I HAD my first practical working experience in marketing research for more than 10 years ago. This was at a now defunct advertising agency, Adworksadvertising, which later become Adworks Mac Cann Erickson due to its...

IN this week’s column, we take a look at the labour turnover being experienced in the business entities, run by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) entrepreneurs. Labour turnover in simplicity terms can be equated to...

By JAMES KUNDA – ZAMBIA’s sugar industry is positioned for growth following plans by an American firm to set up a sugarcane plantation and refining factory in Shangombo District in Western Province with an intial...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – SHOPRITE Holdings Group will construct a second shopping mall that will house Shoprite supermarket, Hungry Lion Take Away and O.K Furniture store in Solwezi as part of its expansion programme. The...

By JAMES KUNDA – JAPANESE companies have shown interest of investing in Zambia’s mineral resources, Japanese parliamentary Vice Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry Yashihiko Isozaki has said. He said Japan was willing to explore...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) has urged Government to restructure operations of State Owned Enterprise (SOEs) to make them economically viable. In a recent policy analysis statement, PMRC called...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Kwacha remained weaker against the dollar on Monday extending its losses for a third straight day, the Zanaco Daily Newsletter has stated. From an opening of K5.57/5.58, the Kwacha slipped...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE bilateral relations between countries world over are swiftly shifting from mere relations based on political and donor based relations to that of trade and investment. Zambia is among the countries...

LAST week I wrote an article titled ‘Undercutting retards industry growth.’ I raised a number of issues which included the ability of the regulator to cub the same vice of undercutting insurance premiums. Further I...

LIKE I stated last week, annually, all fishery areas in Zambia are closed to fishing from about December 1, to the beginning of March the following year, except for Lake Kariba and Lake Tanganyika. The...