By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – ZAMBIA has recorded a trade deficit  of  K651.8 million in January this year from a surplus of  K469.1 million  recorded in December last year. The country’s annual rate of inflation slowed...

By MUNAMBEZA MUWANEI THE Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture, Land and Natural Resources has observed that dairy farming is capable of becoming one of the main contributors to Zambia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Committee chairperson Mexas...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Association of Mine Suppliers and Contractors (AMSC) is expectant that the new Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe will push for debt dismantling and Value Added Tax (VAT) refunds to stabilise the...

By CASSEY KAYULA – THE National Union for Small-scale Farmers of Zambia (NUSFAZ) says the local small scale farmers have the capacity to meet the quality and consistency required in the delivery of vegetables to...

By HELEN ZULU – ZAMBIA still has a chance to acquire a financial bailout package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) provided it follows the strict reforms the fund has proposed. Government has been negotiating...

By JULIUS PHIRI – THE government has concluded the tender process for the establishment of industrial yards in Chipata, Solwezi, Mongu, Kasama, Kitwe and Ndola, Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe has said. Ms...

By CHATULA KANGALI – VARIOUS foreign investors have expressed interest in investing in rubber processing ventures in Zambia. Investors from Egypt, China, India, South Africa, Israel and South American want to invest in tyre manufacturing...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – A KITWE-based company has staked more than US$10 million in the development of a tourism resort which will include a kids’ park, a housing complex and a one-kilometre artificial lake. ACM...

Every epidemic which attacks a nation has a negative impact on the economy and the livelihood of people. The recent cholera outbreak in some parts of Zambia, generally in Lusaka, has left a lot of...

By HELEN ZULU in Mbala – AGDEVCO has invested more than US$10 million to produce potato and maize seed in Mbala, Northern Province through two ventures. This will  be done in partnership with Buya Bamba...