By KENNEDY MUPESENI – ZAMBEEF Products will be signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the new United Kingdom (UK) government-funded Private Enterprise Programme – Zambia (PEP-Z) to reinforce market linkages for small-scale farmers and entrepreneurs...

By HELEN ZULU – THE Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) has this year registered more than 22,000 businesses across the country. The business entities were registered between January and September 2014, with 5,000 being...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – ILLOVO Sugar Group, the majority share holder in Zambia Sugar Plc plans to embark on further product diversification to get more value from sugar cane products.   The company is currently...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – ZAMBIA’s annual inflation has risen by 0.2 per cent to 8.1 in November this year, compared to 7.9 per cent recorded last month. Trade surplus has slowed down to K67 million...

By JAMES MUYANWA – THE Government has challenged the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) and other sector watchdogs to help the emerging local businesses to grow by removing barriers which inhibit them.   Commerce,...

THERE is a general misconception among many people that politicians do not need any marketing but only need effective publicity and propaganda. This notion is widely held by most politicians, especially in Africa. However, I...

AFTER leaving college, my first workplace was Workers Compensation Fund Control Board (WCFCB) which had its head-office in Ndola, by then it was called Workman’s Compensation Fund Control Board. During my brief stint at this...

THE Government will offload more than 44 million of its shares in the ZCCM Investment Holding (IH) to the members of the public through the Lusaka Stock Exchange (LuSE). Following the first article on Government’s...

ONE of the esteemed functions of the Church is to handle affairs or?concerns of its members and King David in Psalms 138:8 said ‘The Lord?will perfect that which concerns me…’ Does insurance concern a church?member?...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – ZAMBIA’S economy has continued to show robust growth as evidenced in 2013 where the country posted a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of around six per cent. This economic resilience is supported...