By JUDITH NAMUTOWE-SMALL and Medium Entrepreneurs (SMEs) should plan for the unforeseen costs to hedge their business against external shocks in a bid to address some of the challenges the enterprises are facing, Ministry of...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA-GOVERNMENT aims to develop an innovative manufacturing sector that will accelerate value addition and an increase in the share of Non-Traditional Exports (NTEs) to 55 per cent by 2026. Read more...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI-COPPER prices on Friday climbed to their highest in nearly five months, as United States of America (US) inflation data bolstered hopes for a slower pace of interest rate hikes in the world’s...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELAStandard Chartered Bank has launched an initiative to support female-led enterprises that will contribute significantly to the Zambian economy. Read more...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA-CONTROLLING Officers have been urged to ensure that benchmarks spelled out under the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Extended Credit Facility (ECF) and World Bank’s Development Policy Operation (DPO) Credit facilities, are met. Read...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELAPARATUS Zambia has partnered with Meta to set up an investment to build 900 kilometers open access metro fiber networks in the country. Read more...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE-SIX local start-up companies have been dispatched to Slush 2022 in Finland under the Accelerated Growth for Small and medium enterprises (AGS) programme in Zambia to strengthen long- lasting business partnerships between the...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI-THE Emerald and Semi-precious Miners Association of Zambia (ESMAZ) has urged the Bank of Zambia (BoZ) to start buying emeralds in addition to gold to boost the country’s reserves. Read more...

By CHATULA KANGALI-COLWYN Limited is setting up a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and canvas material manufacturing plant in Ndola to help reduce the importation of the product into the country.Company managing director Terence Findlay Jr says...

By JAMES KUNDA-THE cost of living for a family of five people has recorded a more than K300 reduction, as measured by the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket (BNNB)...