By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – AN ECONOMIST has urged the Zambian Government to continue making strides in reducing the current fiscal deficit. ABSA chief economist Jeff Gable said the persistent twin deficit arising from the current...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – BUSINESS Partners International Zambia has approved about K10 million for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to be disbursed this quarter. Meanwhile, the financial institution has projected to grow its lending portfolio...

TALKING shop has observed that most customers do not understand the use of discount cards by some chain stores. Some  customers  who  use discount  cards  from a named chain store  have  complained  of not  getting ...

By HELEN ZULU – THE Bank of Zambia (BoZ) has called on the financial sector practitioners to collaborate to remove possible barriers to the application of technology and financial inclusion. BoZ deputy governor Bwalya Ng’andu...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – BARCLAYS Bank Zambia has given Focus Financial Services Limited (FFS) a loan facility of US$11.2 million for on-lending to the Small and Medium Entrepreneurs (SMEs). FFS is a non-banking financial services...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Government wants small-scale miners in Zambia to be more organised, for them to attract funding. Small-scale miners can improve and contribute to the economic development of the country, provided they...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – ZAMBIA has made its first export of coffee beans to Japan, marking the revival of the country’s coffee industry which was at peak 10 years ago. The first shipment of Zambian...

By HELEN ZULU – HARVESTPLUS is targeting 600,000 farming households to adopt orange maize in Zambia by 2020. HarvestPlus Country Manager for Zambia, Eliab Simpungwe said Harvestplus expected at least 600, 000 farming households to...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) has welcomed the move to increase the price of a 50 kilogramme bag of maize by K5 for this year’s crop marketing season. Millers Association...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – PEMBE Flour Mills Zambia Limited has recorded more than 45 per cent drop in its production as a result of the power deficit. Pembe Flour Mills started operations in Zambia three...