President Edgar Lungu today officiated that the National Field Day organized by NWK Agri-services in Sinazongwe where he applauded the 50 ngwee increase in cotton prices. Addressing traditional leaders, Cabinet Ministers and local farmers among

Airtel Zambia has annoyed its subscribers with an upgrade of its Siliza service. Siliza allows subscribers to borrow airtime and pay back through the next top up, but the network provider has scrapped off the

Ministry of Finance Director of Economic Management Ireen Musonda Habasimbi says the ministry has not yet received an update from the Bank of Zambia on when Intermarket Bank will reopen to the public. On February

CEC Liquid Telecom has downplayed the raid by a combined team of police and ZICTA officers at their offices yesterday. In a statement, CEC claimed that the ‘visit’ by ZICTA and state police was part

Commerce Trade and Industry Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe has expressed concern over the poor performance of the country’s manufacturing sector. Mwanakatwe said statistics from the Central Statistical Office show that the wholesale and retail sectors are

The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflections Executive Director Fr. Leonard Chiti says his organisation will support the planned IMF aid package to Zambia if no stringent conditionality for a bailout programme is attached. Cabinet has

Roan PF Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili says it is unacceptable for CNMC Mines in Luanshya to call back 150 retrenched workers out of the 1,400 miners when Copper Prices on the international market had

Civil Society Organisations say Zambia would have not been seeking IMF support now if the country’s resources were properly managed in the past years. In a statement issued by Center for Trade Policy and Development

Professor Oliver Saasa says the manner in which the arrest of opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema was done created some anxiety on the global money market because Zambia is known to be a relatively peaceful

Former Barclays Bank Zambia Plc Managing Director Saviour Chibiya has been appointed as Regional Managing Director responsible for among other functions, the Corporate and Investment Banking business for markets in Africa outside South Africa. Chibiya