By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) has acquired four new diesel-electric mainline locomotives and 18 new passenger coaches valued at US$22.4 million. The new equipment was purchased through the 15th Protocol...

By HELEN ZULU – AGRI PROFOCUS Zambia in conjunction with Agri-Business Incubation Trust (AgBIT) and SNV Netherlands Development Organisation in Zambia have embarked on  a market study to determine  investment opportunities in the horticulture sector....

By HELEN ZULU – THE Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has launched its seed variety catalogue aimed at facilitating farmers’ access to improved varieties from all member states through simplified customs procedure....

By CHATULA KANGALI – COLWYN Limited,  the owners of Mununshi Bananas in Mwense District of Luapula Province, plans to invest US$500,000 in growing a variety of citrus  fruits at its plantation. Managing director, Terence Findlay...

By CHARITY MOONGA – in Johannesburg, South Africa THE World Bank has urged African countries to diversify into agriculture to help address the continent’s myriad of economic challenges. World Bank head of communications, agriculture global...

BUSINESS consultants can create additional value for a consultancy client. To discuss this subject, it is important to revisit the definition of who a consultant is. Renowned business consultant, Dr Alan Weis, of United States...

ZAMBIA’s economy has for some time been mainly dependent on copper as the economic mainstay. In the recent past, prices of copper on the international market have been falling and this ultimately has affected the...

A FORTNIGHT ago we looked at a topic that deserves some more publicity to sensitise members of the public on the implication of Statutory Instrument (SI) number 33 of 2015 which makes the display of...

TODAY, we feature an edited version of an article authored by two economic experts from the Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR). In the latest ZIPAR quarterly publication, SHEBO NALISHEBO and MALINDI MSONI...

THE country has continued recording positive achievements in the banking sector in the past 10 years or more largely due to robust financial education campaigns by both Government and the banks themselves. The proportion of...