By JAMES MUYANWA – THE Government has challenged the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) and other sector watchdogs to help the emerging local businesses to grow by removing barriers which inhibit them.   Commerce,...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE? – SYLVA Professional Catering Services Limited (SPC) has invested US$105,000 to set up a food processing plant in the country. The processing plant to be set up in Lusaka would enable the...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI? – THE Government is in the process of revising the Electricity Act and the Energy Regulation Act for purposes of liberalisation and independent regulation of the energy sector, Mines, Energy and Water...

  By JUDITH NAMUTOWE? – THE Bank of Zambia (BoZ) and Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding?(MoU) to facilitate growth of mobile financial services in the country. BoZ...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE? – IMPROVED intensive extension services will trigger growth of the?agricultural sector as well as economic growth, Finance Minister?Alexander Chikwanda has said. Mr Chikwanda said it was Government’s belief that improved extension?services would...

By JAMES KUNDA – ZAMBEZI Portland Cement Limited (ZPC) in Ndola has this year increased annual cement production to 400,000 tonnes, which translate into two per cent rise on the 2013 production figures. ZPC chief...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – ENERGY, Environment and Research Group (EERG) at the University of Zambia (UNZA) plans to re-establish solar applied energy laboratory at a cost of US$750,000 to empower students with practical knowledge in...

By JAMES KUNDA – COMPANIES engaged in oil and gas exploration are expected to avail substantial results this quarter following the progress that has been made in the exercise. Mines, Energy and Water Development Minister...

By JAMES KUNDA – NEELKANTH Group of companies has invested US$16 million in the establishment of a five-star hotel apartment in Lusaka. Neelkanth group executive Gopal Kedia said in an interview yesterday that construction of...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE increase of duty on imported edible oil will increase the prices of cooking oil in Zambia, cross border traders in Lusaka have said. In the 2015 Budget, the Government has...