By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – AFE Limited has introduced solar-powered pumps for irrigation and other activities on the Zambian market to cut down on productions costs for farmers. Company operations manager Emmanuel Munenga said in an...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – FINANCE Bank Zambia (FBZ) Limited will offload 25 per cent shares on the London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM), Lusaka, Nairobi and Johannesburg stock exchanges by the end of this year. FBZ...

By HELEN ZULU – TIMBER producers and suppliers have called on the Government to facilitate the issuance of timber licences to local people to grow their business. A timber supplier Jack Musole said Government should...

By HELEN ZULU – MTN Zambia has commended Government for revising the school curriculum to include computer literacy. Company chief executive officer Abdul Ismail said the company was happy to note that the Government had...

By ETAMBUYU SANG’ANDU – THE Government has commissioned the first storage shed under the Food Reserve Agency (FRA)’s 27 slabs upgrade project with an assurance of its commitment to developing agricultural storage infrastructure countrywide. Agriculture...

By JAMES KUNDA
 – THE Government is reviewing the purchase and distribution costs of greenfield
electricity before encouraging investment in the roll-out of heavy fuel oil (HFO) power plants across the country. Mines, Energy and Water...

By JAMES KUNDA
 – THE Zambia Consumer Association (ZACA) has said the Zambia Information
Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) should probe the quality
of services being offered by the three telecommunications companies
operating locally. ZACA executive director Samuel Simutunda...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA
 – THE Zambia Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI) has partnered with
Zambia Seed Company (ZAMSEED) to promote massive production
of orange maize in the 2014/2015 farming season. ZARI is the largest agricultural research entity in...

By JAMES KUNDA
 – THE last quarter ended June 30, 2014 saw Kansanshi Mining record a
three per cent drop in the production of gold, on account of lower
grade of gravity recoverable metal in the stockpiled...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE
 – ZAMBIA’s renowned corporate governance consultant, Patrick Chisanga 
has been appointed as the new Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) director 
general with immediate effect. Mr Chisenga, takes over from Andrew Chipwende who has...