MINISTRY of Finance and National Planning permanent secretary Mukuli Chikuba says government can contract anyone to conduct independent audits in order to enhance its operations. And Bank of Zambia director economics Jonathan Chipili says Zambia’s... […]

ZAMBIA Statistics Agency (ZSA) Interim Statistician General Mulenga Musepa says in order for the cost of living to reduce, something else needs to happen such as decent incomes for individuals. Speaking during the Economics Association... […]

GOVERNMENT says the country’s economic outlook for the medium term is expected to remain positive, with economic growth averaging 4.2 percent. And Secretary to the Treasury Felix Nkulukusa says government will ensure that public expenditure... […]

THE World Bank has reclassified Zambia to low income status from lower middle income, for the 2023 financial year. The development comes after Zambia’s deterioration of Gross National Income (GNI) per capita estimates recorded in […]

ECONOMIST Professor Oliver Saasa says he is seeing a possibility of the UPND doing things a bit more efficiently in terms of transforming the economy, but it’s important to see how the commitments can be... […]

THE Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) has called on government to come up with a pro-poor 2023 national budget. And JCTR says even if the speed at which prices are increasing is on the... […]

ZESCO Managing Director Victor Mapani says the newly signed Bulk Supply Agreement between the utility company and Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) will enable the two parties to transact in a fairer manner. Addressing the media,... […]

THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has announced that it has recorded an above-target revenue performance in the first half of this year after collecting a net tax outturn of K48,307.9 million against the period target... […]

LOCAL Government and Rural Development Minister Gary Nkombo says although mobile money booths are a source of livelihood, there is need to bring sanity in trading areas. And Nkombo says all the booths along Cairo... […]

COPPERBELT Energy Corporation Plc (CEC) is pondering a move reduce the amount of power it supplies to its customer, Mopani Copper Mines (MCM), owing to an electricity bill that is said to be in excess... […]