Chinese mine operators in Zambia started paying royalties and taxes in yuan in Africa’s second-biggest copper producer, the latest sign of the growing acceptance of the currency on the continent.

Zambia and Zimbabwe agreed to each contribute $220 million to build the delayed $4.2 billion Batoka Gorge hydropower plant that will supply electricity to both nations.

Zambia’s annual inflation accelerated in December as food and price growth for fuel and air transport picked up.

Zambia’s president signed into law a constitutional amendment bill that overhauls the composition of parliament before the country holds general elections in August.

Zambian lawmakers approved changes to the country’s constitution that alter the composition of parliament, eight months before the country holds elections.

Zambia’s annual inflation slowed to its lowest level in more than two years as food-price growth slowed.

Zambia initiated a $1.4 billion overhaul of a key railway linking the southern African nation’s copper region to a port on the Indian Ocean, in a ceremony that marked the first visit by a Chinese premier to the country in almost three decades.

Zambia initiated a $1.4 billion overhaul of a key railway linking the southern African nation’s copper region to a port on the Indian Ocean, in a ceremony that marked the first visit by a Chinese premier to the country in almost three decades.