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June 2, 2014 - 0 Comments

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...

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June 2, 2014 - 0 Comments

By 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...

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May 28, 2014 - 0 Comments

By 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...

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May 28, 2014 - 0 Comments

By 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...

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May 28, 2014 - 0 Comments

By 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...

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May 28, 2014 - 0 Comments

By 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...

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May 28, 2014 - 0 Comments

By 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...

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May 27, 2014 - 0 Comments

HAVING 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...

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May 27, 2014 - 0 Comments

TO 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...

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May 27, 2014 - 0 Comments

By 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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