By JUDITH  NAMUTOWE – AN alternative energy distribution firm, Zani Savenergy, has said increasing awareness on energy has the capacity to reduce the current power deficit by 40 per cent. The company says whatever power...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI) has appealed to the Government to reduce corporate tax next year in view of the country’s economic challenges. ZACCI says this should be...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE advent of the festive season has made livestock traders in Lusaka cash in on the sale of goats whose prices have risen by as much as 200 per cent. Some...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – FORTY-EIGHT solar-powered milling units have arrived in Zambia through the Nakonde border post, with another 48 expected before the end of this month via Beira in Mozambique. A total of 100...

By HELEN ZULU – ZOONA Zambia, an electronic money transfer firm, has this year processed at least eight million transactions amounting to K2.5 billion. Zoona communications and public relations manager Karim Amade said the company...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA  – THE Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) will tighten inspection activities during the Christmas and New Year period. ZABS acting head- marketing and public relations Nzali Chella said the bureau would continue...

By HELEN ZULU – ABOUT 30 Zambian business executives are expected to attend the Indian trade show slated for February 2016. The Saurashtra Vepar Udyog Mahamandal (SVUM) 2016 International Trade Show, is aimed at providing...

THE prices of copper in London went up yesterday as traders took profits on short positions ahead of Christmas. Markets are waiting for more signs that Chinese stimulus measures are having an impact in the...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Government is considering exporting high value crops to the US under the African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA). The country has in the recent past  been exporting agriculture products which include...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA  – ZAMBIA’s manufacturing sector will this year record the lowest growth rate in 10 years mainly due to the electricity crisis which has hit the country. On average, the manufacturing sector has...