United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) sub regional officer for Southern Africa Bineswaree Bolaky says the the incremental spending needs for financing SDGs in Africa is about US$614 billion to US$630 billion per year.

President Edgar Lungu says time has come for Africa to adopt home grown solutions to its own challenges. And Rwandan President Paul Kagame says the SDG centre for Africa aims at supporting governments in providing

Tourism and Arts Minister Ronald Chitotela says Emirates Airlines has expressed willingness to put Zambia among the countries that will participate in the 2020 Dubai Expo. And Chitotela says he hopes to make tourism Zambia’s

Pharmaceutical Society of Zambia (PSZ) president Jerome Kanyika has called on the Ministry of Health to come up with a directorate for pharmaceutical services to ensure professionalism in the procurement of quality drugs. Kanyika’s call

Former Attorney General Musa Mwenye says although Finance Minister Dr Bwalya Ngandu is a capable person for the job, his efforts will not result in any positive change without fighting corruption. In a statement shared

Former finance minister Felix Mutati says Zambia needs a comprehensive tax policy review so that stability can be attained because inconsistency creates lack of confidence among citizens. And Mutati says the withdrawal of the Sales

Deputy PF Chief Whip Tutwa Ngulube says some members of parliament have abused their immunity before the floor of the House by continuously dragging innocent people into debates. On Friday, Speaker of the National Assembly

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) says while it supports government’s move to implement the National Health Insurance Scheme, so many things about it are unclear and this is making people reject it. In

Police in Lusaka have arrested a 47-year-old man of Garden House for pushing his wife out of a moving vehicle after an argument. In a statement, Monday, Police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo narrated that the

Zambia Federation of Employers (ZFE) executive director Harrington Chibanda says the Federation will not comply to the deductions of the government’s National Health Scheme because it is unfair and stakeholders were not consulted. And Chibanda