By CHATULA KANGALI – SAW millers are now operating at 50 per cent capacity due to the current power load-shedding which has adversely affected the timber industry. Zambia National Association of Saw Millers (ZNAS) general...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) says negotiations for the concession agreement between the Government and North-West Railway (NWR) over US$1 billion railway line will be concluded  by the end of this...

By PASSY HAACHIZO – GREEN Cycle (GC) Limited Company has called on the Forestry Department to restrict charcoal burning as a way of controlling climate change. GC Company director, Juma Nkowane said there was urgent...

By CHARITY MOONGA – IN a bid to improve fertiliser distribution, Zambian Fertiliser is setting up a new plant of US$2 million investment at the Lusaka South Multi-Facility Economic Zone (LS-MFEZ). Zambian Fertilisers senior marketing...

By HELEN ZULU – AMATHEON Agri Zambia, a German agribusiness and food firm, has invested about US$20 million in the construction of two dams for irrigation purposes in Mumbwa District. Amatheon group chief executive officer...

By JAMES MUYANWA – ZAMBIA’s latest Eurobond debt has been contracted at great cost and can only be beneficial if invested in viable projects, the Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR) has said....

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA in Zimba – INCREASED economic activities, infrastructure development and improved agriculture production by emerging Small and Medium Enterprenues (SMEs) in Zimba has attracted Indo Zambia Bank (IZB) to open its first retail...

By CHATULA KANGALI – INCREASED money transfer services has given a huge competition to Swiftcash, Zambia Postal Services Corporation (ZAMPOST)’s main source of revenue, which has been in monopoly for the past 10 years. Post...

By CHARITY MOONGA – A REAL estate developer, National Housing Authority (NHA) MKP has completed constructing of 350 housing units in Lusaka to assist cushion the critical housing deficit that the country faces. NHA MKP...

By CHARITY MOONGA – THE Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and other regional economic bodies will soon launch the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) to boost trade among African countries. COMESA director...