By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Zambia Association of Manufacturers(ZAM) has welcomed  the  presidential  directive to the  ministry of  Commerce, Trade and Industry to ensure that chain store  supermarkets  stock  locally produced goods,  saying it will boost the...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE current business licensing regime will remain, as Government urges the business community to propose other workable measures on how to reduce cost of doing business. It was not workable for...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA  and CHATULA KANGALI  – THE Ministry of Local Government should consider scrapping off or revising some of the business licences to save companies from collapsing as the country fights the COVID-19 downturn....

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA  – THE Bank of Zambia (BoZ) says efforts are being made to include the Zambian Kwacha as a settlement currency on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Integrated Regional Electronic Settlement System...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – GLOBAL copper production is expected to be impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, with data analytics and consulting company GlobalData now forecasting output growth of just 1.9 per cent to 21 million...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) has urged Government to upscale field trainings among smallholders farmers to promote Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) adaptation. PMRC executive director Bernadette Zulu said the...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – A FINANCIAL analyst has urged consumers in the country to keep tracking their financial activities thereby prioritising primary needs and postpone the secondary needs to survive a crisis. David Muteke said...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE  – ATLAS Mara Bank Zambia has invoked its business continuity plan to ensure it remains open for its customers across the country in line with the Ministry of Health guidelines. Bank managing...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – MARKETS will remain open as Government implements measures to help mitigate the spread of Coronavirus in highly populated trading places. Local Government Minister Charles Banda said markets were classified under the...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has suspended its strategic engagements with potential and existing financing and investment partners pending the end of Coronavirus. Read more...