THE annual inflation rate for May 2025 has reduced to 15.3 percent from 16.5 percent in April 2025. In this month’s report, read on her behalf by Chief Statistician Chola Nakazwe Daka, Acting Statistician General...

FOOD Reserve Agency (FRA) Board Chairperson Suresh Desai says the Agency will announce the price at which it will be buying maize this marketing season at the beginning of next month. In an interview, Tuesday,...

THE Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) has recorded a K145.02 decrease in the cost of living for May, now amounting to K11,272.97 for a family of five in Lusaka. The JCTR has attributed this...

THE Energy Regulation Board (ERB) says it has approved 45 energy licenses and 10 construction permits in the petroleum, electricity and renewable energy sub-sectors, representing a total investment pledge of K1.36 billion. In a statement,...

ECONOMIST Bright Chizonde says the increase in the country’s Gross International Reserves (GIR) is an indication that Zambia is more financially stable and that there is more investor confidence. On Friday last week, during the...

COPPERBELT Energy Corporation (CEC) has made a historical achievement by becoming the first company listed on the Lusaka Securities Exchange (LuSE) to attain a market capitalisation of US$1 billion. Announcing the development in a statement,...

MILLERS Association of Zambia president Andrew Chintala is urging government to be cautious when it starts conversations about maize export so that it doesn’t risk pushing out everything. Speaking on ZNBC’s Sunday Interview, Chintala advised...

THE Economics Association of Zambia says people can only feel the impact of economic growth if the country’s GDP is above 10 percent. And the EAZ says it is unfortunate that local economists are excluded...

ECONOMIST Dr Lubinda Haabazoka says the Bank of Zambia’s decision to maintain the Monetary Policy Rate at 14.5 percent is a positive step towards economic recovery, but insists that more needs to be done. On...

BANK of Zambia Governor Dr Denny Kalyalya has warned citizens not to fall prey to scams promising quick enrichment, saying that there is no fast way to get rich. Dr Kalyalya also says the cost...