By CHATULA KANGALI – NEELKANTH Group of Company, a highly diversified  Indian conglomerate will set up a lead processing plant at the cost of US$2 million in Masaiti District on the Copperbelt Province. The company...

  By CHATULA  KANGALI – GOVERNMENT has commenced the revision of the Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) Act to ensure reduced entry fees into the MultiFacility Economic Zones (MFEZ) for local firms. This followed complaints from...

By HELEN ZULU – ABOUT K890 000 out of the over K11 million worth of properties that were advertised to be sold by the Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission (CEEC) has been recovered. The commission recently...

By HELEN ZULU – THE Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR) has predicted that the 2018 national budget will be tough after a reduction in funding from cooperating partners . ZIPAR senior research...

By CHATULA KANGALI – GOVERNMENT has assured investors in the country that it will formulate policy that will not hinder the growth of the local manufacturing sector. Finance Minister Felix Mutati said Government would ensure...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – STAKEHOLDERS on the Copperbelt Province have urged Government to raise the current local empowerment threshold from the current 20 per cent to 40 per cent to increase local participation in the...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE and KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Business Community has been challenged to take advantage of opportunities in the non-traditional market to grow the export base. Charge D’ Affaires at the  Zambian Embassy in...

By CASSEY KAYULA – THE Capital Markets Association of Zambia (CMAZ) has called for a budget that will reinforce stability of the capital markets in the country. CMAZ president Muchindu Kasongola said capital markets played...

By JULIUS PHIRI  – GOVERNMENT has reiterated on the need to diversify from Copper mining to other minerals to tap into the abundant resources in the country. Ministry of Mines and Development acting Permanent Secretary...

By CHATULA KANGALI GOVERNMENT is considering engaging the Japanese Government for the modernisation and development of border posts in the country. Commerce Trade and Industry Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe said the development of border posts would...