By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Policy Monitoring and Research Centre has called for restructuring of the curricula at tertiary level to target the labour market in the mining and manufacturing sectors. The mining and manufacturing...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE THE Government will soon introduce credit guarantee schemes aimed at helping Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)s to have access to loans to boost their ventures. Ministry of Commerce Trade and Industry...

By JAMES KUNDA – CEMENT production in Zambia is expected to reach above 2.5 million tonnes per annum when Dangote Limited commissions its cement factory in Ndola at a cost of US$400 million this year....

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – ZAMBIAN Breweries Plc has signed a lease agreement with the Lusaka South Multi Facility Economic Zone (MFEZ) Limited for the construction of a US$35.2 million malting plant The agreement signifies the...

By JAMES KUNDA – THE Zambia Forestry and Forest Industries Corporation (ZAFFICO) will  lose at least 75 per cent of the multi million Kwacha Mwelushi timber Plantation in Lufwanyama District, due to massive mining activities...

By JAMES KUNDA – AUSTRALIAN owned Majestic Copper Resources have stepped-up a bid to re-develop the copper slug heap  at the old Roan Mine in Luanshya. Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili said in an...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda has challenged the business community to take advantage of  support services from  Commercial banks to increase their participation in the country’s economic development. He said the business...

CREAMBELL Farm fresh dairy products is a newly opened outlet on Vitanda street in Ndola which offers dairy products such as fresh milk, Yoghurt and Maheu in different packs at affordable prices. The outlet which...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA  – CHINESE direct investments into Zambia have increased to US$130 million due to existing  strong trade relations between the two countries. This has been complimented by  an increase in  trade volumes which...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA  – SUPERIOR Milling Company has invested a total of K12 million in the expansion of its plant in Lusaka’s Chanika area to double milling capacity to 15 tonnes per hour. The new...