ON SME Corner today, we look at women entrepreneurship as my colleague HELEN ZULU tackles the issue in the following article:?Entrepreneurship has a lot of benefits which can be broken down at national, society and...

MEDICAL insurance, just like any other form of insurance, is a risk?transfer mechanism whereby the insured transfers risk to the insurer?and the insurer accepts the risk in consideration of a fair and?equitable premium. The insured...

TODAY, I have decided to feature an abridged version of the Chamber of?Mines of Zambia (CMZ) submission on the mining sector Budget proposals?for the 2015 Budget and 2015-2017 Medium Term Expenditure?Framework (MTEF). The document reads:?Following...

THE issue of the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) – Value Added Tax (VAT) Rule Number 18 has been blown out of proportion, at the expense of other equally important matters. Briefcase feels that enough has...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Zambia National Building Society (ZNBS) is set to increase the mortgage portfolio to over K500 million in its 2014/15. ZNBS public relations officer Chanda Mubanga said in response to a...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE World Bank has committed more than US$569 million to Zambia for 11 active projects. World Bank country director Kundahvi Kadiresani said there are 11 active projects with net commitment of...

By JAMES KUNDA – THE Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) has extended its ultimatum for the 1,000 companies to file their annual returns or be deregistered by three months effective today. PACRA public relations...

By JAMES KUNDA – ZANACO Bank has recorded profit after tax of K112,436 in the six months ended June 30, 2014, highlighting growth of 59 per cent compared to the same period of 2013. According...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – ZAMBEEF Products board chairperson Jacob Mwanza has said another firm’s founder, Carl Irwin has once again joined Francis Grogan as joint chief executive officer of the agribusiness giant. Mr Mwanza expressed...

BEING one of the latest trading structures to be constructed in Lusaka’s Central Business District one would expect Westgate Shopping Mall should have up-to-date facilities for the clients. This is disappointingly not so, especially with...