GOVERNMENT’s Tripartite Agreement between the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) and selected millers to reduce mealie meal prices has failed to yield the desired results, says the Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI). And IAPRI says […]

SINDA District Agricultural Committee chairperson Laiva Zulu has challenged government to come up with good crop prices if farmers are to sell their produce to the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) during the forthcoming marketing season. […]

MUHANYA Solar Limited managing director Geoffrey Kaila says the kwacha’s rapid depreciation against major convertible currencies, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, has put pressure on local businesses in Zambia. And Zambia Association of Manufactures (ZAM) […]

THE Bank of Zambia has warned of unprecedented economic and public health shocks resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak, although the disease’s full impact cannot be quantified at the moment. And the Central Bank has established […]

The Ministry of Finance has announced that it released total of K5.64 billion in March 2020, with K1.07 billion going towards domestic and external debt servicing. And the ministry further announced that K104.7 million was […]

AFRICAN Ministers of Finance have called for a US$100 billion emergency financing and requested debt relief from bilateral, multilateral and commercial partners including from the IMF, World Bank and the European Union amidst the COVID-19 […]

ABSA Bank Zambia Plc has re-opened its Centro Mall Branch in Kabulonga following approval received from the Ministry of Health after it earlier closed the outlet as a precautionary measure in response to possible Coronavirus […]

ZESCO Limited public relations manager Hazel Zulu says the power utility will not review the load shedding schedule during the COVID-19 outbreak because it is still experiencing power generation constraints. Citizens have called on Zesco […]

THE kwacha’s sharp depreciation against major convertible currencies is likely to continue due to Zambia’s weak economic productivity, compounded by diminishing dollar supply, says financial market analyst Maambo Hamaundu. According to market players, the kwacha […]

MINES and Mineral Resources Minister Richard Musukwa says government is putting in place measures to provide relief for the mining industry but has warned mining companies not to take advantage of the current circumstances amidst […]