AGRICULTURE Minister Mtolo Phiri says government has completed the distribution of both Compound-D and Urea FISP fertilizer for the 2023/2024 farming season. Phiri disclosed that 99.33 percent of farmers under the e-voucher modality from six...

GOVERNMENT says the charges for heavy vehicles at Konkola Toll Plaza on the Chingola-Kasumbalesa road that people are complaining about are actually targeted at international travelers who pay more when they cross over into DRC. Infrastructure, Housing and Urban...

COPPERBELT Energy Corporation Plc (CEC) has announced the registration of its first ever green bond with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the sidelines of the COP 28 Climate Summit currently being held in Dubai,...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has insisted on the need to ensure that the relationship that China shares with Zambia continues to grow. Speaking when he met Bank of China Vice President Liz Jingzhen at State House...

THE Kitwe Chamber of Commerce says among the reasons for the kwacha’s depreciating is that the over K8.5 billion that NAPSA poured into the economy through partial withdrawals went as consumer spending. According to the...

A CEMENT trader has lamented that cement making companies continue to hike cement prices on the local market while maintaining export prices. Lusaka businessman Mike Zulu says cement making companies are exploiting the local market...

ECONOMIST Trevor Hambayi says the Bank of Zambia’s strategies aimed at stabilising the Kwacha against major convertibles have so far not yielded positive results. And Hambayi says government needs to create a conducive business environment...

THE Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZiCA) says the implementation and execution of the 2024 national budget may be affected by the prolonged debt restructuring process. ZiCA president Yande Siame Mwenye says the implications of...

Acting Energy Minister Gary Nkombo has expressed concern that some state and quasi-government institutions have adopted a culture of not settling electricity bills thus owing Zesco huge sums of money. Speaking when he closed the...

ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala says government has not reintroduced subsidies on fuel despite the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) maintaining the fuel pump prices for the second consecutive month. Last week, ERB announced that it had...