By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily News (Zimbabwe)
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, has secured $2.3 million to accelerate the expansion of its water supply. The funding will notably support work at the Cowdray Park treatment plant, designed to treat 240 million litres a day, according to Zimbabwe’s Daily News.
Zimbabwe is preparing to build a lithium processing plant in Sandawana, at a cost of up to $330 million. The project is to process three million tonnes of ore a year and involves Chinese investors, according to Expansão, citing New Zimbabwe.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Source: Expansão ·
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Source: Daily News (Zimbabwe) ·
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has commissioned a digital system to track the distribution and availability of cash, covering all 428 banks in the country. The tool is intended to support the use of the ZiG currency, according to the Daily News, which also reports that governor John Mushayavanhu has dismissed the existence of shortages of the currency.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Source: Daily News (Zimbabwe) ·
Nigeria has launched work on the $3.5 billion Bakassi deep seaport, a project designed to accommodate large vessels and open new trade corridors. Linked to a 260-kilometre highway, it is expected to support industrialisation and create jobs while reducing congestion caused by the concentration of foreign trade in Lagos, according to ThisDay.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: ThisDay ·
Zimbabwe threatens to expropriate unused mining licencesZimbabwe has tabled a new mining bill requiring companies to develop their licences or face expropriation. The bill, considered by the parliamentary mines committee on 12 November 2026, provides for work programmes and inspections, according to the report presented to Parliament.
Sonangol promises end to petrol queues in LuandaSonangol Distribuição e Comercialização says fuel stocks are sufficient to supply the Angolan market, after nearly two weeks of queues in Luanda. The subsidiary expects queues to gradually shorten in the coming hours and supplies to return to normal in affected areas, according to its statement.The week in Africa
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