By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – ZAMBIA has made its first export of coffee beans to Japan, marking the revival of the country’s coffee industry which was at peak 10 years ago. The first shipment of Zambian...

By HELEN ZULU – HARVESTPLUS is targeting 600,000 farming households to adopt orange maize in Zambia by 2020. HarvestPlus Country Manager for Zambia, Eliab Simpungwe said Harvestplus expected at least 600, 000 farming households to...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) has welcomed the move to increase the price of a 50 kilogramme bag of maize by K5 for this year’s crop marketing season. Millers Association...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – PEMBE Flour Mills Zambia Limited has recorded more than 45 per cent drop in its production as a result of the power deficit. Pembe Flour Mills started operations in Zambia three...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) has urged importers and suppliers of electric cables to ensure that their products comply with the Zambian Standard ZS 688 which gives specifications, requirements and...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE African Consumer Union (ACU) has called on African governments to protect their economies from a surge of sub-standard products. ACU vice-president Muyunda Ililonga said the union had observed that the...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – PRODUCTION in key economic sectors will stabilise in the last half of 2016 because of the consensus on the fiscal and policy isues, Standard Bank Group has projected. At the start...

By CHARITY MOONGA – THE Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL) has, through the Zambian Government, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Chinese firm for the construction of a railway line from Chipata to Mpika...

By CHARITY MOONGA – AFRICAN governments should urgently put policies and infrastructure in place to ensure increased fertiliser access and use to raise agricultural productivity. The African Fertiliser and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) says this will...

Ministry of Finance and National Planning Deputy Minister Christopher Mvunga applauded the insurance industry for organising the first ever international insurance conference in Zambia. Meanwhile, Pensions and Insurance Authority (PIA) registrar Martin Libinga has called...