ZIMBABWE has made \u201ca lot of headway\u201d in ongoing discussions with Algeria to import two critical raw materials \u2013 urea and ammonia \u2013 used in the manufacture of fertilisers to boost the agriculture sector, especially at a time when the Russia-Ukraine conflict has disrupted supplies onto the world market, Zimbabwe\u2019s Ambassador to Algeria, Vusumuzi Ntonga, has said.<\/p>\n
Discussions are also underway with Algerian state-owned oil company, Sonatrach and its distribution agent Naftal, to explore the possibility of procuring petroleum products such as bitumen and lubricants.<\/p>\n
The North African country is a major energy producer on the continent and exports 540 000 barrels per day of its total daily output of about 1,1 million barrels.<\/p>\n
In an interview with Zimbabwean journalists here ahead of the eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 8) to be held from August 27 to August 28, Ambassador Ntonga said Harare and Algiers, which share strong historical ties, are also considering setting up a local plant to assemble tractors.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is also within the agricultural sector an effort to procure fertilisers from Algeria. They produce urea; they also produce ammonia, which is required by one of our companies in Zimbabwe for the production
\nof ammonium nitrate. Those discussions are currently underway and they have made a lot of headway in that direction,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then in the agricultural sector, they manufacture tractors, bothunder licence and their own production. They produce tractors that are 80 percent Algerian and they also produce Massey Ferguson, which they
\nhave an input of 49 percent. We have spoken to them on the possibility of assembling those tractors in Zimbabwe and they are quite willing to do that, and they are also willing to do training of our technicians.
\nThey have proposed exchange visits so that they can see our facilities in Zimbabwe and they also bring Zimbabweans so see how they do it here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Government is in the process of mechanising agriculture to improve production and productivity, which are key to achieving both household and national food security.<\/p>\n
Local farmers are also being capacitated through timeous provision of inputs such as seed and fertiliser ahead of the 2022\/2023 cropping season. Zimbabwe further intends to share expertise in infrastructure
\ndevelopment and is pursuing possible partnerships in the local manufacture of pharmaceutical products.<\/p>\n
Algeria has demonstrable capacity in the sector and last year became the first country on the continent to produce Covid-19 vaccines through a partnership with China\u2019s Sinovac Laboratories.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlgeria is also very strong in terms of production of pharmaceuticals.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have become the first country to produce vaccines for the virus
\n(coronavirus) on the continent. They launched in July last year the
\nproduction of CoronaVac, so that is another area of possible
\ncooperation,\u201d added Ambassador Ntonga.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe two countries are also working on a memorandum of understanding on infrastructure development, which would likely complement major projects that Government is already implementing in various parts of the country.<\/p>\n
The current drive to promote trade also includes exporting local tobacco directly to Algeria through eliminating third parties. A framework has already been created through which local companies can negotiate with the United Tobacco Company of Algeria to begin exports.<\/p>\n
Ambassador Ntonga said in terms of trade, Zimbabwe presently exports tobacco worth about US$12 million to Algeria but the trade was done through third parties.<\/p>\n
They recently met the company that imports Zimbabwean tobacco, which commands about 90 percent of the tobacco market, and its officials indicated the desire to import directly from Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has started with us. We now have to identify counterparties in Zimbabwe who can negotiate directly with them.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to get on board our own stakeholders who can then negotiate with the United Tobacco Company of Algeria,\u201d said Ambassador Ntonga.<\/p>\n
Through the present engagement and re-engagement foreign policy drive, Zimbabwe is not only canvassing for local investments to promote economic growth, but seeking partnerships and markets for local products
\nto boost exports.<\/p>\nAlgeria is one of the countries that supported Zimbabwe\u2019s liberation struggle.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
While it used to host 500 students for studies, the numbers have since dwindled to 250 over the past three years as a result of disruptions caused by Covid-19.<\/p>\n
In HERALD, August 25th, 2022<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.herald.co.zw\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ZIMBABWE has made \u201ca lot of headway\u201d in ongoing discussions with Algeria to import two critical raw materials \u2013 urea and ammonia…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,12,9,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria","category-economy","category-science","category-the-algerian-sahara"],"yoast_head":"\n
Zim angles for Algerian fertiliser, petroleum products Ambassador Nton - AAH.JZR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zim angles for Algerian fertiliser, petroleum products Ambassador Nton - AAH.JZR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ZIMBABWE has made \u201ca lot of headway\u201d in ongoing discussions with Algeria to import two critical raw materials \u2013 urea and ammonia…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"AAH.JZR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jazairhope\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-25T23:30:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Vusumuzi-Ntonga.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"680\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"380\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ssuperadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ssuperadmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jazairhope.org\\\/en\\\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jazairhope.org\\\/en\\\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ssuperadmin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jazairhope.org\\\/fr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/43650ebd889d8960700b5456ed9264c4\"},\"headline\":\"Zim angles for Algerian fertiliser, petroleum products Ambassador Nton\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-25T23:30:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jazairhope.org\\\/en\\\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":705,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jazairhope.org\\\/en\\\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jazairhope.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/Vusumuzi-Ntonga.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Algerian Algeria\",\"Economy\",\"Science & Technology\",\"The Algerian Sahara\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/jazairhope.org\\\/en\\\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jazairhope.org\\\/en\\\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jazairhope.org\\\/en\\\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\\\/\",\"name\":\"Zim angles for Algerian fertiliser, petroleum products Ambassador Nton - AAH.JZR\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jazairhope.org\\\/fr\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jazairhope.org\\\/en\\\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jazairhope.org\\\/en\\\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jazairhope.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/Vusumuzi-Ntonga.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-25T23:30:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jazairhope.org\\\/fr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/43650ebd889d8960700b5456ed9264c4\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jazairhope.org\\\/en\\\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/jazairhope.org\\\/en\\\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jazairhope.org\\\/en\\\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jazairhope.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/Vusumuzi-Ntonga.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jazairhope.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/Vusumuzi-Ntonga.jpg\",\"width\":680,\"height\":380},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jazairhope.org\\\/en\\\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jazairhope.org\\\/fr\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Zim angles for Algerian fertiliser, petroleum products Ambassador Nton\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jazairhope.org\\\/fr\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jazairhope.org\\\/fr\\\/\",\"name\":\"AAH.JZR\",\"description\":\"Environment, Health, Science, Art, Economics\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jazairhope.org\\\/fr\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jazairhope.org\\\/fr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/43650ebd889d8960700b5456ed9264c4\",\"name\":\"Ssuperadmin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b4068e88b9c557952c81ca0efc4e11e19a2ed480173b8cef95a240894b16bf22?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b4068e88b9c557952c81ca0efc4e11e19a2ed480173b8cef95a240894b16bf22?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b4068e88b9c557952c81ca0efc4e11e19a2ed480173b8cef95a240894b16bf22?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ssuperadmin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/jazairhope.org\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jazairhope.org\\\/en\\\/author\\\/superadmin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Zim angles for Algerian fertiliser, petroleum products Ambassador Nton - AAH.JZR","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Zim angles for Algerian fertiliser, petroleum products Ambassador Nton - AAH.JZR","og_description":"ZIMBABWE has made \u201ca lot of headway\u201d in ongoing discussions with Algeria to import two critical raw materials \u2013 urea and ammonia…","og_url":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\/","og_site_name":"AAH.JZR","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jazairhope","article_published_time":"2022-08-25T23:30:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":680,"height":380,"url":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Vusumuzi-Ntonga.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ssuperadmin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ssuperadmin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\/"},"author":{"name":"Ssuperadmin","@id":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/fr\/#\/schema\/person\/43650ebd889d8960700b5456ed9264c4"},"headline":"Zim angles for Algerian fertiliser, petroleum products Ambassador Nton","datePublished":"2022-08-25T23:30:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\/"},"wordCount":705,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Vusumuzi-Ntonga.jpg","articleSection":["Algerian Algeria","Economy","Science & Technology","The Algerian Sahara"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\/","url":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\/","name":"Zim angles for Algerian fertiliser, petroleum products Ambassador Nton - AAH.JZR","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/fr\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Vusumuzi-Ntonga.jpg","datePublished":"2022-08-25T23:30:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/fr\/#\/schema\/person\/43650ebd889d8960700b5456ed9264c4"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Vusumuzi-Ntonga.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Vusumuzi-Ntonga.jpg","width":680,"height":380},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/zim-angles-for-algerian-fertiliser-petroleum-products-ambassador-nton\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/fr\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Zim angles for Algerian fertiliser, petroleum products Ambassador Nton"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/fr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/fr\/","name":"AAH.JZR","description":"Environment, Health, Science, Art, Economics","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/fr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/fr\/#\/schema\/person\/43650ebd889d8960700b5456ed9264c4","name":"Ssuperadmin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b4068e88b9c557952c81ca0efc4e11e19a2ed480173b8cef95a240894b16bf22?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b4068e88b9c557952c81ca0efc4e11e19a2ed480173b8cef95a240894b16bf22?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b4068e88b9c557952c81ca0efc4e11e19a2ed480173b8cef95a240894b16bf22?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ssuperadmin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/jazairhope.org"],"url":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/author\/superadmin\/"}]}},"views":399,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}