WHILE commending the Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) for spreading its tentacles to Southern, Eastern, Northern, Copperbelt and Muchinga provinces, Talking Shop would like the bureau to up its game by ensuring consumers are given...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at promoting mutual assistance and exchange of information between the...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – GOVERNMENT has collected about K22 million on average from toll gates on selected points of some roads in Zambia, says Transport, Works, Supply and Communication Minister Yamfwa Mukanga. “We collect about...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – GOVERNMENT has put in place a robust debt sustainability plan to avoid defaulting on the two Eurobonds acquired in the last three years. The recent report by the Zambia Institute for Policy...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – ZAMBEEF Products Plc has recorded a 56 per cent rise in profit for the first half of its financial year, boosted by increased sales in its core meat business. The company...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – MORE than 15 million Government’s shares in ZCCM Investment Holding (IH) were on Tuesday offered to National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) through the Lusaka Stock Exchange (LuSE). This marks the beginning...

By KENNEDY  MUPESENI – THE Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) says Government should competently regulate trophy hunting, carry social impact assessment and strengthen game management capacity in view of the lifting of the big...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Government has said it will consider recommendations by the Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR) on the repayment of the two Eurobonds. ZIPAR recommended that the Government should...

ZAMBIA’s manufacturing sector is a pivot of economic development through its backward and forward linkages to economic growth, exports and employment creation. It provides a market for primary products and sets the basis for exports...

The 42nd African Insurance Organisation (AIO) Conference and General assembly was held in the Tunisian capital Tunis in the last week of May attracting over 1,000 delegates from various countries including outside Africa. These comprised...