By KENNEDY MUPESENI – IMPERIAL Southern Cross Motors, trading as Nissan Zambia, has invested more than US$34 million in the last 10 months it has been operating in the country. The company has called for...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – AIRTEL Networks Zambia Plc has scooped four awards at the just held PMR Africa Awards. Airtel managing director Peter Correia said he was proud of what the staff of Airtel had done...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – PORTUGAL has said it plans to import grain from Zambia to meet the growing demand for grain production in that country. Portugal honorary consul to Zambia, Eric Marques said Zambia was...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE prices of oil rose towards US$66 a barrel yesterday after China moved to bolster its flagging economy, raising hopes that the world’s top energy consumer would help absorb a global...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – XENOPHOBIC violence in South Africa poses a serious threat to Zambia’s tourism growth, the Zambia Tourism Board has warned. ZTB managing director Felix Chaila said tourist arrivals to Zambia through South...

By MILDRED KATONGO – OWNERS  of Zamhatch   poultry in Mpongwe District on the Copperbelt have injected US$30million to kick-start the project. Zambeef in partnership with Rainbow Chickens of South Africa are in the process of...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission (CEEC) has recruited more debt collectors to improve loan collection from beneficiaries. The CEEC recorded a drastic drop of 59.5 per cent in loan recoveries in...

By HELEN ZULU – GOVERNMENT is holding discussions with foreign investors on the possibilities of reviving the defunct Mansa Batteries in Luapula Province. Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe said Government wants to find...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – ABOUT seven investors have acquired industrial plots at the Roma Industrial Park in Lusaka, the Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) has said. The ZDA has also called for increased investment in the...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – MORE than 1,000 Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have registered their business ideas in the Nyamuka-Zambia business plan competition. The ZANACO-sponsored Nyamuka Zambia is one of four components under the Private Enterprise...