By HELEN ZULU – ZOONA Zambia, an electronic money transfer firm, has processed close to nine million customer transactions in Zambia and Malawi amounting to K3 billion. Zoona communication and public relations manager Karim Amade...

By JUDITH  NAMUTOWE – GOVERNMENT has launched the Zambia International Investment Forum (ZIIF -2016), with a call to aggressively diversify the economy to other sectors to cushion the economy against the negative effects of external...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE inclusion of dual citizenship in the new Constitution will impact positively on the economy, the Association of Building and Civil Engineering Contractors (ABCEC) has said. ABCEC president, Michael Nyirenda said...

By BUSINESS REPORTER – THE prices of oil in the United States (US) yesterday remained below the widely watched $30-per-barrel level they reached on Tuesday for the first time in 12 years. They had fallen...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE total value of contracts reduced by 40 per cent in 2015 due to price escalations and unstable exchange rates in the country, Association of Building and Civil Engineering Contractors (ABCEC)...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE United States of America (USA) has made progress in growing its economy although more needs to be done to improve its status. This is according to US President Barack Obama’s...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE poultry industry in Zambia has posted a four per cent increase in chicken production in the last one year. At least 78 million broilers were produced by the sector last...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Insurers Association of Zambia (IAZ) has urged the Government to expedite enactment of the Insurance Bill of 2013 to promote growth in the sector. Among the changes being proposed in...

By HELEN ZULU – ZAMBIA should maintain its stance on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) to continue gaining economic advantage, especially in the agriculture sector. The Zambia Alliance for Agro-ecology and Biodiversity Conservation (ZAABC) says government’s...

By HELEN ZULU – THE Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has said it contributed about US$200 million to Zambia’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) through merger transactions in 2015. CCPC acting executive director Brian Lingela...