By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says the growth of the banking sector is critical to the development of the country’s economy. Speaking when he commissioned the K2.9 million Indo-Zambia Bank (IZB) Lundazi branch...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – ZAMBIA’s inflation rate has increased by more than one per cent, recording 22.9 per cent in February up from 21.8 per cent in January this year. The annual rate of inflation,...

By NATASHA KANA – LONDON’S Lord Mayor Jeffrey Mountevans says the United Kingdom (UK) is keen to support the development of the Lusaka Stock Exchange (LuSE) to help Zambia’s long-term financing needs. Lord Mountevans said...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE National Council for Construction (NCC) has suspended construction works for three companies for operating without valid council registration. The affected companies are Shimizu Corporation, Velos Enterprises Limited and Swissco Building...

By BRIAN HATYOKA – KATIMA Mulilo Border Post in Sesheke District in Western Province has failed to meet its revenue target for 2015 because of a slowdown in economic activities. Zambia Revenue Authority ( ZRA)...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – ZAMBIA’s imports of processed tomato products have increased from US$4.968 million to $9.217 million in the last five years. This is according  to the 2015 Horticulture Sub-sector Study Report which has...

By HELEN ZULU – FAIRY Bottling Zambia Limited (FB), the producers of Aquasavana pure mineral water, has created about 400 jobs since the introduction of a wide range of superior carbonated beverages in the country....

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – TIMBER processors on the Copperbelt Province have bemoaned the high prices of raw timber which has affected sales. Recently, the price of timber per cubic metre increased from about K42,000 to...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – GOVERNMENT has, through project support from the Africa Development Bank (AfDB), raised over K300 million for the implementation of industrial yards. The implementation of the industrial yards is expected to create...

LAST week, my article focussed on Zambia’s plan to extend the Pre–export Verification Of Conformity (PVoC) programme to other products, besides motor vehicles in an effort to promote the quality and safety of the products....