By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – ZAMBIA starred at this year’s  Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) by scooping the  second best foreign trade award at the event in the international category. The country scooped the award at...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – ZAMBIA and Tanzania will harmonise guidelines for the effective implementation of the One Stop Border Post (OSBP) by June this year. Tanzania indicated that the Act to put into operation the...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE newly completed  Mongu- Kalabo Road will soon change the economic trajectory of Western Province for  the  better, National Association for Small and Medium Contractors (NASMC) has observed. Mongu-Kalabo Road has...

By CHATULA KANGALI – SMALL scale millers on the Copperbelt have increased prices of maize bran by over 100 per cent due to the increased cost of production. Maize bran is a by- product of...

By CHATULA KANGALI and KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Zambia National Association for Saw Millers (ZNAS) has said the demand for local timber from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) businessmen has drastically reduced. And the...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – ZAMBIA recorded a 35 per cent rise in exports of Non Traditional Exports (NTEs) in March this year. Central Statistical Office (CSO) director census and statistics John Kalumbi said there was...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – ABOUT 23 Zambian companies are exhibiting in this year’s 57th edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) in Bulawayo. The 23 firms, from different sectors of the economy are part of...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Miombo Forest beekeepers in Mpongwe on the Copperbelt are stuck with over 90 000 tonnes of honey due to lack of market. This follows the termination of a contract with...

By CHRISTINE MWAABA – THE completion of the Mongu–Kalabo Road has elated fishermen who are now able to sell their catches easily and make more profit than in the past. One of the fishermen Moses...

By HELEN ZULU – ZAMBIA could save almost US$1 billion in five years by substituting the 406 million litres of petrol used in the country, the Biofuels Association of Zambia (BAZ) has said. BAZ chairperson...