DURING the week, I was discussing with a colleague whether the free-market economic policies that Zambia seems to have been pursuing for quite some time now are in the best interest of the entire nation....

WITH ten years experience in the insurance industry, I have been privileged to see how the game is played. There are many potential fraud areas and scenarios which are very tempting and only people with...

WE enter 2014 with economic pronouncements from the Government on the reintroduction of Industrial Development Corporation (INDECO) which comes as a good package for small and medium enterprises (SMES) in the sense that the sector...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE investments in electricity expansion projects that Zesco Limited has embarked on in the Northern Province are expected to end the perpetual problem of low power voltage, residents have been subjected...

EXACTLY two years ago, the Bank of Zambia (BoZ) increased the minimum capital requirement for both local and foreign commercial banks operating in the country. The BoZ revised the minimum statutory capital requirement from K12...

“INSURANCE fraud is a serious criminal offence. More than 2.1 billion pounds of undetected insurance fraud is committed every year…” reads the Insurance Fraud Register (IFR) website of the United Kingdom (UK). In today’s article,...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – COPPERBELT Energy Corporation Plc (CEC) revenue has swelled to K1,353 million for the period up to March 31, 2013 from K1,172 million the previous financial year. The company in 2013 also...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – EMIRATES has launched a special fare promotion from Lusaka to Dubai starting at K3,968 in Economy and K10,788 in Business class, effective from January 7 to 17, 2014 in readiness for...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – A total of K3.72 trillion old currency has so far been withdrawn from circulation, representing 96.6 per cent withdrawal rate, the Bank of Zambia (BoZ) has said. The Central Bank said...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has identified traditional leadership as central and key stakeholder in the overall consumer protection strategy in Zambia. Public relations officer Hanford Chaaba said total...