By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US $100 million unfunded Risk Participation Agreement (RPA) for FirstRand Bank Limited South Africa (FRB), under which the two banks will share the...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Zambia Tourism Board (ZTB) is developing a data base to measure domestic tourism and come up with actual numbers of tourists visiting the Victoria Falls and other sites. ZTB managing...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – TOURIST arrivals at Chishimba Falls in Kasama increased to 15,702 in January this year compared to 13,669 recorded in January last year due to increasing marketing of the site. Site manager...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) has embarked on an Information Communication and Technology (ICT) infrastructure integration programme to reduce business registration hurdles. The programme is aimed at reducing business registration and...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE all-share index at the Lusaka Stock Exchange (LuSE) has dropped by 0.07 per cent on Tuesday compared to its previous close of 6103.71 points. According to a trading summary posted...

By HELEN ZULU – CHIEF Justice Ireen Mambilima has urged the judiciary to resolve competition and consumer cases expeditiously taking into account the consequences that delays have on consumers, businesses and the economy as whole....

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – DEVELOPMENT of a Multi Facility Economic Zone (MFEZ) in Chembe District is threatened with poor supply of electricity. Luapula Province Permanent Secretary Bornface Chimbwali said as a result of the poor...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised Government to avoid coming up with mine-by-mine tax solutions that could make the tax system more difficult to administer. IMF resident representative for Zambia...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – FUTURE Search plans to partner with the Office of the Vice President to train street vendors in various entrepreneurship skills. Future Search planned to embark on the programme in selected cities...

By JAMES KUNDA – AURECON Group of Australia has been awarded the contract to provide engineering, design and construction supervision services for the US$200 million Lusaka transmission and distribution rehabilitation project by Zesco. The World...