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February 28, 2024 - 0 Comments

THE current devastating drought has put crop production in the southern half of Zambia in limbo which calls for radical policy measures to increase irrigation activities in the country.This is a time to implement the...

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February 26, 2024 - 0 Comments

By KETRA KALUNGA – THE 2022 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) financial survey report has revealed that the start-up capital for businesses in the country mainly come from personal funds, family and friends.According to...

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February 22, 2024 - 0 Comments

THREE weeks ago, this platform looked at the impasse between traders at Kitwe’s Chisokone Market and the local authority.It observed the need to engage in dialogue for a win-win situation.Traders at one of the biggest...

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February 21, 2024 - 0 Comments

DEFINED by experts as the breeding, raising, and harvesting of fish, shellfish and aquatic plants or simply farming in water, the aquaculture industry is crucial in creating a self-sustaining economy.The ‘song’ about Zambia having the...

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February 14, 2024 - 0 Comments

THE pronouncements by the Government and mining companies during the just-ended Invest in Africa Mining Indaba has brought the highest optimism in the mining industry and the economy at large.Since the coming in of the...

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January 3, 2024 - 0 Comments

ZAMBIA’s envisaged economic milestones need a robust regional infrastructure link to make the country a transport hub.The country’s drive to increase copper production to an all-time high of three million tonnes per year by 2031...

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December 27, 2023 - 0 Comments

VISITING any new country gives me or any other writer an opportunity to learn new things about such a country.One of the areas I am always interested in upon arrival in another country is the...

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December 27, 2023 - 0 Comments

IT is encouraging that the country will enter the New Year with matters of both Mopani Copper Mine (MCM) and Konkola Copper Mine (KCM) settled.In what seems like too good to be true, ZCCM Investment...

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November 24, 2023 - 0 Comments

IT is Black Friday once more today and shoppers are expected to go into a shopping frenzy as the result of the promotion by various business houses especially the chain-store supermarkets.Some shops, like Fidelity in...

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November 22, 2023 - 0 Comments

BLENDING fuels play an important role in reducing pump prices of fuel and ensuring energy security of the country, hence the need for Zambia to fully exploit them.It is public knowledge that fuel is the...

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