By HELEN ZULU – THE Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) says local investors should utilise the vast undeveloped land in the country to set up agricultural processing industries that could contribute to wealth creation in the...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission (CEEC) will this year embark on special initiative and district value chain projects that will see the creation of 35,000 jobs. The special initiative projects are...

By HELEN ZULU – THE Zambia Cooperative Federation (ZCF) says the Government should set up an Industrial Development Fund (IDF) to support key industries in rural areas. ZCF director general James Chirwa said the Government...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – STANBIC Bank Zambia managing director Charles Mudiwa has said the country needs a diversification model that will guide the private sector, especially banks, in making investment decisions. Mr Mudiwa said Zambia...

By HELEN ZULU – THE National Economic Advisory Council (NEAC) has advised the Government to review incentives aimed at promoting growth of the local private sector in the country. NEAC executive secretary Webby Wake said...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Bank of Zambia (BoZ) in partnership with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) will roll out the adoption of Female and Male Operated Small Enterprises (FAMOS) check tool in four commercial...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) has inspected 595 local road tankers to assess levels of compliance with the Zambian Standard (ZS) 371 of 2008. ZS is a compulsory standard that...

  By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Government has received US$50 million from the World Bank to support the country’s Water Resource Management Project (ZWMP). The project’s development objective is to support the implementation of an...

By CHATULA KANGALI –   THE Government has urged cement manufacturing companies in Zambia to consider exporting the commodity to the Great Lakes Region.   Copperbelt Minister Mwenya Musenge said there was need for cement...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – EMIRATES has introduced a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on its direct route between Lusaka and Dubai to meet growing demand. The massive Boeing 777-300ER, which is the backbone of the Emirates fleet,...