By ANDY HOME – THE prices of copper have finally emerged from their extended winter hibernation, breaking out of an eight-month trading range to hit two-year highs. The prices for three-month copper on London Metal...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Zambia Forest and Forestry Industries Corporation (ZAFFICO) has called for more private sector participation in the forestry industry to reduce the staggering 600,000 cubic metre (m3) wood deficit in the...

By HELEN ZULU – BARCLAYS Bank Zambia has continued to have a sound financial position recording an increase of 55 per cent in profit before tax from K131million in the first half of 2016 to...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – DANGOTE Cement,  Africa’s largest cement producer, has announced its unaudited results for the six months ending June 30,  this year, with a posting of 12.6 per cent increase in sales volume across...

By HELEN ZULU THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has said it will swing into action immediately after the expiry of the tax amnesty on interest and penalties. The authority offered the amnesty on interest and...

IN the last few years, Zambia has been contemplating resuscitating and fostering its once-thriving apparel and fashion industry. However, this ambition has not been without challenges amid enormous opportunities. As the famous Austrian poet inscription...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE world’s largest fertiliser producer has expressed interest in investing in the fertiliser production in Zambia. This follows several agreements which were signed by Zambian Government and King Mohammed VI in...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Pension and Insurance Authority (PIA) is in the process of revising the committee which will be tasked to study the possibility of introducing mandatory fire insurance. PIA registrar Martin Libinga...

By CHATULA KANGALI THE Zambia National Farmers Union is preparing a document for the restriction of the importation of some agricultural products  into the country. ZNFU president Jervis Zimba said in an in interview that...

IT is the desire of any nation to establish a flourishing industrialised economy that would comprise a viable apparel and fashion sector. A country’s textile industry doesn’t just clothe its citizens but serves other societal...