By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – ZAMBIA’s metal exports increased by more than 30 per cent in the month of October 2015. Central Statistics Office (CSO) acting director Goodson Sinyenga said during a media briefing in Lusaka...

By HELEN ZULU  – ZAMBIA registered the biggest market share worth of imports with 22 per cent in 2014, at the value of US$ 2.3 million, down from the 2013’s share of 26 per cent...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – NYAMUKA Zambia annual business plan competition run by Private Enterprise Programme (PEP-Zambia) has partnered with Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) to provide support for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The two organisations...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE  – FINANCE Minister Alexander Chikwanda has said Government will work with Zambeef to find institutions that can finance Zambeef’s outgrower schemes for the Palm Oil project in Chief Kopa’s area in Mpika. Mr Chikwanda said...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – ZAMBIA Sugar Plc is pondering expanding thermal power generation capacity from the current 30 to 50 Megawatts, managing director Rebecca Katowa has said. This is in response to the current power...

By CHATULA KANGALI – CHINA Non-Ferrous Metal Company (CNMC) will spend in excess of US$100 million to de-water Shaft 28 at the Luanshya Copper Mines (LCM). LCM Chief executive officer Lou Xingeng said in an...

By JACK MWEWA – DHL has advised consumers buying goods online, using e-commerce, to consider other hidden costs other than the purchase price. DHL operations manager for Sub Saharan Africa Oliver Facey said in a...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – AFRICA needs to take a leading role in coming up with ways of combating tax avoidance and other illicit financial flows (IFFs) because the continent is losing a lot of resources...

MUSHROOMS that would normally cost K5 are now selling at K30 in Kabwe. It is shocking that, vendors who are selling mushrooms on the corridors of Kabwe town attribute the hike to the risen American...

By JULIUS PHIRI – ZAMBIA Tourism Board (ZTB) managing director Felix Chaila has said tourists from Australia and New Zealand are among the few that visit Zambia and take longer holidays. ZTB has, therefore, embarked...