By CHATULA KANGALI – THREE investors have expressed interest in constructing cement plants in Senior Chief Chiwala’s area in Masaiti District on the Copperbelt. Senior Chief Chiwala of the Lamba speaking people said the investors,...

By HELEN ZULU – THE Cross Border Traders Association of Zambia (CBTA) will this year construct a Trade Information Centre (TIC) at Nakonde border post in Muchinga Province. Secretary General Charles Kakoma said CBTA would...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – THE newly opened Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) station in Choma, last year collected K9.4 million from taxes, representing a 2.63 per cent increase over the 2014 performance. From the amount, domestic...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Investment (ZCCM-IH) is in the  process of constructing a cement plant in Ndola with an initial  investment of US$600 million. ZCCM-IH chief executive officer, Pius Kasolo...

By KENNEDY  MUPESENI – THE Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) has launched an online business registration system which has resulted in the entire registration process being done electronically. The online system which was launched at the...

By HELEN ZULU – ZOONA Zambia, an electronic money transfer firm, has processed close to nine million customer transactions in Zambia and Malawi amounting to K3 billion. Zoona communication and public relations manager Karim Amade...

By JUDITH  NAMUTOWE – GOVERNMENT has launched the Zambia International Investment Forum (ZIIF -2016), with a call to aggressively diversify the economy to other sectors to cushion the economy against the negative effects of external...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE inclusion of dual citizenship in the new Constitution will impact positively on the economy, the Association of Building and Civil Engineering Contractors (ABCEC) has said. ABCEC president, Michael Nyirenda said...

By BUSINESS REPORTER – THE prices of oil in the United States (US) yesterday remained below the widely watched $30-per-barrel level they reached on Tuesday for the first time in 12 years. They had fallen...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE total value of contracts reduced by 40 per cent in 2015 due to price escalations and unstable exchange rates in the country, Association of Building and Civil Engineering Contractors (ABCEC)...