to compensate for faltering dam output

The Zambian authorities are shortly due to launch a feasibility study on a project to generate 40 MW of wind power. [...]

Diplomacy 11/01/2022

Portuguese diplomacy's renewal in Africa continues with Luis Brito Câmara

Since 27 December, the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Lusophone and Southern Africa Division has had a new boss: Luis Brito Câmara [...]

Diplomacy 16/12/2021

Towards a real SADC parliament in 2022?

The transformation of the SADC parliamentary forum into a fully fledged regional parliament with legislative powers, discussed for years, is expected to be completed by 2022. Behind the scenes, the administrative and legal work is progressing at a rapid pace. [...]

Finance Energy 19/11/2021

Standard Bank still keen to bankroll fossil fuel industry

Unlike the overwhelming majority of European banks who want to go green and are reluctant to finance oil exploration, South Africa's Standard Bank shows no sign of withdrawing from the oil and gas industry. [...]

Inner circles Politics 12/11/2021

Hakainde Hichilema shakes up State House to eclipse ancien régime

Outside of Zambia the new president is trying to come across as a reformer who will extricate the country from its massive debts. To do so, he is counting on both his cabinet and a State House made up of political companions and close acquaintances where, three months after the election, the power balance is still shifting. [...]

Mining 01/11/2021

Copper-cobalt: Chinese CNMC struggling in Zambia but progressing in DRC

The Chinese mining giant has suffered several setbacks at its Zambian mines, but is currently in a test phase in DRC, with a view to increasing its capacities there. [...]

Mining 18/10/2021

With his ally Hichilema in power, Mwinilunga MP presses for his gold-rich region to be developed

The Mwinilunga area, which is rich in gold in a country that has long focused on copper, has remained relatively excluded from Zambia's economic development. Yet elected officials in the region, particularly those from the party of new president Hichilema, want to see this change. [...]

Zambia's new president, Hakainde Hichilema