HAVING  addressed some of the challenges associated with other forms of savings such as commercial banks, today we will look at the advantages of saving through insurers. We defined savings as delayed consumption and we...

BUSINESS research reveals that one of the greatest causes of corruption in the corporate sector is largely due to the ethical dilemma that some managers face. As we saw last week, corporate businesses are inevitably...

THE return to multipartism in the early 1990s saw the dismantling of the government-run organisations like Superloaf, Zambia Steel and Building Supplies (ZSBS), United Bus Company of Zambia (UBZ) Zambia Consumer Buying Corporation (ZCBC) and...

FAST foods and takeaway outlets should always make sure that the surroundings they are operating in are hygienically looked after. Talking shop has noted that most outlets in Kitwe are allowing people who handle food to...

THERE is a rising number unlabeled detergent powder, with no name of manufacturers, no expiry date and other details, being sold on the streets in Kitwe and Lusaka. No one would ascertain how safe  it...

ANY weekly columnist will tell you that there are just some weeks when one is swamped with all sorts of ideas to base the next article on. The ideas could for some weeks be so...

THERE are essentially two things that are guaranteed in one’s life, taxes and death. While talking about taxes is something that fits and is widely used in everyday conversations, the subject of death is discussed...

TODAY, we revisit the issue of separating business from personal matter from another angle. As I always say, mixing personal matters with business stands out as a major problem that most Small and Medium Enterprises...

EVERY corporate manager creates sustainable corporate strategies whose objective is to make the company grow, survive, prosper, and in so doing, avert corporate failure. Medical and conventional wisdom holds that, just as the antidote for...

TODAY, I revisit an article which we featured a couple of years ago. I stated then that no matter how skilled a business owner may be in the area of specialisation of his/her business he/she...