By CASSEY KAYULA – SWEDISH International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and Financial Sector Deepening Zambia (FSD) have spent £2,541,000 on women’s financial inclusion programmes as at September 30, 2016. FSD Zambia executive officer Betty Wilkinson...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE World Bank Group has approved a US$40 million credit to support Zambia’s economic diversification efforts. This will be supported through the Zambia Agribusiness and Trade project which is aimed at...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Governments of Zambia and Zimbabwe will this week hold a meeting to discuss the way forward on the impending development of the Batoka Gorge Hydro Power Station. The Batoka Gorge...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THERE is need to invest in local manufacturing of timber processing equipment to reduce importation costs the country is currently incurring, Zambia National Association for Sawmillers (ZNAS) has said. ZNAS president...

By HELEN ZULU – THE Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) has started conducting spot checks and market surveillances to check compliance levels on regulated products. ZABS head of marketing and public relations Hazel Zulu said...

By CASSEY KAYULA – MTN Zambia has processed K4.2 billion worth of transactions through its mobile money services this year. MTN public relations and communications officer Olivia Matani said MTN Mobile Money services had processed...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI  – A PRIVATE company, Stalwart Investments has inked a deal with the Kitwe City Council (KCC) to construct an ultra-modern bus terminus and other facilities under Public Private Partnership (PPP). Stalwart Investments...

By BRIAN HATYOKA – MINOR Hotel Group (MHG) has taken over both AVANI Victoria Falls Resort and Royal Livingstone Victoria Falls Zambia Hotel by Anantara in Livingstone. The Group, which bought the two renowned entities...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – CLASSIFIEDS Dot Com Limited has been launched on the Zambian market at the cost of US$250,000. Company managing director Philip Simbeva said $250,000 was used to set up the facility and...

By CASSEY KAYULA – NATIONAL Union for Small Scale Farmers Association of Zambia (NUSFAZ) says   delays in the distribution of inputs under the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) will lead to reduced Productivity  during   2016/17...