Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has been one of the most vibrant and productive countries in southern Africa, but in recent years the country’s economy is facing difficult challenges. Part of the difficulties are linked to the management of authoritarian power by former president Robert Mugabe, who has dominated the country’s political scene for almost four decades since the […]

Read more Zimbabwe has been one of the most vibrant and productive countries in southern Africa, but in recent years the country’s economy is facing difficult challenges. Part of the difficulties are linked to the management of authoritarian power by former president Robert Mugabe, who has dominated the country’s political scene for almost four decades since the […]

Malawi

Malawi was a British colony. It is independent since 1964, but the democratic institutions effectively established in the country only since the mid-1990s. Today Malawi has almost 20 million inhabitants and an extremely high density; it is characterized by a high fertility rate – like its neighbor Mozambique. About 80% of the population is employed […]

Read more Malawi was a British colony. It is independent since 1964, but the democratic institutions effectively established in the country only since the mid-1990s. Today Malawi has almost 20 million inhabitants and an extremely high density; it is characterized by a high fertility rate – like its neighbor Mozambique. About 80% of the population is employed […]

Mozambique

After the independence obtained in 1975, Mozambique has suffered a dramatic civil war, which ended also through the Italian mediation with the peace agreements signed in Rome in 1992 and the consequent free elections in 1994. From that moment, the country has benefited from sustained economic growth: between 2000 and 2015, GDP steadily increased with […]

Read more After the independence obtained in 1975, Mozambique has suffered a dramatic civil war, which ended also through the Italian mediation with the peace agreements signed in Rome in 1992 and the consequent free elections in 1994. From that moment, the country has benefited from sustained economic growth: between 2000 and 2015, GDP steadily increased with […]