US tractor maker John Deere has contracts worth millions of dollars with Harare to supply hundreds of tractors to Zimbabwe’s farmers.
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa crashed the US business summit in Gaborone. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo
American officials could not hide the presence of sanctioned Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa at the US-Africa Business Summit. In Botswana this week to tout progress in two-way trade and investment in the six months since the December leaders summit in Washington, the Joe Biden administration found itself under pressure to explain its participation alongside Zimbabwe’s sanctioned head of state.
As President Mnangagwa hobnobbed with his Southern African peers, the gathering’s US organisers were scrambling behind the scenes to limit the fallout.Get unlimited access to our exclusive journalism and features today. Our award-winning team of correspondents and editors report from over 54 African countries, from Cape Town to Cairo, from Abidjan to Abuja to Addis Ababa. Africa. Unlocked.
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