By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an unfunded US$100-million Risk Participation Agreement (RPA) for Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe  (SMBCE)  Limited  to support issuing banks in Africa expand their trade...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Zambia Federation Associations of Women in Business (ZFAWB) is pondering partnering with Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) to improve the standards of products produced by its members. Executive director Maureen...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – ZAMBIA Institute for Policy Analysis Research (ZIPAR) says Government should look to the multilateral financial institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for balance of payments financing rather than the commercial...

By CHATULA KANGALI – MPONGWE District Commissioner(DC) Keith Maila has called on the private sector to consider investing in milling and oil processing projects in the area. Mr Maila said in an interview yesterday that...

ROAD traffic officers need to allow traffic flow freely whenever there is an international soccer match at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola. Briefcase noted that intead of controling traffic, officers were seen checking licences and...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – KONKOLA Copper Mines (KCM) has between March and August, 2015 received US$60 million Value Added Tax (VAT) refunds from the Government. KCM chief executive officer Stephen Din said the company has...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) wants Government to expedite the establishment of  sovereign wealth funds to avoid future negative adjustments when commodity prices drop unexpectedly. In its  latest policy...

By JAMES MUYANWA  – in NCHELENGE FINANCE Minister, Alexander Chikwanda, has said the government will only borrow up to K1 billion locally next year to help reduce the current high lending interest rates being charged...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Government says Chinese investors who want to set up a car battery manufacturing plant cannot do so at the closed Mansa Batteries because the two plants will be different. Commerce,...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE African Development Institute (EADI) and AMETrade last week co-organised training on project finance for public private partnerships (PPPs) in London. The training was targeted at Government officials, private sector representatives...