An African Opportunity for Post-Brexit Britain
Managing the Fourth Industrial Revolution will be challenging for everyone, but there is no doubt that a UK set to depart from the EU faces added uncertainty. As a post-Brexit…
A Quiet Agricultural Revolution is Happening in Southern Africa
How Zambian business is creating new prosperity in the face of climate change Merchants sell maize which is a commodity imported from Zambia, at the Mbare Musika Bus Terminal, in…
Zambia Can Be The Breadbasket Of Southern Africa
2018 will be a difficult year for Zambian agriculture, but its fundamental potential to be the breadbasket of Southern Africa remains, argues Zuneid Yousuf Zambia has great potential to be…
Despite #Brexit uncertainty, Africa can be a major economic partner to the UK and Europe
The UK wants to be Africa’s biggest investor, but there’s a lot of catching up to do. And don’t forget the elephant in the room – Brexit. Theresa May’s first visit…
A Climate Smart Future For Zambia
Sub-Saharan Africa is at the forefront of the devastating effects of climate change. The African continent will endure the greatest burden of climate change, with temperatures set to rise at…
Why Zambia Should Embrace The Fourth Industrial Revolution
South Africa will this week host the tenth BRICS Summit in Durban, Africa’s biggest and busiest port. The BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – represent the world’s leading emerging…
This is how Zambia is diversifying its energy sources and showing the rest of Africa the way forward
Zambia has massively scaled up its efforts to diversify its energy sources and make its energy markets more competitive. Just this month, it signed an MoU with Italy to cooperate…
Global brands are driving revolutionary approaches to mining
By Zuneid YousufThe group chairman and a director of MBI Group. For the many multi-national corporations that use cobalt in their products, the questions raised by investigations into the source…
Super crops will revolutionise agriculture and save two billion from ‘hidden hunger’ claims expert
Hundreds of millions of pounds have been invested in new crops that are more nutritious and better resistant to disease with an improved ability to withstand severe weather Super crops…
Chinese investment in Africa could create national economies ‘entirely dependent on China’, say experts
‘These firms come under the guise of partnership, but this rhetoric, combined with genuine short term benefits masks longer term problems’ Chinese investment in Africa could be accelerating debt on the continent…