By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Zambia Electrometer has increased the production of energy saving bulbs by 1.5 million bulbs per annum following Government’s move to ban the importation of incandescent lights. The company has increased...

By CHATULA KANGALI – ABOUT half of last year’s Zambia wheat production output is uncommitted in the farmers hands due to lack of market. In the 2014/2015 farming season, the country produced 309,100 tonnes of...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE European Union (EU)  has signed a 4.485 million euros technical corporation facility to support the implementation of regional integration programmes in the Eastern, Southern Africa and India Ocean (EA-SA-IO) region....

++Talking shop has noted that some outlets in Livingstone are in a habit of stocking expired dairy products. It is not right for any outlet to stock expired products as they are harmful to people’s...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE World Bank  has recommended that Zambia should be helped to prepare for potential copper price instability in future. According to a Country Programme Evaluation report on Zambia,  conducted by the...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) has called for more investment in the poultry sector to support its growth. According to the ZDA facebook update, director export development Jonathan Simwawa said the...

By HELEN ZULU – GOVERNMENT has challenged local producers and suppliers to take advantage of the recently signed bilateral trade agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to contribute to the economic transformation of...

This week in our business discussion concerning Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), we look at merchandise businesses that are involved in trading in already finished goods and whose major concern is to buy and sell...

MANY people believe that successful entrepreneurship is an inborn trait, while others hold the view that entrepreneurship can be learnt and that success, is a decision. Researchers propose that entrepreneurship can be learnt and is...

“I WANT insurance which covers everything as far as my motor vehicle is concerned”, remarked a customer. Well, such demands in the industry are not a phenomenon but they need careful responses. First and foremost,...