By KASONDE KASONDE–MINISTRY of Health Permanent Secretary Kennedy Malama has said Zambia’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation remains unstable despite seeing an encouraging reduction in positivity and hospital admissions.Dr Malama said yesterday during a daily update on...

By JOSEPH BANDA–PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu yesterday swore-in 10 High Court judges with a strong reminder that they are accountable to the people of Zambia who desire to see a positive turnaround in the manner the...

PERHAPS the most frequently asked question when you encounter crowds in places like Lusaka city market is “what do all these people do and what drives them to be where they are?Driving through the streets...

EVERY business and national economy interconnects and is affected by the individual variables in its surrounding environment: technology, the political environment, and the like.What has the political environment have to do with a nation’s macro...

SIX years ago, we featured an article in which I stated that: ‘So the prices of tomatoes and other vegetables contributed to the reduction in the rate of inflation for Zambia in March 2015!’During that...

By Kennedy Mupeseni – ZAMBIA should use the bumper harvest to position itself for food security and economic recovery amidst the on-going Coronavirus disease.During the 2020/21 farming season, Zambia produced a record 3.6 million tonnes...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA–International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Kristalina Georgieva has submitted a proposal for a general allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) equivalent to US$650 billion to the board of governors for approval.This is...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA–THE Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has pumped in K684 million into Nitrogen Chemicals of Zambia (NCZ) to boost the company’s operations.IDC group chief executive officer, Mateyo Kaluba said out of the total amount,...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA–FIRST National Bank (FNB) Zambia has partnered with National Health Insurance Management Authority (NHIMA) to collect insurance premiums using the bank’s digital platforms.The digital collection of insurance premiums was aligned to the FNB...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI–THREE entrepreneurs in Botswana, Zambia, and Malawi have won the prestigious seed award beating over 1,000 applicants. A Botswana company which trains farmers to use bees to stop elephants destroying their farms, a...