The French Embassy in Lusaka says the 2017 AGRITECH Expo to be held in Chisamba this weekend will for the first time feature the French Pavilion. The AGRITECH Expo provides a unique opportunity for Zambian entrepreneurs, both large- and small-scale farmers and companies to meet some of the world's leading agricultural companies. “For the first...

The Human Rights Commission says the shooting of a bus driver and a passenger by a police officer in Lusaka's Kamwala area is extremely worrying and at the same time frightening. On Monday this week, a uniformed police officer shot a Flash Bus driver Harrison Miti in the abdomen twice and a female passenger Janet...

Energy Minister David Mabumba has admitted that the increment in electricity tariffs was to a larger extent determined by politics and emotions. And Mabumba says it was the responsibility of the electricity consumers to make Zesco financially viable. Featuring on ZNBC’s Sunday Interview, Mabumba told programme host Grevazio Zulu that government saw it prudent to...

United Nations resident coordinator Janet Rogan says she is encouraged to see many talented women venturing into the manufacturing sector in Zambia. Rogan was speaking at the inaugural seminar and award ceremony on women’s participation in the manufacturing sector at Radisson Blu Hotel in Lusaka this morning. “It is indeed encouraging to see so many...

Ministry of Finance Director of Economic Management Ireen Musonda Habasimbi says the ministry has not yet received an update from the Bank of Zambia on when Intermarket Bank will reopen to the public. On February 28 this year, Finance Minister Felix Mutati informed Parliament that the bank would reopen within 30 days, which elapsed in...

Commerce Trade and Industry Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe has expressed concern over the poor performance of the country’s manufacturing sector. Mwanakatwe said statistics from the Central Statistical Office show that the wholesale and retail sectors are now the largest share of overall Gross Domestic Product averaging 18.3 percent per annum. She was speaking at Radisson Blu...

The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflections Executive Director Fr. Leonard Chiti says his organisation will support the planned IMF aid package to Zambia if no stringent conditionality for a bailout programme is attached. Cabinet has given a go ahead for the country to conclude negotiations for an IMF economic bailout facility that is expected to...

Professor Oliver Saasa says the manner in which the arrest of opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema was done created some anxiety on the global money market because Zambia is known to be a relatively peaceful country. American based Bloomberg business news channel reported that yields on Zambia’s $1 billion Eurobonds due April 2024 rose 15...

Former Barclays Bank Zambia Plc Managing Director Saviour Chibiya has been appointed as Regional Managing Director responsible for among other functions, the Corporate and Investment Banking business for markets in Africa outside South Africa. Chibiya who served as MD for over six years will be based at the Barclays Africa Group Ltd Head Office in...

The Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) has approved 67 Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) for the month of March 2017 worth over $440 thousand. The approved projects are in energy, tourism, urban development, agriculture and forestry, prospecting and mining as well as manufacturing and processing sectors. “Out of the 83 projects considered, 67 projects were approved,...