By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – ZAMBIA has issued an international tender for oil explorations in 40 blocs of North-Western, Western and Eastern provinces after samples collected in 2007 confirmed traces of oil. Preliminary geological surveys conducted...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – LIMITED access to land is delaying economic diversification of the Copperbelt Province as most land is vested in the mines, a mineral tax watch group has said. The Government is currently...

By CHATULA KANGALI – SOME farmers in the country are still holding on to the wheat produced in the last farming season, thereby creating an artificial shortage on the local market. On the other hand,...

From JUDITH NAMUTOWE  – in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ACTION Aid International has called for concerted efforts among African governments in addressing illicit financial flows (IFFs) on the continent. Action Aid International Africa tax power coordinator...

By HELEN ZULU – CONSTRUCTION of the first luxury lodge at a cost of US$1.6 million in Liuwa Plains National Park in Western Province has commenced. The lodge, which will be called Mambeti Camp, is...

By HELEN ZULU – A COMBINED team of Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) and Competition and Consumer Protection Commission inspectors has seized expired products worth K826 from SPM investments in Solwezi. ZABS has since served...

By HELEN ZULU – THE first phase of the 2,300-kilometre regional power inter-connector project to link Zambia, Tanzania and Kenya (ZTK) power grids is expected to be completed by December this year. The Common Market...

By CHATULA KANGALI – JAMBO Milling has opened its first plant in Ndola on the Copperbelt at a cost of US$2 million to help sustain the local market. The milling plant, located in the industrial...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – ANOTHER batch of 100 solar powered milling units is expected to arrive in the country early next month, bringing the total number of units to 200. Zambia Cooperative Federation (ZCF) director...

By HELEN ZULU – THE Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) has urged Government to put in place measures that will end dollarisation in the country and avoid putting pressure on the local currency. EAZ board...