By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – LIQUIFIED petroleum gas (LPG) exporters in South Africa and East Africa have started rationing the commodity because of the growing demand in the region. Oxyzam Limited chief executive officer Karthi Keyan...

By CHATULA KANGALI – MOST African countries that today are considered low-income will transition to middle-income within 15 years, and almost all of them will become middle-income countries by 2050. This is according to the...

By JULIUS PHIRI – ABOUT 5,000 tonnes of tobacco have been bought from farmers during the tobacco floors in Eastern Province this year. Tobacco Board of Zambia (TBZ) regional inspector, Herold Siandula said that tobacco...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – HEALTH Minister Joseph Kaonde has called on investors to consider investing in agricultural infrastructure in the country. Dr Kasonde said this during the Zambia National Day at Expo Milan in Italy...

By HELEN ZULU – THE Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is working with the government of Western Australia to develop a harmonised regional mineral policy focusing on the legal and regulatory framework....

By JUDITH   NAMUTOWE – FINANCE Minister Alexendar Chikwanda on Tuesday swore in former Nigerian Agriculture Minister Akinwumi Adesina as the new African Development Bank (AfDB) Group president. Mr Chikwanda swore in Dr Adesina in his...

By TENDAI KADYAMOTO – ZAMBIA has made tremendous efforts in meeting the required international aviation safety standards with its level of implementation of safety oversight system having increased to 47 per cent in 2014. But...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Government should reduce borrowing and keep the public debt within sustainable levels in 2016, the Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI) has said. ZACCI expects the Government domestic borrowing...

By KENNEDY  MUPESENI – The Food Reserve Agency (FRA) should directly supply maize on open markets to stabilise mealie meal prices, the Indaba Agriculture Policy Research Institute (IAPRI) has suggested. The policy of supplying maize...

By CHATULA  KANGALI – KONKOLA Copper Mines (KCM) has scaled up production at Nchanga Open Pit Cut II in the first quarter beating the monthly target by over 100 per cent in April and May....