By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Development Bank of Zambia(DBZ) is interested in funding the Zambia Cooperative Federation (ZCF) which requires a total of K49 million to set up three milling plants in the country. ZCF...
Read MoreBy JAMES KUNDA – GOVERNMENT intends to release part of the recently secured US$1 billion sovereign bond to Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) and Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL) to improve operations and infrastructure. Transport and...
Read MoreBy MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA and JAMES KUNDA – THE Kwacha yesterday continued its downward trend against the United States dollar as financial analyst, Maambo Haamaundu urged the Government to step up its efforts in building public confidence. As...
Read MoreBy JAMES MUYANWA – THE Government collected total mineral royalty of K1.8 billion in 2013, which was 8.4 per cent lower than projected. In the year when the mines earned more than US$7 billion from...
Read MoreBy JAMES KUNDA – THE construction phase of a new lime manufacturing plant in Masaiti District is expected to be complete in the first quarter of 2015 at a cost of K250 million. The plant being constructed...
Read MoreBy JUDITH NAMUTOWE – A LUSAKA-BASED business executive has said the Government should help to build capacity for local entrepreneurs to enable them fully exploit available business opportunities. Insurance Brokers Association (IBA) representative Cosmas Kanguya...
Read MoreBy JAMES KUNDA and MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) has registered more than 7,000 businesses in the first quarter of 2014 and signed partnership agreements with 57 local authorities to...
Read MoreHAVING discussed the art of saving and investing through insurance companies last week I thought of revisiting an article on education policies. Considered the most famous brand in 1996 Nelson Mandela once said “Education is...
Read MoreTO CONTINUE with last week’s topic on bonds and derivatives markets, I would like to start with an e-mail which I received from a reader during the week. Joshua Tembo writes: “Hi james, “I read...
Read MoreBy JAMES KUNDA ZAMBIA— Railways Limited (ZRL) requires US$100 million to overhaul the Mulobezi railway line and extend it to the Walvis Bay corridor in Namibia. ZRL head of Corporate Affairs, Benson Ngula said in...
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