By CAROLYN MUTEMWA – THE Small-Scale Farmers Development Agency (SAFADA) will spend about K4 million in the next five years to support 180,000 farmers across the country. This is aimed at providing reliable credit facility...

By CASSEY KAYULA – RICE Works Global, a United Kingdom (UK) based company has expressed interest in investing over €400,000 in the construction of a bio fertiliser plant in Zambia. The company which is working...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has commenced investigations to establish whether imported petroleum products from South Africa qualify for preferential treatment under the various trade protocols. Currently the authority is withholding...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – SMALL and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) on the Copperbelt should take advantage of various Government economic interventions to run mining ventures, Mines and Mineral Development Minister Christopher Yaluma has said. The Ministry...

By HELEN ZULU – MUHANYA Solar Limited has invested US$300, 000 in the development of a mini-electricity grid in Sinda district, in Eastern Province aimed at scaling up the use of solar-powered energy. Business development...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE government’s revenue from the mining industry dropped to K9.07 billion in 2015 from K9.94 billion recorded in 2014 due to low copper earnings. This is according to the latest Zambia...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ) has urged its members to this year diversify by milling other crops such as cassava and sorghum. MAZ president Andrew Chintala said in an in...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Zambia Union of Financial Institutions and Allied Workers (ZUFIAW) has urged financial institutions to consider lowering the interest rates this year following a drastic drop  in inflation rate. The inflation...

By CHATULA KANGALI – ZAMBIA Airports Corporation Limited (ZACL) has submitted an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report for the development of the Copperbelt International Airport in the Dag Hammarskjold area of Ndola. ZACL plans to...

By HELEN ZULU FOURTY local contractors have been sub-contracted to work with Shandong Deijan Group Limited of China, which is the main contractor in the installation of the Presidential solar milling plants. National Association for...