British High Commissioner to Zambia Fergus Cochrane-Dyet says UK investors’ number one concern is the country’s public debt situation. According to brief remarks posted on the British envoy’s Twitter feed, High Commissioner Cochrane-Dyet stated that […]

Tax experts say the erratic frequent changes to the Zambian mining fiscal regime in the last four years have damaged its credibility and have led to negative relations between government and the industry. According to […]

The Electronic Voucher system’s failures from the just-ended farming season should be attributed to politicians and top civil servants who are treating it as a ‘cash cow’, says All People’s Congress (APC) president Nason Msoni. […]

Economist Chibamba Kanyama says the rise in yields on Zambia’s Eurobonds to 10 per cent for the first time in almost 18 months is a sign that the country’s economy has caused anxiety among investors. […]

Transport and Communications Minister Brian Mushimba says he is disappointed with the low compliance levels among truck and bus drivers to Statutory Instrument number 76 which prohibits travelling during the night. But Mushimba says accidents […]

The kwacha has depreciated to a low of K10.13 against the US dollar, the worst on record so far in 2018, market data reveals. According to financial market players, the kwacha has continued depreciating, mainly […]

President Edgar Lungu’s spokesperson Amos Chanda has confirmed that the Head of State signed a US$500 million sovereign guarantee for a Zesco loan, as revealed last week, in place of the Minister of Finance. And […]

Zambia Airports Corporation Limited (ZACL) has recorded a 38.4 per cent increase in domestic passenger movements in the first quarter of 2018, triggered by reduced air fares and new flight routes, among others. According to […]

An African Confidential report has revealed that President Edgar Lungu personally signed a sovereign guarantee for a South African company called Stag Africa to raise US$500 million on behalf of Zesco, when the utility company […]

Investrust Bank Plc has failed to meet the minimum capital requirement despite having raised over K100 million over a year ago that was meant to recapitalize the bank. According to a statement of its final […]