By JAMES KUNDA – Government will use the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) to pump massive investments in areas that have been deemed risky  by both local and foreign investors, Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Emmanuel...

By JAMES KUNDA – CONSTRUCTION of a 6.5 million litre bulk fuel storage depot in Mpika has been completed at a cost of K50 million. Mines, Energy and Water Development Permanent Secretary Charity Mwansa said...

By CATHERINE NYIRENDA – Government has said  enactment of the Business Regulatory Bill  Number 22 of 2013, will  reduce bureaucracy  and result in the establishment of  the Business Regulatory Authority (BRA) which will  act as...

Hybrid Poultry Farm has opened a new outlet on Ndola’s President Avenue opposite the new East Point Nigh Club, which has a variety of chicken products. Among the products are polony, sausages, viennas and mince,...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – Government has called on the private sector and other players in the Tourism industry to collaborate if the sector is to record remarkable growth. Tourism and Arts Minister Sylvia Masebo said...

By JAMES KUNDA – BHARTI Airtel is currently generating a total of one million transactions valued at US$ 25 million daily from an active base of five million customers listed on the Airtel money service...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – FASTJET, Africa’s low cost airline, will launch a third weekly flight from Dar es Salaam to Lusaka, starting from April 15, 2014 due to an increased demand from Zambian passengers. This...

By JAMES KUNDA – ZAMBIA has been able to save 78.16 megawatts (MW) of electricity from the 1,336,175 cumulative number of energy serving bulbs and Compact Fluorescent Lightings (CFLs), installed around the country. Mines, Energy...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE revenue for ZCCM-Investment Holdings for 2011 hit K1 billion, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) report has revealed. The revenue came from the sale of its shares in Equinox Minerals...

By JAMES KUNDA – THE Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has so far offloaded over 200,000 tonnes of maize for sale to millers and selected communities, to stabilise the prices of mealie-meal in the country. Agriculture...