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Resource nationalism: Zimbabwe’s lithium export ban vs Indonesia’s nickel downstream paradigm

Zimbabwe’s systemic weaknesses, and assesses prospects for industrial upgrading against global market trends.

By Nyasha Mataka Apr. 11, 2026

Resource nationalism: Zimbabwe’s lithium export ban vs Indonesia’s nickel downstream paradigm

Zimbabwe’s lithium gambit and the new trade power

It was a declaration that sovereignty is not a slogan but a practice, and that the continent’s mineral wealth will no longer be exported as crumbs while its people import dependency.

By Wellington Muzengeza Mar. 20, 2026

Zimbabwe’s lithium gambit and the new trade power

Technological sovereignty and brain gain: A strategic imperative for Zim

Technological sovereignty refers to a nation’s capacity to design, develop, operate, and maintain its own technological infrastructure without excessive reliance on external actors.

By Edzai Kachirekwa Mar. 16, 2026

Technological sovereignty and brain gain: A strategic imperative for Zim

Africa must look in the mirror of China’s rise and build its own future

They have weakened our economies, eroded our sovereignty, and stripped the state of its ability to lead our development.

By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa Mar. 2, 2026

Africa must look in the mirror of China’s rise and build its own future

Factories without flags: Africa’s industrial future or dependency trap?

THE reported acquisition of Nissan’s South African plant by Chinese automaker Chery is not a routine corporate manoeuvre; it is a seismic tremor in Africa’s industrial trajectory.

By Wellington Muzengeza Feb. 10, 2026

Factories without flags: Africa’s industrial future or dependency trap?

Zim’s perpetual struggle for monetary sovereignty

ZiG, like its predecessors, will survive only if it is backed by domestic production that generates real, tradable value.

By Lawrence Makamanzi Jan. 5, 2026

Zim’s perpetual struggle for monetary sovereignty

Cherayi in Take the Glory collabo with Ghanaian pastor

CELEBRATED gospel music singer, worship leader and pastor Sharon Manyonganise Cherayi has had a groundbreaking collaboration which is set to propel her once again into the global limelight.

By Tendai Sauta Oct. 16, 2025