By KENNEDY MUPESENI- in Mungwi THE district administration in Mungwi is pondering establishing a timber plantation in the area. This is to increase revenue of the district and reduce dependence on funding from the central...

By JAMES MUYANWA – MORE than 400 global and African leaders are this month-end expected to assemble in Lusaka for a high-level meeting aimed at developing concrete investment plans for driving Africa’s agricultural makeover. Zambia,...

By HELEN ZULU – THE Zambia State Insurance Corporation (ZSIC) has paid out more than K3 million in claims for farmers on the Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) Lima Credit Scheme who suffered crop failure...

By CHARITY MOONGA – DANGOTE Cement Plc recorded a profit after tax of US$614 million in the six-month period ended June 30, 2015. This is a 21.65-per cent increase over the one announced for the...

By HELEN ZULU – THE Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) has registered about 17, 956 firms across the country this year. PACRA public relations officer Vaida Bunda-Njobvu said the agency had registered about 17,...

BY JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Zambia Cooperative Federation (ZCF) has commenced the production of mealie meal at one of the  first three solar-powered milling plants in North-Western Province. This follows installation of the machine in...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Global Environment Facility (GEF) has provided about US$50,000 to a Zambezi-based organisation for the implementation of the protection of international waters-Zambezi River project. The project is aimed at protecting the...

By CHARITY MOONGA – THE Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) has this year participated in the China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT) with a view to promoting and attracting investment in priority sectors of...

By CHATULA KANGALI – ZAMBEZI Portland Cement (ZPC) Limited says it has been losing K13 on every bag of cement it sells from the time Dangote Cement entered the market. Operations director Daniele Ventriglia said...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – GOVERNMENT has said it will soon re-advertise tenders on the implementation of biofuels in its continued efforts to develop another alternative source of energy in Zambia. Mines, Energy and Water Development...