By KETRA KALUNGA – THE demand for electricity among Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) countries will grow by 57 per cent between 2023 and 2030.COMESA will need an annual investment of about...

By CHATULA KANGALI – ZAMBIA Sugar PLC increased production by 14 per cent in the six-month period ended February, this year.The company’s sugar production increased from 148,979 to 170,067 tonnes, an increase of 14 per...

By KETRA KALUNGA Zambia has achieved significant modernization in its public procurement system, particularly in its legal and institutional frameworks, says the World Bank. According to the 2019 analysis based on the Methodology for Assessing...

ZAMBIA has achieved significant modernisation in its public procurement system, particularly in its legal and institutional frameworks, says the World Bank.According to the 2019 analysis based on the Methodology for Assessing Procurement Systems (MAPS) conducted...

BUILDING on last week’s discourse around the importance of having robust local economic development to jumpstart rural districts, this week I will look at building brands around major economic activities.To achieve economic development at local...

By ANDREW MULENGA – THE upgrade of the Lusaka-Ndola road into a dual carriageway will spur economic growth and help to boost businesses along the highway, stakeholders have said.The stakeholders are elated by President Hakainde...

By MAPULANGA LIBINGA – COPPERBELT Permanent Secretary Augustine Kasongo has commended UNO Energies Zambia Limited for supporting 80 per cent of small scale farmers who supply cotton to the Continental Ginnery Limited in the country.Mr...

By CHATULA KANGALI – MILLERS have started securing maize and are targeting to buy 1.8 million tonnes to cater for the country’s consumption.Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ) president Andrew Chintala said in an interview that...

By ANDREW MULENGA – THE Zambia Compulsory Standards Agency (ZCSA) collected K401 million in non-tax revenues in 2023, giving a 40-per cent positive variance from the K286 million the agency targeted in the period under...

By ANDREW MULENGA – THE Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport in Livingstone has in the first quarter of 2024 doubled its tourist arrivals to 8, 531 from 4,388 recorded in the same period of 2023.Tourism...