by afrikanfrontier | Jan 23, 2024 | Business, Politics
In another mining incident in Zambia, seven workers, including two Chinese nationals, found themselves trapped in a flooded mine in the Copperbelt province near the Congo border. The incident occurred at the Macrolink copper mine in Ndola City, which is currently...
by afrikanfrontier | Jan 23, 2024 | Business, News
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is renegotiating its minerals-for-infrastructure deal with China, aiming for a sweeter slice of the pie in a $7 billion agreement. President Felix Tshisekedi is determined to rewrite the script on the existing $6.2 billion...
by afrikanfrontier | Oct 6, 2023 | Business, News, Politics
An $850 million road development project connecting the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) copper and cobalt mining region to East Africa’s Indian Ocean coast has broken ground. The presidents of DRC and Zambia officiated a ceremony to launch the...
by afrikanfrontier | Oct 6, 2023 | Finance, News, Politics
The Zambian government is optimistic that an agreement can be reached with its official creditor committee to restructure $6.3 billion of external debt by the end of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) gathering in Marrakesh, Morocco this week, according to sources...
by afrikanfrontier | Aug 9, 2023 | News, Politics
The upcoming state visit to South Africa by Chinese President Xi Jinping presents a vital opportunity to strengthen cooperation between China and the African continent. This trip is believed to be mutually beneficial for China-Africa relations and can catalyse...