By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – A LUSAKA-based economist, John Kasanga, has predicted drastic reduction in the production of wheat and other irrigated crops this year due to various challenges Zambia is facing. The challenges include high...

B y NATASHA KANA – ZAMBIA Development Agency (ZDA) has launched the third strategic plan for 2016 -2020 aimed at transforming businesses for the full benefit of Zambians. The five-year plan acknowledges the changing economic...

By CHATULA KANGALI – ZAMBIA has continued  to record  a cotton deficit of more than 100,000 tonnes annually because few farmers are engaged in  production. Zambia Cotton Ginners Association (ZCGA) executive secretary Bourne Chooka said...

By CHATULA KANGALI – CONSTRUCTION of a K90, 000 cassava and mango processing plant in Mpulungu District in Northern Province has been completed. District Commissioner Dennis Sikazwe said in an interview yesterday that the plant...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – HUNGRY Lion Zambia, a subsidiary of the Shoprite Holdings Group, has invested US$1 million to establish an outlet at Cosmopolitan Shopping Mall in Lusaka. This will bring the number of Hungry...

By CHATULA KANGALI – Government has sourced US$700,000 from the European Union (EU) to promote extraction of low-value minerals in the country. Mines and Minerals Development Permanent Secretary, Paul Chanda said the funds would be...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA  – THE Private Enterprise Programme–Zambia (PEPZ) has partnered with Total Zambia to help boost capacity of local suppliers in the country. This will strengthen the ability of the company’s 200 local suppliers...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE  – Zambian Breweries (ZB) has this year bought 22,000 tonnes of barley from local farmers in the country. ZB managing director Annabelle Degroot said in an interview that the company had been...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – QATAR Airways, one of the five-star airlines in the world, is set to commence flights between Doha and Lusaka next year, Zambia Airports Corporation Limited (ZACL) has said. The airline is...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, through the Small Agribusiness Promotion Programme (SAPP), has introduced a grading and pricing system for pigs and goats in the country. The system is aimed...