By HELEN ZULU – AB BANK Zambia has signed a 3 million Euros micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) investment bond with the European Investment bank (EIB) aimed at enhancing AB bank’s support to MSMEs....

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Zambia Cooperative Federation (ZCF) is in the process of setting up tomato processing plants in four major cities of Zambia at a cost of US$6 million. ZCF director general James...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – LOCAL economist Noel Nkhoma has advised Government against having the major stake in the operations of the Zambian airline. This follows the establishment of the company to operate as Zambia Airways...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Government in collaboration with the Zambia Cooperative Federation (ZCF) has identified land for the installation of the Government sponsored solar milling plant in Kasama. The contractor has since moved on...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI and JUDITH NAMUTOWE – ULENDO, a special purpose vehicle sponsored by the Focus Ironclad Group has established a K6.5 billion collateral free Road Infrastructure Note Programme(RINP) for local contractors. The first sum...

By JAMES MUYANWA and JUDITH NAMUTOWE – ECONOMIC experts and stakeholders have said the 2016 budget is an austerity one which is capable of enhancing confidence in the national economy among the international community and...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR) has urged government to peg the public sector wage bill ceiling to eight per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to manage...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – ZOONA Zambia, an electronic money transfer firm has offloaded 13.7 per cent of its shares worth US$8 million to its employees for them to own a stake in the company. Zoona...

By CHARITY MOONGA – The International Trade Centre (ITC) and Parodi Group, an Argentina-based honey producer and trader, have teamed up to boost the quality and production of Zambian honey to increase exports from the...

By CHATULA KANGALI – ZAMBEEF products PLC has completed phase one of the $250 million hatchery project in Mpongwe District on the Copperbelt. Phase one of the project includes three rearing sites and two laying...