HAVING  addressed some of the challenges associated with other forms of savings such as commercial banks, today we will look at the advantages of saving through insurers. We defined savings as delayed consumption and we...

BUSINESS research reveals that one of the greatest causes of corruption in the corporate sector is largely due to the ethical dilemma that some managers face. As we saw last week, corporate businesses are inevitably...

THE return to multipartism in the early 1990s saw the dismantling of the government-run organisations like Superloaf, Zambia Steel and Building Supplies (ZSBS), United Bus Company of Zambia (UBZ) Zambia Consumer Buying Corporation (ZCBC) and...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE continued appreciation of the Kwacha against major convertible currencies will push the country’s overall inflation down, the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) has observed. EAC secretary general Webby Wake said the...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – CLOUD computing and big data were   last week the subject of a high-tech road show brought to Zambia by a leading global Information and Communications Technology (ICT) solutions provider Huawei Technologies....

By KENNEDY MUPSENI – THE prices of tomatoes and other fresh products on the Copperbelt have gone down by 40 per cent due to increased production. Recently, prices of tomatoes in most towns increased beyond...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – A ZIMBABWEAN based fertiliser  manufacturing company ZFC Limited,  has indicated plans of expanding  its presence to other parts of Zambia due to increased agricultural activities  ZFC supplies different types of fertilisers,...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THIS year’s Copperbelt Mining Trade Expo and Conference (CBM-TEC) targets to attract about 130 companies and 1,600 visitors to discuss challenges facing the mining and energy industries. Leading industry providers will...

By HELEN ZULU – ZAMBIA has the best developing seed industry in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) region due to the private sector participation. Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF) programme officer,...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – BARCLAYS Bank Zambia has pledged to support businesses in the agriculture value chain aimed at accelerating the country’s diversification agenda. Barclays Bank business banking director Regina Mulenga said her bank would...