Zimbabwe and most other Sadc countries should adopt practical steps to develop sovereign wealth funds financed out of mineral resources found in the region to help member states to overcome the severe constraints imposed by the volatility in international trade and vicissitudes in the global economy, a leading economic think-tank says. Read More

Mozambique is this week a clear new leader at the top of media charts with the mainstream global media competing to sniff out any headline-making news over recent moves by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to freeze a Standby Credit Facility (SCF) loan following allegations more than US$1 billion worth of government guaranteed loans, contracted in 2013 and 2014, had not been disclosed to the multilateral funding body. Read More

Commodities have shaped Africa’s economic growth for decades as more natural resources continue to be discovered on the continent, increasing the risk for countries to fall victim to the “resource curse”. Read More

A mysterious diseases is wiping out African bee colonies in the southern and western parts of Zimbabwe threatening honey production, the livelihood of beekeepers and possibly crops that need bees for pollination. Read More

Sony Music Entertainment caused a short frenzy early Monday morning when it sent a tweet that Britney Spears had died from its official Sony Music Global account. Read More