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Philip is a story-driven Journalist adept at developing articles and investigating issues with tenacious and unwavering dedication. Offering several years of experience in print, radio and online media.Email: philip [at] diggers [dot] news

2 Jan 2024 | Philip Chisalu

ZICB will receive $50m for lending to SMEs doing green initiatives – PS

GOVERNMENT has disclosed that a Canadian company, Convergence Fund, has offered to give the Zambia Industrial Commercial Bank (ZICB) $50 million for onward lending to SMEs doing green initiatives. Ministry of Green Economy and Environment Permanent...

2 Jan 2024 | Philip Chisalu

Govt must come up with better fuel pricing model – OMCAZ

OIL Marketing Companies Association of Zambia (OMCAZ) president Dr Kafula Mubanga says it was expected that the Energy Regulation Board would maintain the fuel prices for January 2024. And Dr Mubanga has urged government to...

2 Jan 2024 | Philip Chisalu

Govt justifies toll fee hike for heavy goods vehicles

GOVERNMENT has justified that the upward adjustment in toll fees for heavy good vehicles is necessary for it to implement a very ambitious programme to rehabilitate all major trunk, district, township and feeder roads. In...

1 Jan 2024 | Philip Chisalu

ERB holds fuel pump prices, suspends monthly briefings

THE Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has maintained the fuel pump prices for January at K29.98 for petrol, K29.96 for diesel, K29.29 for Jet A1 and K20.44 for kerosene. And ERB has announced that it has...

31 Dec 2023 | Philip Chisalu

Zesco connects Lundazi, Chama districts

ZESCO Limited has announced that it has successfully connected Lundazi and Chama Districts of Eastern Province to the national grid, for the first time since Zambia’s independence. The power utility company says the project has...

29 Dec 2023 | Philip Chisalu

Inflation closes 2023 at 13.1%

THE annual inflation rate for December 2023 has increased to 13.1 percent from the 12.9 percent recorded in November 2023. And the Zambia Statistics Agency (ZamStats) has revealed that between November 2023 and December 2023,...

28 Dec 2023 | Philip Chisalu

Economist projects rise in inflation

ECONOMIST Trevor Hambayi has projected an increase in the inflation rate for the month of December by at least one percent. And Hambayi says the US$187 million that Zambia is receiving from the IMF will...

26 Dec 2023 | Philip Chisalu

Govt projects to absorb at least 60% of 2023 CDF by end of year

MINISTRY of Local Government and Rural Development Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Nicholas Phiri says government projects to carryover some funds from the 2023 CDF allocation into 2024. Phiri has however expressed hope that by...

26 Dec 2023 | Philip Chisalu

There’s no tangible progress yet on new DBZ – Musokotwane

FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says government has not made any tangible progress yet on its plans to establish a new Development Financial Institution. In July this year, the Bank of Zambia...

23 Dec 2023 | Philip Chisalu

ZCCM-IH to retain 49% shares in Mopani, as IRH dangles US$1.1bn

ZCCM-IH has disclosed that it has entered into an agreement with IRH, to which the firm has committed to invest a total of US$1.1 billion into Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) as a Strategic Equity Partner....