By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA- ZAMBIA is set to become the sub region’s most indusrialised country in the next two years with the creation of more than 720 factories through the Citizens Economic Empowerment commission(CEEC) value chain...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA- INVESTORS from the United States (US) in partnership with Zambians in the diaspora, have expressed interest in establishing a recycling plant in Zambia that will help improve the solid waste management in...

By JAMES KUNDA- THE price of mealie-meal is expected to stabilise in Zambia due to the anticipated bumper maize harvest in the 2013/14 farming season. According to the Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ), the availability...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA- GOOD Time Steel Company Zambia Limited will invest about US$70 million in setting up a modern smelting plant this year to double its production capacity to 100,000 tonnes per annum. Company deputy...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE- THE Africa Development Bank (AfDB) is undertaking a feasibility study on the expansion of port facilities at Mpulungu Harbour in Zambia and Bujumbura in Burundi. And AfDB will finance the linking of...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Kwacha was under pressure most of last week trading on the back foot against the dollar, weighed down by strong interbank and corporate demand to see it touch an intraday...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – FIRST Quantum Minerals (FQM), the owner of Kansanshi copper mine in Solwezi, recorded a 43 per cent rise in copper production during the first quarter ended March 31 2014. The increase...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Burundi to facilitate funding for the rehabilitation of the Mpulungu Harbour. Transport, Works, Supply and Communications Minister Yamfwa Mukanga said the...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Zambian Tourism Board (ZTB) has projected to increase the international tourist arrivals by about 20 per cent from 914,576 to 1.2 million this year. ZTB managing director Felix Chaila said...

By JAMES MUYANWA – MTN African has reportedly sold all of its 1,269 mobile network towers in Rwanda and Zambia to independent mobile infrastructure provider IHS Holding for an undisclosed amount. According to international media...