THE importance of the manufacturing sector in realising economic growth in any country cannot be overemphasised.The manufacturing sector is said to facilitate economic growth rate as well as determine the economic strength of any given...

AS I was witnessing CFAO Motors Zambia, an authorised Toyota distributor, launch Toyota Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) on the Zambian market, I reflected on how far the country has come on this road.In fact, I...

By CHATULA KANGALI and ANDREW MULENGA – ACCORDING to the Zambia Statistics Agency, the agriculture sector accounts for about 20 per cent of Zambia’s Growth Domestic Product (GDP) and employs over half of the workforce...

THE issue of Zambia’s debt restructuring has been dragging for some time now and this forum has been keenly following it since inception, somewhere in 2021.The issue which goes in tandem with the current International...

IT was a sunny Friday afternoon, but almost the entire populace was eager to listen to the 2024 National Budget presentation by Finance and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane.Despite the scorching heat, many were glued...

LAST week, we featured an article in which I justified the need for the agriculture sector to get a big share of the 2024 national budget.That was before Finance and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane,...

DESCRIBED by many stakeholders as progressive, the 2024 National Budget will be anchored on stimulating economic growth to achieve improved livelihood as evidenced by the rise in allocations to key sectors of the economy.Finance and...

ALL seems set for the presentation of the 2024 National Budget.Finance and National Planning minister Situmbeko Musokotwane is, for the third consecutive year, expected to present the budget to Parliament on Friday this week.Therefore, I...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI and CHATULA KANGALI – AS Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane prepares to present the 2024 national budget on Friday, stakeholders are highly expectant about changes in key sectors of the economy to facilitate...

SO, Zambia and China have designated 2024 as the Year of Business Cooperation! This is in line with the observance of 2024 as the 60th anniversary of the diplomatic ties between the two friendly countries.It...