By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – NITROGEN Chemicals of Zambia (NCZ) is targeting to produce 150,000 tonnes of D compound and 43,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate fertlisers during the 2017/18 farming season. This is as compared to...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – ZANACO will rollout 3,000 “Zanaco express booths” in the next three years aimed at making banking more accessible to the grassroots. Zanaco chief executive officer Henk Mulder said the bank had...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – MONSANTO Zambia Limited has launched a crop insurance product on the Zambian market called “DK Chilala” aimed at mitigating against climate change. Monsanto Zambia regional sales manager for Central, Copperbelt and...

By HELEN ZULU – THE Business Regulatory Review Agency (BRRA) is working on streamlining processes for business registration to cut on duplication of requirements and reduce the cost of doing business. BRRA director and chief...

By JAMES MUYANWA – PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s administration considers Africa as a priority economic partner and will continue implementing the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), two senior United States (US) government officials have said....

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – DEVELOMENT Bank of Zambia (DBZ) has invested a total of K826 million in environmental friendly projects as at June 30, this year. DBZ managing director Jacob Lushinga said the portfolio was...

By HELEN ZULU – DANGOTE Industries Limited says it will  continue to penetrate the Zambian cement industry and is targeting to sell close to a million tonnes of cement by the end of this year....

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – TIMES Printpak Zambia Limited has commended Zambia National Commercial Bank (ZANACO) for the introduction of an electronic payment system –payflexi, making it easier for companies to transact. Payflexi is an enhanced...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) has continued to record steady growth in its investment portfolio  standing at K18.5 billion in the first half of this year. Of  the K18.5 billion,...

By CASSEY KAYULA – THE Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is training over 336,000 farmers in conservation farming techniques across Zambia. FAO National Technical Coordinator Misael Kokwe said the program was aimed at strengthening integrated...