Africa's economy will grow by 6% this year and next, an acceleration from 2007, owing to high oil prices and demand for commodities, research from the African Development Bank (ADB) showed on Monday. The joint research was released ahead of the ADB's annual meeting, which starts in Maputo, Mozambique, on Wednesday.
A new coal thermal power project already approved by the Mozambican government in the north-western province of Tete could provide solutions to the power crisis in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, which is looking to Mozambique to solve the crisis.
