By JUDITH  NAMUTOWE – ZAMBIA’ annual rate of inflation for April 2017 has remained static at 6.7 per cent as that recorded the previous month. This means that on average, prices increased by 6.7 per...

By SYLVESTER MWALE – FORMER Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane has welcomed the decision by the Government to seek the support of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and that the fund’s conditions are bearable. Dr Musokotwane,...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – GOVERNMENT has engaged two Chinese railway companies to undertake a re-capitalisation study for Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL) to enhance its operations. Transport and Communications Minister Brian Mushimba said plans to re-capitalise...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – MIZINGA Melu has officially taken over as new Barclays Bank Zambia managing director from Saviour Chibiya who has assumed the position of regional managing director in South Africa. Ms Melu has...

By HOPE BWALYA – THE governments of Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have requested Zambia for 120,000 tonnes of maize. Representatives of the two countries made the request during a meeting with...

By MAYA NTANDA – ZAMBIA and other developing countries have been challenged to take advantage of the London Stock exchange (LSE) and access financing in wide range of currencies to invest in economic prosperity. United...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – CONSUMER Unity & Trust Society (CUTS) International has commended Zesco Limited’s proposal to raise the threshold for life-line tariffs by about 200 per cent to minimise the effects on domestic users....

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA- FIRST Quantum Minerals Limited (FQM) has launched an offering of US$1,600 million senior notes to refinance the company’s existing debt securities due in 2019 and 2020. Senior notes are debt securities or...

By CHATULA KANGALI and NDUBI MVULA in Lagos, Nigeria  – THE $12 billion Dangote Oil Refinery which will be the largest in the world slated for Lagos will be in full operation in 2019 and...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) has seized 19 bales of used underwear worth more than K30, 000 in Lusaka. This is in its continued effort to promote the health and...