ECONOMIST Chibamba Kanyama has called on the Central Bank to double the K10 billion medium-term refinancing facility after completion of disbursement following the benefit it has had on the economy. And Kanyama says the impact...

ECONOMIST Trevor Hambaye says the 0.7 percent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth recorded in the first quarter of 2021 is insufficient to drive an economy like Zambia. In an interview, Wednesday, Hambaye noted with concern...

ZCCM-Investment Holdings (ZCCM-IH) has approved a K53 million dividend at K0.33 per share. In a statement, ZCCM-IH public relations manager Loisa Matha Kakoma said the K53 million dividend was arrived at after the company posted...

Global copper prices have reached record highs in recent months; in late May the metal was trading at $10,460 (K236,211) per tonne. For a copper-based mining economy like Zambia this should be generating increased tax

ECONOMIST Professor Oliver Saasa says the rising inflation rate is forcing people to become vegetarians. And Professor Saasa says the current political instability is a major contributor to the rising inflation which has continued on...

THE Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) says Mpulungu Harbour Corporation Limited has declared K2.4 million dividend to its shareholder In January this year, IDC wrote to Mpulungu Harbour Corporation Limited requesting for a K5 million loan....

Bankers Association of Zambia (BAZ) chief executive officer Leonard Mwanza says the banking sector has recorded impressive profitability during the first quarter of 2021. In an interview, Tuesday, Mwanza said most regulatory targets were met...

GOVERNMENT has spent K10.1 billion on debt service in the last five months from January to May 2021, representing 20.2 percent of the total expenditure. According to a Treasury Brief, Friday, Secretary to the Treasury...

ECONOMIST Chibamba Kanyama has expressed concern over government’s commitment to service the external debt. On Friday, Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba disclosed that government spent K10.1 billion on debt service from January to May...

ALLIANCE for Democracy and Development (ADD) leader Charles Milupi says the introduction of Statutory Instrument No. 24 is tantamount to expropriation. Commenting on Zesco’s recent statement that SI 24 would create a more liberalised and...