By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Government should be encouraged to build strategic reserves for petroleum products of up to 60 days to avert shortages as it makes changes to fuel procurement, Energy expert Johnston Chikwanda...

By CHATULA KANGALI – GOVERNMENT, through the National Water and Sanitation Council (NWASCO) is in the process of making water supply and sanitation tariffs cost reflective.Ministry of Water Development permanent secretary, Joe Kalusa observed that...

By CHATULA KANGALI – AN independent tobacco farmer has embarked on an out-grower Scheme to empower about 300 farmers in cashew nut production in Eastern Province.About 15,000 seedlings have so far been distributed to 270...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – MAIMA General Dealers are in discussions with funders and institutions to raise K20 million for the implementation of production and processing of chickens in Central, Muchinga and Western Provinces.More than 3,750...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Bankers Association of Zambia (BAZ) has said the COVID-19 modified loans for the banking industry hit over K3 billion last year, thereby threatening the sector’s capital adequacy.BAZ public relations officer...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – ZANACO Plc has disbursed K1 billion to support the Small and Medium Entrepreneurs (SMEs) in the last two years.The bank was looking at growing the SME loan portfolio further so that...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) Association of Zambia has welcomed the move by the government to remodel Tazama Pipelines Limited and Indeni Petroleum Refinery saying it speaks to innovation that the...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI –THE hurdles that the country has been facing after the privatization of the mining industry should be lesson enough to value local investments, the Mineworkers Union of Zambia (MUZ) has said. MUZ...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE government has embarked on a programme to distribute maize bran to small-scale livestock farmers that have been adversely affected by droughts and the impact of COVID-19 in the country. The...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – ZAMTEL will further expand its network by adding capacity and building new sites to support the expected jump in mobile traffic volumes this year. The telecom company was expected to complete...