President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s upcoming State visit to the People’s Republic of China will seek to upgrade economic ties with the Asian giant, building on an excellent political relationship. China has also expressed unease over Zimbabwe’s indigenisation policy championed by the...
African telecommunications group Econet is considering selling shares on the London Stock Exchange at a valuation of about $8 billion next year after combining new and existing assets, according to people familiar with the matter. Econet, founded by Zimbabwean phone tycoon...
Although China has officially denied involvement in the recent coup, it has cultivated deep ties with Zimbabwe’s political leadership since the 1960s-70s Rhodesian Bush War. Mugabe’s ZANU, primarily led and soldiered by the Shona ethnic group, acquired weapons and funding...
What is China’s role in the downfall of Robert Mugabe? As Zimbabwe’s major investor and provider of development finance, China has considerable interests in the country’s stability. Yet it is highly unlikely that there was any official Chinese...
The most striking thing to me is when news anchors ask if Zimbabweans are jubilant at the demise of Mugabe’s power. Or to paraphrase western sporting commentators, ‘Will there be dancing in the streets of Harare tonight?’ Because all...
