AS we conclude this year, I have decided to use an abridged version of an article which we featured on January 14, this year. This was less than a week before the Presidential elections. I...

A MANAGER at one of the internet cafés in the central business district of Lusaka, complained to me that business sales in the month of December, has drastically gone down and that the business owner...

ZAMBIA has this year experienced economic difficulties, emanating mainly from the effects of natural and global trends. The fall of the Kwacha, increased periods of power load-shedding and skyrocketing prices of goods and services have...

THE paramount objective of every business is to make profit, survive and prosper. It is also the desire of almost every business to grow in scale and operations with the passage of time. To pursue...

One of the trouble shooting expenses in running a business is rent, an expense for most of the businesses that do not own premises to operate from. I remember in one of the articles I...

To the readers of this column, compliments of the season and please remember to buy your insurance disc so that as the law to display the discs is implemented on January 1, 2016, you will...

SO the prices of tomatoes and other vegetables contributed to the reduction in the rate of inflation for Zambia in March 2015. As we are about to end the year, I have decided to revisit...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – ELECTRICITY is a major input in all sectors of the economy and thus, a key driver of economic growth. Zambia’s development aim is to be a thriving middle-income nation by the...

BRIEFCASE has commended the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) for grading filling stations according to the quality of fuel being offered to customers. Most filling stations in Ndola have been given grade markings with A, representing...

THE newly-formulated National Leather Value Chain Strategy aimed at adding value to finished products in foot wear and garments will increase export earnings and contribute significantly to the economic development of the country. Effective implementation of the...