Every Kwacha that goes out of the country without a corresponding inflow potentially leaves the local currency weaker. In insurance it is difficult to stop this trend without building local capacity in terms of capital....

AS I take a month-long break from this forum while on my annual leave, I just want to trace how long a way this column has come. From June 2012 – when it started –...

MANY business leaders attempt to create corporate cultures which enhance high performance but few have gone on record to succeed in this task. Understanding and resolving to put to work the nitty-gritties of creating high-...

IT is back to school once more! With barely three days remaining before the opening of public and private schools in the country, school requisites like books have become the most-sought-after products. TALKING SHOP is...

GOVERNMENT projects to spend a total of K53.1 billion this year, a marginal increase of 14 per cent from the 2015 Budget. It also intends to increase domestic revenue to at least 20.4 per cent...

As we begin the year 2016, I wish to advise readers that  implementation of the display of insurance discs law which was supposed to be effected on January 1, 2016, has been pushed to February...

RENOWNED Nigerian prophet, Temitope Balogun Joshua, commonly known as TB Joshua, gave his annual prophecy on Southern Africa last Sunday. My interest however, is not in all the issues the pastor of the Synagogue Church...

CORPORATE and product brands are some of the most valuable and critical assets that drive businesses’ competitive advantage. The American Marketing Association (AMA) defined the term ‘brand’ in 1960 as: “A name, term, sign, symbol,...

IN one of the initial articles of this column, I looked at a topic titled ‘THREE FORMS OF BUSINESSES’ under which most of the small and medium enterprises form their businesses. In today’s article we...

BRIEFCASE has noted a shortage of kerosene (lamp oil) in Ndola. Most filling stations in the city have not had kerosene for the past five days. The shortage has led to vendors buying in bulk...