By CHATULA KANGALI – MILLERS have stopped the importation of B1 quality, high protein content wheat into the country following the availability of the crop on the local market. Government allowed millers to import 10,000...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Government treasury bills auction that took place last Thursday was oversubscribed receiving bids amounting to K1 369.46 million against the K900 million on offer. According to Zanaco daily treasury newsletter,...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE National Savings and Credit Bank (Natsave) has launched a loan facility under which traditional chiefs are acquiring tractors and other farming implements for their chiefdoms. Under the asset-plus loan product...

By CHATULA KANGALI – A KOREAN firm has commenced aerial surveys for various minerals in Muchinga Province, Mines and Minerals Development Permanent Secretary Paul Chanda has said. The move followed the signing of a Memorandum...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – DELAYS in getting title deed and pending finalisation of purchase agreements have affected progress at the Kabompo Hydro Power Project in North-Western Province being developed by the Copperbelt Corporation (CEC). However,...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Zambian economy has been growing judging by steady sales growth of commercial vehicles, Southern Cross Motors has said. Company sales manager Mike Ng’uni said steady commercial vehicle sales for the...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Zambia Forest and Forestry Corporation (ZAFFICO) is next year targeting to increase the Kawambwa and Shiwangandu plantation by 400 and 300 hectares respectively. Currently, the corporation has a plantation of...

By CASSEY KAYULA – SWEDISH International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and Financial Sector Deepening Zambia (FSD) have spent £2,541,000 on women’s financial inclusion programmes as at September 30, 2016. FSD Zambia executive officer Betty Wilkinson...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE World Bank Group has approved a US$40 million credit to support Zambia’s economic diversification efforts. This will be supported through the Zambia Agribusiness and Trade project which is aimed at...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Governments of Zambia and Zimbabwe will this week hold a meeting to discuss the way forward on the impending development of the Batoka Gorge Hydro Power Station. The Batoka Gorge...