Indeni Petroleum Refinery is certainly the next best alternative solution to the crises in the rise in fuel prices that has hit Zambia.Just last Thursday, December 16, the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) announced a whopping...

THIS has been another week when there has been so much to write about.Apart from continuing with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issues other questions have arisen including the need to review the year.As is...

By Kennedy Mupeseni – SINCE the inevitable has happened, players in the economy should devise measures to cope with the recent charges in the price of petroleum products.Last week, the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) announced...

SEVERAL successful businesses have faced adversity before breaking through. There is a lot of reluctancy to do business among many people because of uncertainty and only a few prefer taking risks. Those who so create...

MORE than ever before, Zambia’s policy makers and economic managers inevitably need to find a once-for-all lasting solution to the issues underlying the edible oil sector in Zambia including the root causes of the high...

AT the risk of turning this forum into an International Monetary Fund (IMF) debate platform, it has, once more, continued debating the IMF engagement by Zambia.Obviously, at this juncture the question of whether Zambia needs...

By Maimbolwa Mulikelela – AFRICAN Women’s Collaborative for Healthy Food Systems highlights the importance of local, agroecological and equitable food systems and raises awareness of the invaluable contribution made by peasant and indigenous women to...

Majority of the developing countries have an imbalance between the poor and the wealthy people. The inequality has created a wide gap such that the only way to balance it is to ensure that everyone...

COST reflective fuel and electricity tariffs is an issue that Zambia has been grappling with for over a decade.Think of it, soon after being elected as Republican President in September 2011, the late Michael Sata...

THE question of whether to engage International Monetary Fund (IMF) for funded programme or not has been outstanding for some time now.In political terms, it has been with us since the departure of Movement for...