By JUDITH NAMUTOWE- TRADE between the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the rest of the world grew from US$240 billion in 2011 to US$262 billion in 2012. According to a COMESA...

By JAMES KUNDA – MORE than 700 rolls of failed electric cables worth K 80,500 have been quarantined in Lusaka town centre area while 632 dozens of fake black shoe polish have been intercepted. Following...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA? – THE Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has said high energy cost is slowing down growth in the manufacturing sectors in the region. This has been worsened by unreliable...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – ZAMBIA will bid for the hosting of the 2015 edition of the Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF), Tourism and Arts Minister Jean Kapata has said. AHIF is Africa’s leading event for...

By HAPPY MULOLANI – THE Smallholder Agribusiness Promotion Programme (SAPP) has disbursed K60,000 to Maramba Mushroom Group in Livingstone. SAPP programme manager Kwibisa Lywalii told the National Agricultural Information Services (NAIS) during a field visit...

By JAMES KUNDA? – AIRTEL Business, the enterprise arm of Airtel Networks Zambia Plc and Thuraya Telecommunications Company of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have signed a partnership aimed at providing technology-driven solutions to corporate...

By JAMES KUNDA? – THE Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has so far procured close to one million tonnes of maize and owes farmers nearly K1 billion for this marketing season. This is partly because the...

By CHILA NAMAIKO? – SHUMPE Investment Limited, a leading local supplier of office and home furniture and electronic appliance, has opened an outlet in Choma with initial investment of about K1 million. The firm, which...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA? – STANDARD Chartered Bank Zambia has pledged to help build the capacity, raise awareness and enhance the quality of business reporting in Zambia. The bank hosted a workshop on financial and global...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE? – THE Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has said the feasibility study on the Batoka Hydropower Station has been reviewed. ZRA chief executive officer Munyaradzi Munodawafa said in an interview yesterday that the...