By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – FASTJET Zambia is scheduled to be launched this year to facilitate for the introduction of domestic flights. Fastjet started operations in Zambia on February 14, 2014 with direct flights from Dar...

By MELBOURNE MUSHITU – THE Rural Electrification Authority (REA) has awarded a contract worth K6,174,016 to Astor Investments to construct two solar mini-grids in Central and Luapula provinces. Astor Investments, a Chinese construction company, is...

By BRIAN HATYOKA – ZAMBIA’s trade volume with China has increased from US$100 million at the beginning of the 21st century to more over $3 billion in recent years, Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Yang Yauming...

By CHATULA KANGALI – GOVERNMENT has embarked on expanding Nchelenge rubber plantation in Luapula Province to reach the required hectarage to make it economically viable for exports. Zambia’s rubber can only be economically viable if...

By BRIAN HATYOKA – THE Livingstone Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has called for concerted efforts to reduce the cost of doing business in Zambia’s tourist capital and the whole country at large. LCCI...

By JULIUS PHIRI – THE Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries in Eastern Province is empowering 97 farmer groups and associations with matching grants valued at K16 million. Provincial veterinary officer Arthur Mumbolomena said yesterday that...

THE construction sector plays an important role in the economic development of the country. Building and construction has been the largest industrial sector of Zambia comprising 27.5 per cent of the Growth Domestic Product (GDP)...

By HELEN ZULU – THE Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) has destroyed assorted goods worth K224,905 which were seized in Lusaka last year. The goods were seized between March and December 2015 and were incinerated...

By NATASHA KANA – SHOPRITE Zambia has given away 20 motor vehicles valued at K6.4 million to lucky winners in commemoration of its 20-year existence in Zambia. The Renault vehicles were given to lucky winners...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Government will soon embark on the construction of 15 dams on selected sites of Zambia to promote water harvesting. Three irrigation projects will be commissioned in Chisamba, Mufulira and Chipepo...