AMERICAN credit rating agency, Fitch, in September 2020 downgraded Zambia’s credit rating to near junk.Thanks to the United Party for National Development (UPND) for securing victory in the polls the following year, the country could...

YES, a lot has been said and yet more remains to be done about the outcome of last week’s Second Summit and Russia–Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum held in Russia.Before going into statistics, it is...

BY the time you will be reading this I am expected to be somewhere in St Petersburg, Russia to cover the Second Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Summit.It is, therefore, only fair that today’s article is...

EARLY this year, my senior colleague, Haroon Ghumra and I decided that we would undertake a special write-up on the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA). This is given the important role the authority plays in helping...

AFTER a three-year absence due to COVID-19, the Copperbelt Agriculture, Mining, Industrial, Networking Expo (CAMINEX) is on and opened its doors to the public yesterday.The theme for this year’s Kitwe Expo is: “Copperbelt: Re-ignite.Rebuild. Renew,”...

AS much as we depend on one income line as a monthly salary, there are other methods of surviving that might subsidise your income.The article for this week relates to other previous articles on other...

MINING will, for a long time to come, remain the economic mainstay of Zambia because of its capacity to generate massive foreign exchange and create high levels of employment for local people.Mining, particularly copper production...

THE enactment of the National Pension Scheme Bill of 2023 into law, which allows beneficiaries to withdraw part of their pension, is expected to spur economic growth in Zambia.It is widely believed that the partial...

ZAMBIA continued on its economic restoration path in the first quarter of 2023, with remarkable progress recorded on the price of copper, the country’s economic mainstay.Currently, copper is trading around $9,004 from $8 964 in...

THE use of pipelines and their associated infrastructure is key in maintaining a stable fuel sub-sector in any economy.Not only that, the use of the pipeline helps to boost security for the country’s fuel needs...