By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – INVESTRUST Bank Plc has secured approval of shareholders to raise K40 million through a rights of offer to existing shareholders. The objective of the rights issue is to increase the current...

By HELLEN ZULU – ZAMBIA currently only has 83 commercial pilots, 89 licensed aircraft maintenance engineers and 103 licensed cabin attendants. National Airline Project consultants say for about 20 years now, there has not been any serious...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Zambia Tourism Board (ZTB) wants the Government to review the visa system to ensure a friendlier regime is introduced. In its annual report, the board heightened the lobbying for the...

By JAck Mwewa and Chatula KANGALI – COMMERCE, Trade and Industry Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe has said growth in all sectors of the Zambian industry will lead to a broadened tax base. Ms Mwanakatwe was speaking...

By JAck Mwewa and Chatula KANGALI – THE Pensions and Insurance Authority (PIA) has continued to record growth in its membership and net assets. The current membership is at 106,755 as per 2014 figures from...

ABOUT US$300 million will be spent on constructing 15 companies that have so far been approved at the Lusaka South Mult-Facility Economic Zone (LSMFEZ). LSMFEZ managing director Fortune Kamusaki said local and international companies are...

JAck Mwewa and Chatula KANGALI – THE Zambia Forest and Forestry Industry Corporation(ZAFFICO) has urged Saw millers to acquire  technology that will process eucalyptus trees into timber to reduce over dependence on Pine. Company secretary...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE US$115 million Irrigation Development Support Fund which was financed by the World Bank in 2011, has not yet been fully utilised. Four years after the World Bank approved and released...

By HELEN ZULU – ZAMBIA’s national airline is set to be registered once the Government has appointed a board of directors, National Airline Project lead consultant Weston Mapani has said. Mr Mapani said all was...

By YVONNE CHATE – THE Zambia Information and Communications Authority (ZICTA) says it will start confiscating Information and Communication Technology (ICT) equipment that is not registered with them in order to monitor the flow of...