LAST week, my article focussed on Zambia’s plan to extend the Pre–export Verification Of Conformity (PVoC) programme to other products, besides motor vehicles in an effort to promote the quality and safety of the products....

In our weekly column this week, we take a look at the labour turnover being experienced in the business entities, being run by Small Medium Entrepreneur’s (SMEs) Labour turnover in the simplest terms of explanation...

LAST week we looked at the compelling entrepreneurial success story of Alhaji Aliko Dangote and the Dangote Group of Companies. We learnt that Mr Dangote started business in a small way, with an initial loan...

++Talking shop has noted that some outlets in Livingstone are in a habit of stocking expired dairy products. It is not right for any outlet to stock expired products as they are harmful to people’s...

This week in our business discussion concerning Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), we look at merchandise businesses that are involved in trading in already finished goods and whose major concern is to buy and sell...

MANY people believe that successful entrepreneurship is an inborn trait, while others hold the view that entrepreneurship can be learnt and that success, is a decision. Researchers propose that entrepreneurship can be learnt and is...

“I WANT insurance which covers everything as far as my motor vehicle is concerned”, remarked a customer. Well, such demands in the industry are not a phenomenon but they need careful responses. First and foremost,...

LAST WEEK, the article was analysing the potential of the livestock sector in transforming the country’s economy. Two citizens, who read the article, contacted me during the course of the week to appreciate the commentary....

FOR the last two weeks, my article was focusing on the importance of domestic tourism in sustaining Zambia’s economy amidst economic turbulences. The good news is that even the new tourism policy has included a...

IN the next few weeks we will look at various types of motor insurance covers offered on the Zambian market. To begin with we will discuss third party insurance. In order to understand what third...