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Zimbabwe signs R19 billion fuel pipeline deal with British firm | Fin24

Zimbabwe has signed a $1.3 billion joint venture agreement with British-based Coven Energy to develop a fuel pipeline from the Mozambican port city of Beira to the capital city Harare.

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