Zimbabwe

HARARE, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Zimbabwean government will roll out a national broadband strategy in the next seven years to reduce the cost of broadband to ...

Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the plan will promote access to and adoption of broadband services at government, business, household and individual levels, to transform Zimbabwe's growth trajectory from being largely driven by the exploitation of natural resources to innovation-driven growth. To this effect, the Cabinet of Zimbabwe on Tuesday approved the Zimbabwe National Broadband Plan that will run from 2023 to 2030, aimed at reducing the cost of broadband access to 2 percent of the average monthly income from the current 10.1 percent. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Zimbabwean government will roll out a national broadband strategy in the next seven years to reduce the cost of broadband to accelerate economic development, a senior official said on Tuesday.

There are about 300000 stateless people living in Zimbabwe. They do not have identity documents (IDs). Most of them are migrants and have lost their papers ...

She dropped out of primary school because she did not have a birth certificate required to write national examinations. Efforts to take one have been futile as her parents did not have any too. She withdraws the money and gives it to me." The precariousness of their situation has forced these stateless people to resort to crafty methods, for example they use borrowed national identity documents. Moreover, the use of IDs has also extended to employment. Most companies in the country do not employ people without national IDs.

Total Eren and Chariot will work together to develop a solar photovoltaic project in Zimbabwe to supply clean energy to the African country's Karo Platinum ...

The Karo Platinum Mine covers an area of approximately 239km2 and is situated roughly 80km southwest of Zimbabwe’s capital city of Harare. [stated](https://www.esi-africa.com/southern-africa/incoming-300mwp-solar-project-to-provide-clean-energy-to-zimbabwe-mine/) Bernard Pryor, Managing Director of Karo Mining Holdings. [stated](https://www.esi-africa.com/southern-africa/incoming-300mwp-solar-project-to-provide-clean-energy-to-zimbabwe-mine/) Fabienne Demol, Executive Vice-President & Global Head of Business Development at Total Eren, adding, “I look forward to delivering this solar project and wish to start even more renewable energy project in this country.”

Zimbabwean fintech startup Panamax is helping SMEs obtain access to working capital by crowdfunding it utilising a transparent, tradeable blockchain token.

Self-funded initially, in June of this year Panamax borrowed money in order to fund its expansion and growth, as a proof of concept for the blockchain token funding model. The platform then allows these SMEs to crowdfund working capital through a transparent tradeable blockchain token called Pnx. It identifies SMEs in need of working capital, evaluates their inherent credit risk, and provides access to the necessary support, such as consultancy, clients, technology support, and business process automation.

The country is enforcing the ban to put a stop to loss of billions of dollars from raw lithium exports, enough to repay its debts.

Such funds are enough to clear its foreign debt of [$13.7 billion](https://country.eiu.com/article.aspx?articleid=1192307302&Country=Zimbabwe&topic=Economy&subtopic=_1). [about 60%](https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2021/june/tradoc_159611.pdf) (pdf) of Zimbabwe’s export earnings while the mining sector contributes 16% to its GDP, according to a 2021 mining report by the London School of Economics. Zimbabwe’s has the largest lithium deposits in Africa. We want to see lithium batteries being developed in the country,” Zimbabwe is losing billions of dollars in the mining sector Lithium carbonate spot prices in China, world’s biggest EV market, climbed to a record $84,000 per ton in November. They provide up to 12 hours of heat on a single charge and you can control the specific heat levels they are outputting. The Bikita mine, located 308 kms south of the capital Harare has the country’s largest lithium mines with reserves of 10.8 million tons of lithium ore. The ministry of Mines and Mining Development on Dec. Gold is the most smuggled mineral. [dominating the industry](https://qz.com/africa/2114651/two-and-three-wheeled-electric-vehicles-are-on-the-rise-in-africa) as they are now [30 times cheaper](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02222-1) than when they first came to the market in the early 1990s. [has prohibited](https://www.thezimbabwemail.com/business/zimbabwean-lithium-ban-now-in-force/) the export of raw lithium from its mines so it can cash in on value addition and stop losing billions of dollars in mineral proceeds to foreign companies.

Zimbabwe has imposed a ban on the export of unprocessed lithium, according to a government notice seen by Reuters on Tuesday, in a bid to stop artisanal ...

Mnangagwa said the raw lithium was being exported through neighbouring countries. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story President Emmerson Mnangagwa has previously said the ban would target hordes of artisanal miners, who were drawn by the mineral's high prices and invading abandoned mines to dig for lithium-bearing rocks. The notice said the ban does not apply to the export of lithium concentrates, which all the major lithium miners in the country plan to produce. [(603799.SS)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/603799.SS), Sinomine Resource Group [(002738.SZ)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/002738.SZ) and Chengxin Lithium Group [(002240.SZ)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/002240.SZ) have over the past year acquired lithium mines and projects worth a combined $678 million in Zimbabwe and are at various stages of developing mines and processing plants, which would exempt them from the ban. HARARE, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe has imposed a ban on the export of unprocessed lithium, according to a government notice seen by Reuters on Tuesday, in a bid to stop artisanal miners who the government says are digging up and taking the mineral across borders.

Zimbabwe has banned the export of unprocessed raw lithium with immediate effect as part of efforts to have the key raw material in electric-vehicle ...

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The government of Zimbabwe has banned the export of raw lithium to enable value addition and beneficiation in an effort to see the country benefit from the ...

“(b) to a miner or exporter of lithium upon production of written proof satisfactory to the Minister that there are exceptional circumstances justifying the exportation in question and that the lithium bearing ores or unbeneficiated lithium in question have been valued in terms of section 12D(3) of the Value Added Tax Act This has led the government through the Minister of - In this order— “lithium-bearing ore” means any mineral ore containing lithium; “unbeneficiated lithium means any lithium in whatever form that has not undergone processing to an extent that would exempt it from the payment of export tax under section 12B (“Collection of tax on exportation of unbeneficiated lithium; determination of value thereof”) of the Value Added Tax Act [Chapter 23:12];

Zimbabwe is estimated to hold Africa's largest lithium reserves and is the fifth largest producer in the world.

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1. This order may be cited as the Base Minerals Export Control (Unbeneficiated Lithium Bearing Ores) Order, 2022. 2. In this order— “lithium-bearing ore” means ...

(b) to a miner or exporter of lithium upon production of written proof satisfactory to the Minister that there are exceptional circumstances justifying the exportation in question and that the lithium bearing ores or unbeneficiated lithium in question have been valued in terms of section 12D(3) of the Value Added Tax Act In this order— “lithium-bearing ore” means any mineral ore containing lithium; “unbeneficiated lithium means any lithium in whatever form that has not undergone processing to an extent that would exempt it from the payment of export tax under section 12B (“Collection of tax on exportation of unbeneficiated lithium; determination of value thereof”) of the Value Added Tax Act [Chapter 23:12]; The regulations read:

Zimbabwe president was the only leader from southern Africa at the sixth swearing-in ceremony of Equatorial Guinea's Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo - the ...

"One of the biggest mistakes was approaching Mark Thatcher to put in money. The News24 Africa Desk is supported by the Hanns Seidel Foundation. He wanted to be one of the boys, gain power in an oil-rich country, and impress his mother. Speaking to the Independent in the United Kingdom in 2011, Mann said the worst mistake in the coup plot was working with Thatcher. For his part, Thatcher was in 2005 arrested under South Africa's anti-mercenary laws for funding the coup to the tune of R1.8 million. It was to be executed by Mann a British mercenary, who served in the British Army's Special Air Service (SAS).

When Tavuya Manungo, 29, returned to his home town in Shamva in northeastern Zimbabwe, he did so with a master's degree in finance and investment, ...

The country made its first exports of industrial hemp to Switzerland in 2022 and is building a credible cannabis farming industry on the back of its tobacco industry. “I want young people to know that you can make a good career out of farming, and honestly, there isn’t a profession where the hand of God is more evident. I am happy that chicken-rearing has become a popular business venture in Zimbabwe as the inputs are relatively low, profit margins tend to be large and the turnaround time is short,” he said. It remains the world’s fifth-largest tobacco producer and also exports cotton, macadamia nuts, citrus, sugar, legumes and cut flowers. He also brought with him his brother Mako, 27, who holds a degree in business management. Starting small, they now have well over 200 of the super beef breed.

HARARE - The United States has slapped new targeted sanctions on Zimbabwe. This is despite calls by President Cyril Ramaphosa and other SADC leaders to ...

Young, savvy university graduates are choosing farming over white-collar jobs as Zimbabwe seeks a return to its breadbasket status.

In 2021, the country recorded its third-highest maize crop ever, according to United States Department of Agriculture statistics, and although the largely rain-fed crop headed lower in 2022, the country’s agricultural diversity has grown by leaps and bounds. “I want young people to know that you can make a good career out of farming, and honestly, there isn’t a profession where the hand of God is more evident. The country remains the world’s fifth-largest tobacco producer and also exports cotton, macadamia nuts, citrus, sugar, legumes and cut flowers. I am happy that chicken-rearing has become a popular business venture in Zimbabwe as the inputs are relatively low, profit margins tend to be large and the turnaround time is short,” he said. He plans to expand into horticulture and maize production, which will help him reduce costs for chicken feeds. He also brought with him his brother Mako, 27, who holds a degree in business management.

A Danish company has taken Zimbabwe to court seeking an order to bar authorities from stopping the screening of a documentary on 2018 presidential candidate ...

Cited in the court case are Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe and Zimbabwe’s Attorney General. President, which premiered in Sundance early this year, won the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award. In court papers filed in Harare, the Danish firm - Final Cut for Real – argues that its not happy about the Censorship and Entertainment Control Unit’s move to ban the President documentary, which focuses on Chamisa, who in 2018 was a presidential candidate for the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance.