By KENNEDY MUPESENI – CONSORTIUM investors from Tianjin, Northern China have pledged to establish an international procurement centre in Livingstone to facilitate the buying and export of Zambian products to China and possible markets. A...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE AFRICAN Development Bank (AfDB) has approved three loans amounting to US$94 million to finance various projects in three countries including Zambia. Under the approvals, Zambia’s Cashew Infrastructure Development Project (CIDP)...

By MARTIN MUSUNKA – KALUMBILA Minerals Limited (KML) is happy that the women empowerment programme has successfully taken off, with the first-ever intensive tailoring and knitting course for local women in Kalumbila District. Thirty women...

By JACK MWEWA – THE South African government says the country’s veterinary wing has made progress in resolving the ban on meat exports from America before December, 31, 2015. This is in response to American...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – ZANACO will spend 60 per cent of its K1 million corporate social investment on financial literacy programmes before the end of this year. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) manager Caroline Handia said...

By CHATULA KANGALI – SIXTEEN electricity utility companies from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are today expected to meet in Lusaka to deliberate present and future state of the regional electricity industry. The members...

By HELEN ZULU – THE Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Microsoft East Africa Limited aimed at accelerating cross-border trade through access to technology. COMESA...

By HELEN ZULU – THE Government has called on the private and public enterprises to consider implementing Kaizen to enhance efficiency. Kaizen is a Japanese concept which means continuous improvement. Deputy Secretary to Cabinet Peter...

By JAMES MUYANWA – ZAMBIA is one of the three fastest growing tourism destinations in the world, the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has said. This is barely a month after the country was...

By BUSINESS REPORTER – THE Bank of Zambia (BoZ) has raised its monetary policy rate from 12.5 per cent to 15.5 per cent to forestall the rising inflation pressure in the copper-rich country. BoZ governor,...