By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA-THE Zambia Association of Manufacturers (ZAM) has urged Government to implement favourable strategies that will further  reduce inflation from 9.9 per cent to ranges between six and eight per cent if consumers are...

By CHATULA KANGALI-THE Ministry of Mines, with funding from the World  Bank has submitted an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to  rehabilitate  the tailings dam in Mufulira District at the cost of  US$18 million.The ministry is implementing the Zambia  Mining Remediation and Improvement Project (ZMRIP) with an objective of rehabilitating  and closing some of the environmental...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA-The Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO) has successfully completed the verification of 0.9 million tonnes of carbon credits for the nine chiefdoms.This is done under a US$3 million  carbon credit payment to nine...

By CHATULA KANGALI-THE US$80 million Zambian Breweries (ZB) expansion Projects would help address stock shortages and illicit alcohol on the local market, according to Bar and Nightclub Owners Association of Zambia (BNCOAZ).Association president Peter Mwale said...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELASTANDARD Chartered Bank Zambia has lowered its interest rates on mortgages to 16 per cent effective August 15, as the Group commits US$40 billion to support growth across emerging markets, Asia and Africa.The...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA-ZAMBIA’s improved credit ratings are currently depending on reaching a debt repayment agreement with private creditors who are Eurobond holders despite obtaining financial assurances from the creditors’ committee.The country, which is currently in...

By JAMES KUNDA-FINANCE and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane has called for more local production in value added goods.Dr Musokotwane has also encouraged farmers to plant recyclable seed which could still deliver a satisfactory yield...

By CHATULA KANGALI-THE Poultry Association of Zambia (PAZ) has called on Government to put in place a strong monitoring mechanism in the exports of soya beans to Tanzania.PAZ executive manager Dominic Chanda said the 100,000...

By CHATULA KANGALI-SUNBIRD Bioenergy Zambia Limited has submitted an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the establishment of a cassava plantation and processing plant at the cost of US$90 million in Kawambwa District.The company is also...

Local governments, municipal and city councils in Zambia, have this year increasingly taken a key role to play in implementation of Zambia’s national economic development policies.Thanks to whooping increase in the New Dawn Government’s Constituency...