Taiwan as China’s core interest: Why Beijing treats the issue as non-negotiable and what Africa’s zero-tariff access reveals about it
To understand China’s position, one must first appreciate the historical context that shapes modern Chinese strategic thinking.
By Saxon Zvina
May. 12, 2026
Zim’s mineral revenues as fiscal counter-cyclical tool
MORE than a quarter of a century into the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the world remains off-track to meet its most fundamental promise: ending poverty and leaving no one behind.
By Esther Dzviti
Apr. 17, 2026
Afreximbank’s US$11bln bet on South Africa Signals a new trade order
SOUTH Africa’s recent accession to African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) Establishment Treaty as its 54th sovereign member could not have come at a more opportune moment.
By Mzwandile Masina
Apr. 13, 2026
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
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
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
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
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
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
