Zimbabwe

Three candidates for the post of director general of Zimbabwe [...]

WATER SECTOR MAY GET ADF LOAN

The Zimbabwe government and the African Development Fund (ADF, a subsidiary of the African Development Bank) are considering co-financing a [...]

EIB LOAN CONFIRMED FOR HV LINE WITH SOUTH AFRICA

The European Investment Bank has confirmed a loan worth 37 [...]

INTERNATIONAL CREDIT LINE FOR ZDB

Zimbabwe Development Bank (ZDB) is to benefit from a credit line of US$21 million from the African Development Bank (ADB), [...]

A historic encounter between Zimbabwe's head of state, Robert Mugabe, [...]

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THE REFORM CRUNCH IS COMING

Despite some slight recovery in the second half of 1993, the economic balance sheet for 1993 remains pretty mediocre for Zimbabwe: inflation and interest rates have declined but the growth rate (about 1 or 2 percent of GDP) is lower [.

HERBERT USHEWOKUNZE

The former minister of energy, water and development, who was removed from his post last year following violent criticism of [...]

FRESH WORLD BANK PROJECTS

The World Bank has added four new projects to its list of financing planned: two for Mozambique, one for Uganda [...]

The head of state, Robert Mugabe, is coming in for [...]

FRICTION ON INTERCONNECTIONS

Two possible solutions have emerged for the rehabilitation of the high voltage line from the Cabora Bassa dam to South [...]

BISHOPS FEAR ISLAMISM

Roman Catholic bishops from southern Africa have drafted a document for a conference of Roman Catholic leaders from all of [...]

LYNDA CHALKER

Britain's overseas development minister was this week touring southern Africa: [...]

LOW GROWTH IN 1993

After the severe economic recession (-8 percent) last year which was mainly due to drought, 1993 looks like having low [...]

REGIONAL EARTH SCIENCES PROJECT

The European Development Fund (EDF) has approved a 4.95 million Ecu ($5.8 million) grant for the Eastern & Southern African [...]

TRANSFORMER FACTORY PLANNED

The African Project Development Facility (APDF), a joint agency of [...]

PIERRE MAUROY

The former French prime minister and current chairman of the [...]

A FIFTEEN-NATION COMMON MARKET

The November 5 meeting - and twelfth summit - of the Preferential Trade Area (PTA) in Kampala saw COMESA, the [...]

Forthcoming meetings of the World Bank consultative groups, to be [...]

A delegation of a dozen businessmen from Taiwan, headed by [...]