Zambia

Foreign investors, particularly Chinese companies, continue to dump money into Zambia's economy. In H110, the country received investment pledges worth US$2.4bn, with pledged employment... 2010-08-25

The first ever visit of Zambia's President, Rupiah Banda, to Turkey is yet another effort by the current government to build new economic partnerships with large emerging market countries.... 2010-07-26

We expect Zambia's trade surplus to widen in 2010 as billions of US dollars of investment in copper mines from the previous five years to begin to bear fruit. In H110, several of... 2010-07-26

We expect to see an appreciation of the Zambian kwacha against the US dollar to about ZMK4,500 by the end of H210. A number of infrastructure, power and mining projects funded by foreign... 2010-06-29

Chinese foreign direct investment is reaching a number of sectors in Zambia. While the bulk (89%) of FDI is still channelled into the mining sector, the dollar value and job creation... 2010-06-29

China's new focus on developing a range of sectors in Zambia, rather than just extractive industries, will help the Zambian government to justify such a deep partnership instead of... 2010-06-07

High mineral prices that are fuelling the economic boom in Zambia must also be seen as a political risk. With copper at selling at US$7,000/tonne, more than double its price at the... 2010-06-01