By HELEN ZULU – ZAMBEEF Products Plc’s shares doubled in price on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in a space of two months. The company started the year on a positive note with its share...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE construction of the US$260 million Mokambo Copper Mines (MCM) in Mufulira has delayed due to the late issuance of a land title by the local authority. Changfa Mineral Resources Limited...

By BRIAN HATYOKA – ZAMBIA’s domestic tourism campaign, an initiative which was launched a few years ago to encourage Zambians explore tourism, has gained momentum as more than 60 per cent of visits to tourism...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THREE investors have expressed interest in constructing cement plants in Senior Chief Chiwala’s area in Masaiti District on the Copperbelt. Senior Chief Chiwala of the Lamba speaking people said the investors,...

By HELEN ZULU – THE Cross Border Traders Association of Zambia (CBTA) will this year construct a Trade Information Centre (TIC) at Nakonde border post in Muchinga Province. Secretary General Charles Kakoma said CBTA would...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – THE newly opened Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) station in Choma, last year collected K9.4 million from taxes, representing a 2.63 per cent increase over the 2014 performance. From the amount, domestic...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Investment (ZCCM-IH) is in the  process of constructing a cement plant in Ndola with an initial  investment of US$600 million. ZCCM-IH chief executive officer, Pius Kasolo...

By KENNEDY  MUPESENI – THE Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) has launched an online business registration system which has resulted in the entire registration process being done electronically. The online system which was launched at the...

By HELEN ZULU – ZOONA Zambia, an electronic money transfer firm, has processed close to nine million customer transactions in Zambia and Malawi amounting to K3 billion. Zoona communication and public relations manager Karim Amade...

By JUDITH  NAMUTOWE – GOVERNMENT has launched the Zambia International Investment Forum (ZIIF -2016), with a call to aggressively diversify the economy to other sectors to cushion the economy against the negative effects of external...