By KETRA KALUNGA – CHINA has pledged to enhance trade and investment with the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).New Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Han Jing said China will join hands with COMESA...

By KETRA KALUNGA – THE Government has embarked on a programme of building capacity of carbon project developers in the country for the operationalisation of carbon markets in Zambia.The Ministry of Green Economy and Environment...

By ANDREW MULENGATHE Zambia Export Development Fund (ZEDF) has raised $25 million in third party funding support from the development finance funders and investors through its fund-raising agents and strategic partners.Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) board...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) Renewables has paid out a coupon of $2.416 million in interest on the green bond for the half-year ended June 30.The corporation attributed this achievement to...

By ANDREW MULENGA – A HUGE debt burden, shrinking fiscal space and infrastructure gaps in critical sectors like energy and transportation have reinvigorated Zambia’s Public Private Partnership (PPP) agenda, a policy brief has revealed.The Southern...

By KETRA KALUNGA – THE Bank is Zambia (BoZ) is soon expected to conclude consultations with stakeholders on the regulation of the use of the Kwacha and Ngwee as the sole legal tender in domestic...

By ANDREW MULENGA – AN international survey report on mining has ranked Zambia third in the Investment Attractive Index in Africa as a mining investment destination.Fraser Institute 2023 International Mining Survey report in Africa, Zambia...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Zambia Forestry and Forest Industry Corporation (ZAFFICO) intends to plant 15,000 hectares of eucalyptus and pine trees in the next four years in Kawambwa District.Corporation head of commercial Ireen Chipili...

By ANDREW MULENGA at KayalamI Farms – A FARMING entity has invested about K14 million into a chicken abattoir to enhance small scale poultry farmers’ access to lucrative markets and improve the standards of their...

By KETRA KALUNGA – THE Bank of Zambia (BoZ) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has maintained the monetary policy rate at 13.5 per cent.BoZ Governor Denny Kalyalya said the decision made by the committee took into...