By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Government will finance $575 million dollars for the upgrade of the Tazama Oil Pipeline and has started looking for a strategic partner to invest in the Indeni Petroleum Refinery...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – MANSA District Framers Union (MDFU) has embarked on farmer sensitisation activities in various crop management aspects to realise the country’s diversification agenda. MDFU facilitator Mutinta Siasimuna said to broaden the crop...

By HELEN ZULU – GOVERNMENT is concerned about the quality of services and products being offered by mobile service providers and has called on them to remedy the situation and ensure maximum benefits for Zambians....

By CHATULA KANGALI – GOVERNMENT  has released  over K31 million for the commencement of a countrywide livestock and aquaculture census. The ministry of finance allocated K50 million in this year’s budget to conduct the first-ever...

By CHATULA  KANGALI – PETROLEUM transporters have bemoaned the high cost of duty in the importation of fuel tanker trailers into the country. Petroleum Transporters Association of Zambia (PTAZ) General Secretary Benson Tembo said transporters...

By KELVIN MUDENDA – GOVERNMENT  has reiterated its commitment to transform the leather industry to generate value in the country’s economy and contribute to the Vision 2030 realisation. Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE country should embrace the use of bio-pesticides in eradicating uncompromising crop disease and pests to maintain the environment, a graduating Copperbelt University (CBU) environmental engineer has said. Crop pests like...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Zambia National Commercial Bank (ZANACO) has completed the distribution of 49,000 Electronic Voucher cards to farmers for the 2017/2018 farming season. ZANACO is one  of the  banks that was contracted...

By HELEN ZULU – THE Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) has registered over 2,000 cooperatives since the launch of the new automated system in May this year. PACRA public relations officer Vaida Njobvu said...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – LOCAL production and processing of crude palm oil will drastically reduce Zambia’s dependence on the commodity and edible oil imports. Finance Minister Felix Mutati expressed delight that the country was now...