TODAY we look at the importance of the small-scale farmers to the general economy of any country, including Zambia’s. Zambia has been dependent on copper as a main source of revenue, since independence and at...

THE world is experiencing a major revolution in international trade where markets no longer have boundaries. While some businesses perceive this development in the positive, it has come with its own challenges. Where some of...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – DESPITE countrywide efforts to attract and expand clientele base using innovative and attractive packages, banks in Zambia still seem to have a long way to go. In rural areas like Mporokoso...

THE word Takaful is derived from the Arabic word Kafala which means to guarantee or to help or to take care of one’s needs on the basis of brotherhood or solidarity or mutuality. Takaful Insurance...

THE transport sector, which is a prerequisite for economic growth and improved quality of life, made front page headlines in the country’s daily newspapers last week and I will look at this important subject in...

NDOLA shop corridors have now become an extension of shops as they are clogged with vendors of shoes, salaula and food stuffs. There is barely any place to step on  as all the space has...

THE hot season is just around the corner and indications are that, businesses associated with this time of the year are bound to resurface. These include water in satchets,  Macs cool, Ice cream and other ...

AS SHOPRITE Stores opened its 22nd outlet at Twin Palms Shopping Mall
in Salama Park area in Lusaka yesterday, influx of shoppers started
flocking to the store. The store at the mall, which is located on Simon...

THERE seems to be a new wave of marketing trend among most Zambian marketers and organisations which is rather peculiar. This trend is nothing close to what formal training institutions have been teaching. In today’s...

TODAY we look at one of the smallest businesses the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), especially the youth, are engaged in for survival as a substitute for employment. Car washing business in Lusaka is on...