Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Population: 13.4mn.
GNI, $ : n/a
Debt: 2.6bn.
Overview:

China Sonangol and China International Fund are now the dominant Asian players after pledging $8 bn. in investment in gold, platinum, transport and new cities in late 2009.

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  • Vol 3 No 10
  • 01/08/2010

A Mugabe shakedown at the Shanghai Expo

Seeking hard cash and a platform for his disavowals of the West, President Robert Mugabe flew to Shanghai's spectacular trade expo, where on 11 August he thanked Beijing for being an 'all-weather' friend. Zimbabwe faces an economic slowdown - mainly b...

  • Vol 3 No 8
  • 01/06/2010

Morgan Tsvangirai

Prime Minister, Zimbabwe

  • Vol 3 No 7
  • 01/05/2010

Stan Mudenge

Higher Education Minister, Zimbabwe

  • Vol 3 No 2
  • 01/12/2009

All that glitters is mine

The details of the US$8 billion China Sonangol/China International Fund are becoming more apparent as subsidiary deals are signed. On 7 December, Zimbabwe's Transport and Mining Ministries signed mining and construction deals with China International F...

  • Vol 3 No 1
  • 01/11/2009

China Sonangol targets Harare’s gold and oil

The China International Fund and China Sonangol are being used to bail out troubled regimes when international pressure on them is at its highest. First, there was the China International Fund’s US$7 billion deal in Guinea on 12 October, just after the 28...

  • Vol 2 No 9
  • 01/07/2009

China woos the team of rivals

Harare's power-sharing government needs finance urgently but cannot agree on how to negotiate the terms with China

  • Vol 2 No 8
  • 01/06/2009

Re-enter the dragon

Bilateral trade is growing as Chinese diplomats explain their role in the negotiations for Zimbabwe's power-sharing government

  • Vol 2 No 8
  • 01/06/2009

China's trains, Zimbabwe's tobacco

Beyond the political controversy about relations with the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front regime, Chinese businesses are set to provide an important source of new investment and jobs for Harare's shaky power-sharing government. This mon...

  • Vol 2 No 5
  • 01/03/2009

Bank East

Mugabe's multi-million dollar property in Hong Kong is just one part of growing financial links between Zimbabwe's ruling clique and Asia

  • Vol 2 No 5
  • 01/03/2009

Diamonds in the rough

After disappointments in Asia, President Robert Mugabe and Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono have been working hard to bring in Russian capital, especially in the opaque diamond sector. Russian surveyors have already visited deposits in Midlands Provi...

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