By KENNEDY MUPESENI – ZAMBIA Institute for Policy Analysis Research (ZIPAR) says Government should look to the multilateral financial institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for balance of payments financing rather than the commercial...

By CHATULA KANGALI – MPONGWE District Commissioner(DC) Keith Maila has called on the private sector to consider investing in milling and oil processing projects in the area. Mr Maila said in an interview yesterday that...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – KONKOLA Copper Mines (KCM) has between March and August, 2015 received US$60 million Value Added Tax (VAT) refunds from the Government. KCM chief executive officer Stephen Din said the company has...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) wants Government to expedite the establishment of  sovereign wealth funds to avoid future negative adjustments when commodity prices drop unexpectedly. In its  latest policy...

By JAMES MUYANWA  – in NCHELENGE FINANCE Minister, Alexander Chikwanda, has said the government will only borrow up to K1 billion locally next year to help reduce the current high lending interest rates being charged...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Government says Chinese investors who want to set up a car battery manufacturing plant cannot do so at the closed Mansa Batteries because the two plants will be different. Commerce,...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE African Development Institute (EADI) and AMETrade last week co-organised training on project finance for public private partnerships (PPPs) in London. The training was targeted at Government officials, private sector representatives...

By JAMES MUYANWA in NCHELENGE – THE National Savings and Credit Bank (NATSAVE) has continued its branch upgrading and expansion programme in which the indigenous bank is providing financial services closer to the rural dwellers...

By CHATULA KANGALI – MEALIE-MEAL prices are before the end of this week expected to drop after Government last week entered into milling business to stabilise the cost of the commodity. Millers Association of Zambia...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Government should organise a consultation Indaba to discuss energy and currency issues facing the country, a local think tank has suggested. The Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) head of...