By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Government is currently engaging stakeholders on the commissioning of the sub-Sahara Gemstone Exchange Industrial Park (SGE) in Ndola. Commerce,Trade and Industry Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe said in an interview yesterday that...

By TENDAI KADYAMOTO – INDO Zambia Bank (IBZ) has officially opened a new branch in Lusaka’s Chilenje Township, bringing the total number of branches to 29 in the country. IZB managing director Shankardas Gupta said...

BY JOWIT SALUSEKI – A ZAMBIAN entrepreneur who attended United States President Barack Obama’s Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Kenya has urged the Government to lower the cost of doing business if the sector is to...

By CHARITY MOONGA – THE United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned of sharp food price increases and an increase in the need for imports in Southern Africa this year because of the...

By HELEN ZULU – THE Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has conducted training workshops for stakeholders in transit trade in preparation for the implementation of regional trade facilitation instruments. The objective of...

By Charity Moonga – FOR a long time now, Zambia has had adequate power capacity from its main hydro-power plants which has allowed the country to export to neighbouring nations. In the past few years,...

INSURERS Association of Zambia (IAZ) president, Shipango Muteto called on the insurance industry to practise prudence in underwriting, in last week’s article. This was in a buildup statement to next week’s insurance conference in Livingstone....

IT IS interesting that at any given time, there are some economic terms which seem more prominently used than others, especially in the media and among the sources. At one time, somewhere around 2008, we...

By JUDITH  NAMUTOWE  in Chilubi Island – THE Zambia National Savings and Credit Bank (NATSAVE) has a total branch network of 33, making it one of the most represented non-bank financial institution sectors in Zambia....

By TENDAI KADYAMOTO – BARRICK Gold Corporation recorded a net loss of US$9 million in the second quarter due to a drop in gold prices with adjusted net earnings of $60 million. The company’s full-year...