By KENNEDY MUPESENI – SCIROCCO Enterprises Limited the owners of Oriental Quarries and Amaka Cement plan to invest US$160 million in establishing a cement manufacturing plant in Lusaka. The plant would have the capacity to...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) and the Zambia Information and Communication Technology (ZICTA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to attract increased investment in Information Communication Technology (ICT). The MoU...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – ZAMBIA’S annual inflation for January 2015 stands at 7.7 from the 7.9 per cent recorded in December 2014, the Central Statistical Office (CSO) has said. This means on average prices increased...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) is calling for the strengthening of the country’s tax system to provide cover for unpredictable losses that may arise as a result of unstable...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) is backing President Edgar Lungu’s vision to transform the country’s agriculture sector through various interventions aimed at reducing production costs. The ZNFU is optimistic President...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – MTN Zambia has launched a promotion that will give back 100 per cent airtime and data bundles to its customers. The promotion is designed to reward customers for boosting MTN’s performance...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – ZAMBEEF Products and Shoprite have pledged to support the growth of the Small and Medium Entrepreneurs (SMEs) across the country. The commitment is founded on the need to forge closer links...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE All-share index at the Lusaka Stock Exchange (LuSE) maintained the previous close of 6,214.30 points as no price movement was recorded on Tuesday. According to a summary trading posted on...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE promotion of renewable energies will increase market for agriculture products in the country, a bio-fuels expert has said. Oracle Bio-fuels managing director Emmanuel Mbita said the Government was in the...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Bank of Zambia (BoZ) is today expected to launch a US$50 million financial package to help expand financial accessibility by the rural population in sub-Saharan Africa countries including Zambia. The...