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...

AS we conclude this four-article series on the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), it is hoped that justice has been done to the topic. One expects that the articles have helped to throw some light on...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Government should setup a Sinking Fund”, contain public expenditure and refinance one of the bonds to reduce risk of defaulting on the two Eurobonds procured in the last three years....

By JULIUS PHIRI – shoe polish has been seized from traders in Chipata District. Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC), Eastern Province investigator Emmanuel Zulu confirmed the seizure yesterday. Mr Zulu said the Savannah Shine...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – PROFLIGHT Zambia has upgraded its 50-seat CRJ-100 jet under the new terms that will see the airline’s local staff taking full control of the plane’s operation. Proflight managing director Tony Irwin...

By JULIUS PHIRI – COTTON farmers in Eastern Province have withheld their produce because of the poor price being offered by the ginners. Cotton Association of Zambia (CAZ) board member, Michael Banda said that there...

This week we will look at the pricing element of the marketing mix. I have come to observe that most Zambian marketing firms dealing in retail and consumer products do not allow marketers to participate...

TODAY, we want to look an at entity which started as an SME but has grown into a fully-fledged company. Radian Stores Limited has become one of the household names in the retail trade industry...

GIVEN the anguish small-scale farmers went through due to delays in getting their money after supplying maize to Food Reserve Agency (FRA) last year, it is hoped that things will be different this year. BRIEFCASE...