By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Bank of Zambia (BoZ) has called on financial institutions to scale up efforts by ensuring that the informal sector have access to financial services to enable them start up businesses....

By CHARITY MOONGA in South Africa – MAURITIUS President Ameenah Gurib Fakim has called for increased and robust economic change to reverse poverty in Africa. Ms Fakim said that Africa was making headway in education...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE FIRMS from more than four countries in Europe and Asia have expressed interest in constructing two hotels and a convention centre in Livingstone which will be used to host international events. The...

By MARTIN MUSUNKA – FIRST Quantum Minerals (FQM) has recorded a loss of more than $420 million after posting revenue of $673 million for the third quarter of 2015. Despite this, the firm is, however,...

  By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Government is next year set to put up four temporary Heavy Fuel Oils (HFO) power plants in selected parts of the country to mitigate the current power deficit the...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE government says there is no longer any need for the local employers to bring in expatriate workers to take up job opportunities for which Zambian graduates are qualified to take...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI- THE Lusaka South Multi-facility Economic Zone (LS-MFEZ) is currently scouting for a dry port developer and has since asked for the expression of interests from investors. The economic zone will lease out...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) has acquired four new diesel-electric mainline locomotives and 18 new passenger coaches valued at US$22.4 million. The new equipment was purchased through the 15th Protocol...

By HELEN ZULU – AGRI PROFOCUS Zambia in conjunction with Agri-Business Incubation Trust (AgBIT) and SNV Netherlands Development Organisation in Zambia have embarked on  a market study to determine  investment opportunities in the horticulture sector....

By HELEN ZULU – THE Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has launched its seed variety catalogue aimed at facilitating farmers’ access to improved varieties from all member states through simplified customs procedure....