By JACK MWEWA – DHL has advised consumers buying goods online, using e-commerce, to consider other hidden costs other than the purchase price. DHL operations manager for Sub Saharan Africa Oliver Facey said in a...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – AFRICA needs to take a leading role in coming up with ways of combating tax avoidance and other illicit financial flows (IFFs) because the continent is losing a lot of resources...

MUSHROOMS that would normally cost K5 are now selling at K30 in Kabwe. It is shocking that, vendors who are selling mushrooms on the corridors of Kabwe town attribute the hike to the risen American...

By JULIUS PHIRI – ZAMBIA Tourism Board (ZTB) managing director Felix Chaila has said tourists from Australia and New Zealand are among the few that visit Zambia and take longer holidays. ZTB has, therefore, embarked...

By CHATULA KANGALI – INCREASE in revenue generation and reduced operational cost has resulted in Zampost recording a profit of about K700,000 in the month of October this year. The corporation in the month of...

By CHARITY MOONGA – THE Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) in Lusaka has undertaken an aggressive investment promotion aimed at building entrepreneurs and fostering value addition, infrastructural development and non traditional exports. ZDA communications and public...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an unfunded US$100-million Risk Participation Agreement (RPA) for Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe  (SMBCE)  Limited  to support issuing banks in Africa expand their trade...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Zambia Federation Associations of Women in Business (ZFAWB) is pondering partnering with Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) to improve the standards of products produced by its members. Executive director Maureen...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – ZAMBIA Institute for Policy Analysis Research (ZIPAR) says Government should look to the multilateral financial institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for balance of payments financing rather than the commercial...

By CHATULA KANGALI – MPONGWE District Commissioner(DC) Keith Maila has called on the private sector to consider investing in milling and oil processing projects in the area. Mr Maila said in an interview yesterday that...