By HELEN ZULU – THE Government has urged investors to set up plants that will be manufacturing products locally and cautioned the business community to protect the market from distortion by providing genuine products. The...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Government should provide incentives for the private sector to build storage in areas lacking the facilities thereby reducing post-harvest losses, an agriculture think tank has recommended. Indaba Agriculture Policy Research...

  By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Government will finance $575 million dollars for the upgrade of the Tazama Oil Pipeline and has started looking for a strategic partner to invest in the Indeni Petroleum Refinery...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – MANSA District Framers Union (MDFU) has embarked on farmer sensitisation activities in various crop management aspects to realise the country’s diversification agenda. MDFU facilitator Mutinta Siasimuna said to broaden the crop...

By HELEN ZULU – GOVERNMENT is concerned about the quality of services and products being offered by mobile service providers and has called on them to remedy the situation and ensure maximum benefits for Zambians....

By CHATULA KANGALI – GOVERNMENT  has released  over K31 million for the commencement of a countrywide livestock and aquaculture census. The ministry of finance allocated K50 million in this year’s budget to conduct the first-ever...

By CHATULA  KANGALI – PETROLEUM transporters have bemoaned the high cost of duty in the importation of fuel tanker trailers into the country. Petroleum Transporters Association of Zambia (PTAZ) General Secretary Benson Tembo said transporters...

By KELVIN MUDENDA – GOVERNMENT  has reiterated its commitment to transform the leather industry to generate value in the country’s economy and contribute to the Vision 2030 realisation. Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE country should embrace the use of bio-pesticides in eradicating uncompromising crop disease and pests to maintain the environment, a graduating Copperbelt University (CBU) environmental engineer has said. Crop pests like...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Zambia National Commercial Bank (ZANACO) has completed the distribution of 49,000 Electronic Voucher cards to farmers for the 2017/2018 farming season. ZANACO is one  of the  banks that was contracted...