By CHARITY MOONGA – The International Trade Centre (ITC) and Parodi Group, an Argentina-based honey producer and trader, have teamed up to boost the quality and production of Zambian honey to increase exports from the...

By CHATULA KANGALI – ZAMBEEF products PLC has completed phase one of the $250 million hatchery project in Mpongwe District on the Copperbelt. Phase one of the project includes three rearing sites and two laying...

By CHATULA KANGALI – BEE Sweet Honey is next year expected to increase its production of honey from 200 to 600 tonnes per annum. The farm which is located in Kafakumba area currently produces about...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – ZESCO will next month finalise all the power purchasing related agreements with EMCO Energy Zambia which will develop a 600 megawatts (MW) power station in Sinazongwe of Southern Province. EMCO Energy...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Tanzanian Government will in the next two weeks release TSh6 billion (about $2.75 million) as part of recapitalisation of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA). Part of the money would be...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Henry Courtyard is set to invest K2 million on the refurbishment and expansion of its Samfya  Marine Bay Lodge in Samfya District of Luapula Province. Lodge director Felix Mulenga confirmed...

By HELEN ZULU – THE Dairy Association of Zambia (DAZ) has said it would have loved to see the government zero-rate milk products for Value Added Tax (VAT)in the 2016 national budget. DAZ chairperson Miriam...

By CHATULA KANGALI – ELIF Business Solutions and the Copperbelt University (CBU) students have signed a declaration of execution of the 2015 national dialogue on the diversification of the Zambian economy. The two parties signed...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE insurance industry in Zambia has recorded a general decline in risk covers due to the global financial meltdown. Zambia State Insurance Cooperation (ZSIC) Life Limited board chairperson Enerst Beele said...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – STANBIC Bank Zambia has collected 22 awards in the EMEA Finance’s Treasury Services Awards and Global Finance’s World Best Bank Award for 2015. The awards have been attributed to the Bank’s...