By CHATULA KANGALI THE Ndola City Council (NCC) will start offering rate rebates to investors who are willing to recapitalise dormant companies in the industrial area of the city. Rate rebate is a scheme meant...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Government targets the improvement of the water transport section in the next 12 month in an holistic approach to the transport sector. Transport and Communication Minister Brian Mushimba said the...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – ZAMBIANS are looking forward to an increase in their purchasing power this year due to the drop in inflation. This is according to the latest global Economic Condition survey conducted by...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Government has urged the academia in the country to find solutions to problems facing the country’s economy. Higher Education Minister Nkandu Luo said the country had a lot of economic...

By CAROLYN MUTEMWA – THE Small-Scale Farmers Development Agency (SAFADA) will spend about K4 million in the next five years to support 180,000 farmers across the country. This is aimed at providing reliable credit facility...

By CASSEY KAYULA – RICE Works Global, a United Kingdom (UK) based company has expressed interest in investing over €400,000 in the construction of a bio fertiliser plant in Zambia. The company which is working...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has commenced investigations to establish whether imported petroleum products from South Africa qualify for preferential treatment under the various trade protocols. Currently the authority is withholding...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – SMALL and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) on the Copperbelt should take advantage of various Government economic interventions to run mining ventures, Mines and Mineral Development Minister Christopher Yaluma has said. The Ministry...

By HELEN ZULU – MUHANYA Solar Limited has invested US$300, 000 in the development of a mini-electricity grid in Sinda district, in Eastern Province aimed at scaling up the use of solar-powered energy. Business development...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE government’s revenue from the mining industry dropped to K9.07 billion in 2015 from K9.94 billion recorded in 2014 due to low copper earnings. This is according to the latest Zambia...