By KETRA KALUNGAin GwembeTHE Rural Electrification Authority (REA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Gwembe Town Council to increase access to electricity in the district.REA chief executive officer Linus Chanda said the MoU...

THE production levels of millet are declining in many countries including Zambia despite its potential to address food and nutritional security as well as to generate incomes.Millets have been part of the traditional food of...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – BARRICK Gold Corporation has said the successful exploration at Lumwana, in Zambia, and Jabal Sayid, in Saudi Arabia, has driven growth of proven copper reserves by 640 million pounds (290,299.117 tonnes)....

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – VIVO Energy and Engen have merged into a combined group to create one of Africa’s largest energy distribution companies that will have more than 3,900 service stations and more than two-billion...

By KETRA KALUNGA – STANBIC Bank Zambia Limited has launched Instant Money (IM), their flagship money transfer solution, to enhance seamless person-to-person payments direct to any mobile number in the country. Read more...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Zambia Alliance for Agro-ecology and Bio-diversity (ZAAB) has called for an end to the continued reliance on the use of imported agricultural inputs to increase food production.Read more...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE government has commenced the importation of finished diesel through the Tanzania Zambia Mafuta (TAZAMA) pipeline to stabilise the price of the product on the local market. Read more...

By KETRA KALUNGA – GOVERNMENT is seeking $100 million concession loan from the World Bank to improve tourism infrastructure in order to support the growth of the industry.Tourism Permanent Secretary Evans Muhanga said the funds,...

By KETRA KALUNGA – AN energy expert has said that the increased electricity tariffs will attract foreign investment in the energy sector because Zambia has had the lowest tariffs in the Southern African Development Community...

By KETRA KALUNGA – THE Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR) says the country will attain full budget credibility, once it curbs corruption and wasteful expenditure.ZIPAR public finance researcher Sylvia Mwamba says Zambia...