TODAY we look at one of the smallest businesses the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), especially the youth, are engaged in for survival as a substitute for employment. Car washing business in Lusaka is on...

By DR FRANCIS MANGENI – A WORLD Bank report titled,‘Defragmenting Africa’ describes Africa’s borders as thick. This thickness is attributed to the ‘mountains’ of documents that exporters and importers brave in trading in Africa. Similarly,...

AS I break off for my annual vacation, I have decided to have a glance at the national economic performance recorded this far in comparison with the annual macro-economic targets for 2014. Just to pep...

SOME shops within Lusaka’s town centre have continued selling their merchandises without displaying the price tags. This is done to allow the shopkeeper and other workers attending to the unsuspecting customers to abnormally inflate the...

AS a follow-up to last week’s topic on why coffin-making business should be conducted in seclusion as opposed to doing so in public places, I want to look at the feedback. The responses that came...

Most Zambian Small businesses have been experiencing stunted growth due to lack of adequate financial capital. In as much as individual business and marketing proposals could be brilliant, implementation of the business growth strategies are...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE just-ended 88th edition of the Zambia Agricultural and Commercial Show in Lusaka seems to have lifted the nation’s spirit economically. The uplifting assurance comes as Zambian industries reaffirmed their official...

ANY weekly columnist would tell you that there are just some weeks when a columnist is inundated with ideas on which to base the next article. For me, the foregoing seven days constituted one of...

‘No farmer, no food, no future’ is the slogan of the Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU), a clear expression of the importance of a farmer to the wellbeing of all. Without food there is literally...

THE move by Shoprite management to extend the shopping hours to 20:00 hours everyday has received overwhelming response among Lusaka shoppers. Talking Shop has observed that a lot of shoppers, especially those in the working...