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...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE? – THE Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) targets a US$250million resource mobilisation for onward lending to member countries for bankable infrastructure projects. COMESA Secretary General Sindiso Ngwenya announced that...

By MAIMBOLWA  MULIKELELA? – ZAMBIA’S intense construction activities have continued to attract offshore investment with a delegation from China’s Shanxi Jiawei Building Materials (SJBM) and Shanxi Construction companies expected in the country today to assess...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE latest Zambia Debt Sustainability Analysis report has called for continued improvement of policies and public institutions to enhance Zambia’s fiscal credibility. This will also enable the country to achieve higher...

By HELEN ZULU? – GOVERNMENT and the Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) has tailored a programme to support small-scale farmers to guarantee their consistency in supplying local products to supermarkets. This is in line with...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE American Chamber of Commerce in Zambia (AmCham Zambia) and the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Chamber of Commerce have signed a partnership agreement to help the two organisations capitalise on professional and...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – ZAMBIA has sent a letter of intent to Saudi Arabia on the possibility of a Government-to- Government oil procurement deal. Mines, Energy and Water Development Minister Christopher Yaluma said after experts...

By JULIUS PHIRI – GOVERNMENT is currently spending US$2.4 million to market Zambia’s tourism sector on the international market. Tourism and Arts Permanent Secretary Stephen Mwansa said the money, which the country spent to market...