By KENNEDY MUPESENI  – BARCLAYS Bank Zambia Plc has launched the ‘Ignition Account’, a new transactional account tailored to suit the needs of students in tertiary institutions in Zambia. In a statement at the weekend,...

By CHARITY MOONGA – ZAMBIAN public shareholders have bought 11,792,337 shares out of the 27,961,237 Class B shares advertised by the ZCCM-IH this year. In the 2015 National Budget address delivered in October 2014, the...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) has inspected 37 shops in Mwinilunga and Ikelenge districts, confiscating K5,000 worthy of products. ZABS head of marketing and public relations Hazel Zulu said her...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – BARCLAYS Bank Zambia has partnered with Shoprite and Pick n’ Pay to offer cash withdraw using the point of sale terminals through a Cash Back product. Traditionally, the point of sale...

By CHARITY MOONGA – THE express goods train from Zambia to the central Mozambican port of Beira, via Zimbabwe, will start running by this month-end with a target of carrying 10,000 tonnes of cargo every...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has unveiled its landmark initiative to solve Africa’s huge energy deficit by 2025. This was disclosed at a high-level stakeholder consultative meeting attended by business...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – FOCUS Financial Services Limited has signed an agreement with Private Enterprise Programme (PEP Zambia) to provide finance to Nyamuka Zambia Business Plan Competition winners and participants worth K2 million. PEP Zambia...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – FORMER Airtel managing director Charity Lumpa at the weekend launched a Madison Premier Club dubbed MPremier aimed at providing solutions to challenges of the modern-day market environment. Launching the MPremier in...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – BARCLAYS Bank has this year raised more than US$2 billion to support different projects in Zambia. Barclays Bank managing director Saviour Chibiya said the bank was able to raise funds for...

By HELEN ZULU – THE Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has seized expired products worth approximately K1,000 from various shops at Chadiza District Market in Eastern Province. CCPC public relations officer Hanford Chaaba said...