By CASSEY KAYULA – THE Government should create a pro-competition policy environment for the private sector to flourish at industry and national levels. World Bank Group programme manager Peter Nuamah said competition in the market...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Centre for International Forest Research (CIFR) has urged Government to find ways in which the country can sustainably and legally export timber to China. Currently, the Government has banned the...

By HELEN ZULU – THE Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has continued to face challenges in implementing instruments and policies that have been developed to improve the region’s integration agenda. Commerce, Trade...

By IMMANUEL CHITWA – THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has enhanced anti-smuggling operations across the country. This renewed commitment to fight smuggling is a strong signal and warning to smugglers to rethink and stop their...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE value of Zambia’s trade deficit for September 2017 exponentially widened to more than K2 billion from the K484.3 million recorded in August this year. The K2, 055.6-million deficit has been...

By CASSEY KAYULA – INDO Zambia Bank (IZB) has been awarded the AA-rating, as one of the most financially stable institutions in the banking sector in the country. The move by the Credit Rating Agency...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – AFINANCIAL analyst has attributed the current depreciation of the Kwacha against major convertibles amid rising copper prices to increased imports and delayed International Monetary Fund (IMF) financial support. Maambo Hamaundu says...

By HELEN ZULU – THE Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA) has launched a property fund to provide unit holders with stable cash distributions from investments in the diversified portfolio as one way of sustaining...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has called for global support to Africa’s young farmers by highlighting how agribusiness is the answer to the continent’s youth unemployment. This is after the AfDB...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – LOCAL  enterprises  should take advantage of the  Public Private Partnerships (PPP) provision in the 2018 national budget to raise their  participation in public infrastructure construction , the Luapula Chamber of Commerce...