By KENNEDY MUPESENI – PRODUCTION in key economic sectors will stabilise in the last half of 2016 because of the consensus on the fiscal and policy isues, Standard Bank Group has projected. At the start...

By CHARITY MOONGA – THE Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL) has, through the Zambian Government, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Chinese firm for the construction of a railway line from Chipata to Mpika...

By CHARITY MOONGA – AFRICAN governments should urgently put policies and infrastructure in place to ensure increased fertiliser access and use to raise agricultural productivity. The African Fertiliser and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) says this will...

Ministry of Finance and National Planning Deputy Minister Christopher Mvunga applauded the insurance industry for organising the first ever international insurance conference in Zambia. Meanwhile, Pensions and Insurance Authority (PIA) registrar Martin Libinga has called...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Government is currently engaging stakeholders on the commissioning of the sub-Sahara Gemstone Exchange Industrial Park (SGE) in Ndola. Commerce,Trade and Industry Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe said in an interview yesterday that...

By TENDAI KADYAMOTO – INDO Zambia Bank (IBZ) has officially opened a new branch in Lusaka’s Chilenje Township, bringing the total number of branches to 29 in the country. IZB managing director Shankardas Gupta said...

BY JOWIT SALUSEKI – A ZAMBIAN entrepreneur who attended United States President Barack Obama’s Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Kenya has urged the Government to lower the cost of doing business if the sector is to...

By CHARITY MOONGA – THE United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned of sharp food price increases and an increase in the need for imports in Southern Africa this year because of the...

By HELEN ZULU – THE Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has conducted training workshops for stakeholders in transit trade in preparation for the implementation of regional trade facilitation instruments. The objective of...

By Charity Moonga – FOR a long time now, Zambia has had adequate power capacity from its main hydro-power plants which has allowed the country to export to neighbouring nations. In the past few years,...