By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE construction of the Zambia Tanzania Kenya (ZTK) power interconnector is underway in the various sections of the identified sites for the power lines in the three countries. In a recent...

HAVE you lately tasted nshima made from Superior Miling’s mealile roller meal? If not, please try it and you will completely abandon the breakfast mealie meals. Those who have sampled a meal made from mealile...

No business entrepreneur will on a particular day work up to start up a business venture. The business idea could have started as a thought in the mind of the prospective entrepreneur before it is...

FOLLOW me on Business Trends as I embark on this column which will look at a wide range of business issues including enterprise development in Zambia and beyond. Together, we will look at the development...

THE greatest asset of any organisation is its people, it is said. I wish to add to this statement ‘… people with right skills’ because you may have people yet have no relevant skills. Successful...

THE tone for the 2016 national Budget has been set and the stakeholders, at least, know what to expect come October 2015. This follows the release of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) by the...

THE people running Pizza Inn at Pick ‘n Pay-anchored Woodlands Shopping Mall have found a way of punishing their esteemed customers who turn up for “Terrific Tuesday” buy-one-pizza-and-get-two promotion. While the tellers are swift to...

TALKING shop has observed that most customers do not understand the use of discount cards by some chain stores. Some  customers  who  use discount  cards  from a named chain store  have  complained  of not  getting ...

THE scope of entrepreneurism in this country has enlarged since the country’s economy was liberalised in the early 1990s. Many thanks should go to the Government which was responsible for opening up the economy to...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – GIVEN that more than one billion people rely on fish as their primary source of protein, most of them located in developing countries, farming is often an attractive practice to them,...