By HELEN ZULU – THE Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) says it last year received 10 complaints involving online shopping frauds and has called on consumers to be wary of cybercriminals. CCPC executive director...

By CHATULA KANGALI – TWENTY-three Zambian companies are exhibiting products and services at the on-going 57th edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) in Bulawayo. Some of the companies have sent representatives while others...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Business Regulatory Act will set the stage for greater dialogue between Government and businesses in policy formulation, Deputy Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Raymond Mpundu has said. Mr Mpundu said...

By CHATULA KANGALI – PICK n Pay yesterday opened its Ndola outlet, the 12th in the country, at a cost of K25 million. The new store located at Z-Mart Shopping Mall in Kansenshi area is...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – ZAMBEEF Products Plc’s customers are set to benefit from price reductions of more than two per cent on a range of its Novatek stockfeed products following strengthening of the Kwacha and...

By CHUSA SICHONE – MTN Zambia has invested about US$15 million in setting up an optic fibre network in some parts of the country to accelerate data transfer. About $10 million has been injected in...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA in Nakonde – ECONOMIC challenges have slowed down activities at Nakonde-Tunduma border post, resulting in quick clearance for those crossing to either side of the frontier. The improvement in the value of...

By CHATULA KANGALI – A LOCAL association in Mpongwe is establishing a peanut butter processing plant to enhance value addition to groundnuts and other crops. The Bulima Seeds Growers Association of Mpongwe, whose core business...

THE African continent has continued experiencing sluggish economic growth despite having huge resources  compared to European counties. Africa’s growth continued to increase from 3.7 per cent in 2013 to 3.9 per cent in 2014, a...

IT is always tricky to highlight a supposed wrong or shortcoming of which one is a victim for obvious reasons – it is easy to be subjective and, therefore, unfair to the doer. I found...