THE kwacha has depreciated to hit the K16.00 per dollar psychological barrier for the first time in Zambia’s history, owing to a sustained high demand for the greenback on the local market, compounded with little

ZCCM-IH chief executive officer Mabvuto Chipata says talks with various companies outside Zambia are at an advanced stage to secure a viable market for the off-take of gold that will be due to be sold.

Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR) research fellow Caesar Cheelo says the Kwacha is likely to depreciate further due to Zambia’s poor economic structure. According to the Bank of Zambia as at midday,

MILLERS Association of Zambia (MAZ) president Andrew Chintala says the shortage of mealie meal in some parts of the country is a result of some millers shutting down milling plants, creating a gap in the

The Centre for Trade Policy and Development has questioned the methodology used to come up with the downgrading of Zambia to the world’s bottom 10 countries of attracting investment. Zambia is one of the ten

ZAMBIA Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR) senior research fellow Caesar Cheelo has called for stability in the mining tax regime so that mines can have “space to breath” and contribute more to national

ZESCO Limited’s revenues are at serious risk of being endangered if there is no speedy resolution to the Bulk Supply Agreement (BSA) with the Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) Plc, warns former Finance Minister Felix Mutati.

TRANSPORT and Communications Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya says government is still waiting for the board to submit a business case to revive TAZARA. In an interview, Kafwaya explained that once the business case was completed, the

THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has awarded Zambia a grant of US$1.5 million for technical assistance in the implementation of the Zambia Renewable Energy Financing Framework. The grant, part of the AfDB US $51.5 million

THE kwacha has continued depreciating to hit K15.32 per dollar owing to a sustained demand for the greenback on the local market, compounded with little supply. According to financial market players, the kwacha maintained a