By KENNEDY  MUPESENI – THE Government has called for commercialisation of traditional food in the country to cope with the current demand on the local and international markets. Agriculture and Livestock Deputy Minister Greyford Monde...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE? – THE Government will tomorrow launch an awareness campaign to increase stakeholders’ participation in the country’s capital market and raise the liquidity levels. Low number of companies listed the Lusaka Stock Exchange...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI CHINA has called for further relaxation of permit acquisition and processing procedures to help increase its investment in Zambia. Chinese Embassy to Zambia economic councillor Chai Zhijing said it is important that...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Bank of Zambia (BoZ) has called for further fiscal adjustments that will address revenue shortfalls and rationalise expenditure in view of the current budget deficit. Preliminary indications by the BoZ...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$50 million investment in Copperbelt Energy Corporation Africa Investments Limited (CECA), a multinational power company headquartered in Nigeria and Zambia. CECA seeks to...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – Local economists and business experts have said government needs to improve fuel procurement and agricultural production to make them more efficient. The Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) and the Zambia Chamber...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – ZAMBIA Sugar has injected over K760 million into the local economy through taxes and wages to workers as at end of March, 2015. For the period 2014/15, the company paid K690...

By HELEN ZULU – SARO Agro Industrial Limited has embarked on a programme to provide small-scale farmers in Northern Province with mechanised farming equipment on credit to boost agriculture performance. Company managing director Ashok Oza...

By HELEN ZULU – ARCADES Shopping Centre remains competitive despite the coming up of new malls on the Great East Road and other parts of Lusaka. Arcades Development centre manager Patrick Nsama said Arcades has...

UNDER the Nation Pension Scheme Authority Act of Parliament of 1996, a defaulter requires to pay penalties computed at 20 per cent cumulatively for every month defaulted. The Zambia Revenue Authority Act, which ushered in...