By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE business community should get ready for the mining-inclined business boom as a result of recapitalisation of Mopani Copper Mine (MCM) besides the upcoming operations, Copperbelt Province Minister Elisha Matambo has...

By ANDREW MULENGA – THE Zambia National Commercial Bank (ZANACO) lending portfolio to Chinese businesses has reached close to $200 million from October last year to date.ZANACO chief executive officer Mukwandi Chibesakunda says currently, the...

By ANDREW MULENGA – THE Lusaka Securities Exchange (LuSE)’s total market capitalisation for the first quarter of 2024 rose to K97.76 billion translating into10.2-per cent increase on the K75 billion posted in the first quarter...

By KETRA KALUNGA – THE Oil Marketing Companies Association of Zambia (OMCAZ) has urged the Government to revert to the open tender system of procuring petroleum products to prevent irregular procurement deals as revealed by...

By KETRA KALUNGA – THE $1.6-million cotton deal signed between Zambia and Brazil aimed at revamping the cotton industry, has elated the Cotton Association of Zambia (CAZ) as the development will promote the cotton value...

By KETRA KALUNGA – THE Bankers Association of Zambia (BAZ) says there is nothing sinister about the Bank of Zambia (BoZ)’s taking possession of Investrust Bank because the move was backed by the law.Some economic...

By BUSIKU MOOBELA – THE Government has implored poultry farmers to sensitise rural communities on poultry management and vaccination practices to improve livestock health and rural livelihoods.Fisheries and Livestock Minister Chikote Makozo said poultry farming...

By KETRA KALUNGA – MORE onions have continued to be imported in the country to mitigate the shortage of the product on the local market.Last week, about 308 tonnes of onions were imported by the...

By ANDREW MULENGA – THE Zambia-China Jiangxi Multi-facility Economic Zone (JMFEZ) has so far signed agreements with a total investment value of over $100 million for eight projects which are expected to begin operations this...

By ANDREW MULENGA – ZANACO Bank’s net profit after tax grew by 49-per cent to K1.74 billion in 2023 while revenues went up by 34 per cent to K5.28 billion in the period under review.According...