By JUDITH NAMUTOWE in Addis Ababa TRADE experts have urged African Governments to embrace meaningful Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) to foster sustainable economic growth on the continent. This follows findings contained in a report by...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – ZAMBIA National Commercial Bank (ZANACO) has pledged to turn around its financial position despite the current macro-economic challenges. Zanaco chief executive officer Bruce Dick said the economic outlook and market conditions...

By CHATULA KANGALI – NCHELENGE District has developed a goat and chicken multiplication centre in a bid to boost production in the area. District Administrative Officer (DAO) Gift  Hajoongola said in an interview that the...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – AFRICAN leaders have been urged to invest heavily in financial intelligence units to close loopholes that allow for Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs). First secretary of economics at...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA  – ZAMBIA recorded a 0.1 per cent rise in exports of Non-Traditional Exports (NTEs) in February this year. On the contrary, there was a 19.3 per cent decrease in the total value...

By MUSONDA MANGILASHI  – THE Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) has called for commercialisation of research and innovation in learning institutions. PACRA registrar and chief executive officer Anthony Bwembya said there was need to...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) has recorded increased revenue of US$33 million from its Nigerian subsidiary, Abuja Electricity Distribution (AED) in the financial year ended March 31, 2016. The energy utility...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – ZAMBIA has issued an international tender for oil explorations in 40 blocs of North-Western, Western and Eastern provinces after samples collected in 2007 confirmed traces of oil. Preliminary geological surveys conducted...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – LIMITED access to land is delaying economic diversification of the Copperbelt Province as most land is vested in the mines, a mineral tax watch group has said. The Government is currently...

By CHATULA KANGALI – SOME farmers in the country are still holding on to the wheat produced in the last farming season, thereby creating an artificial shortage on the local market. On the other hand,...