WHAT an eventful week the foregoing one was! YES the week ended November 27, 2015, was an action-packed one with some unprecedented development in form of the first-ever Presidential Press Conference since the Patriotic Front...

By HELEN ZULU – THE Zambia Honey Partnership (ZHP) has called on government to develop a beekeeping policy that will guide the development of the honey sector. ZHP chairperson Mushimbwe Chitalu said there was need...

By JOSEPH SIMUMBA – SINCE 2013, the Kwacha has lost more than 40 per cent of its value on the back of falling metal prices and other factors. As it is well known, Zambia’s exports...

ZAMBIA expects to clinch US$1 billion in Chinese investment and loans at this week’s China-Africa summit in Johannesburg, a presidential spokesperson said yesterday. Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations, Amos Chanda...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Government has urged private sector players in the agriculture sector to help farmers source competitive inputs and market for their produce. The Zambia National Farmers’ Union (ZNFU) on Monday this...

By HELEN ZULU – FALLSWAY Timbers Group of companies has commenced the processing of mangoes and other fruits at its fruit and vegetable processing unit in Livingstone. The fruit and vegetable processing unit was constructed...

By CHATULA KANGALI – PHASE one of the construction of the first-ever wholesale city by Mei Mei Zambia in Ndola at a cost of US$35 million has been completed. The facility which is modeled on...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE  and CHATULA KANGALI – THE Private Enterprise Programme-Zambia (PEPZ) has urged large firms to source products and services locally to support the local economy. PEPZ Team leader Bayo Akindeinde said using reputable...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – ZAMBIA’s metal exports increased by more than 30 per cent in the month of October 2015. Central Statistics Office (CSO) acting director Goodson Sinyenga said during a media briefing in Lusaka...

By HELEN ZULU  – ZAMBIA registered the biggest market share worth of imports with 22 per cent in 2014, at the value of US$ 2.3 million, down from the 2013’s share of 26 per cent...