Business, markets, companies, mining, banking, economy, and entrepreneurship in Zambia.
Business, markets, companies, mining, banking, economy, and entrepreneurship in Zambia.
Government says entrepreneurship is being positioned not only as a path to personal wealth, but as a direct response to financial challenges at community level. The Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), says creating safe and structured market spaces through industrial…
Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) President, Blake Mulala has called for greater accountability and protection of workers’ rights following the country’s 2026 general elections, while congratulating President Hakainde Hichilema on his re-election. Mr Mulala has commended…
Zambian coffee exporters are among those set to benefit from wider access to the Chinese market as Beijing expands trade facilitation measures for African countries. Deputy Director General in the Department of International Cooperation at the General Administration of Customs of…
The Federation of Free Trade Unions of Zambia (FFTUZ) has congratulated President –elect Hakainde Hichilema on his re-election for a second term. In a statement issued to the media by FFTUZ President, Muyaywá Kabisa said the Federation, its affiliates and workers recognised the…
Vice President, Mutale Nalumango, has urged Zambians to turn out in large numbers and exercise their democratic right to vote, saying every citizen has a stake in determining the country’s future. Ms Nalumango notes that voting is the legitimate way citizens can express…
Why the time to invest, list and grow is now Nicholas Kabaso A Market Coming of Age FOR many years, Zambia’s capital market has been viewed as a complementary component of the financial system. Today, I believe we have reached an important inflection point, one at which the…
CATHERINE BWALYA Choma FORMER Southern Province Minister Edify Hamulale has welcomed Food Reserve Agency (FRA)’s K347 per 50 kilogramme floor price for maize for the 2026 marketing season. Dr Hamukale said in a statement yesterday that K347 per 50kg bag is welcome because it…
ZCCM Investments Holdings (ZCCM-IH) is in discussions with the Ministry of Mines on plans to establish gold trading markets in areas where gold mining is being formalised. ZCCM-IH Board Chairperson Phesto Musonda says the initiative is aimed at supporting the formalisation of…
Company linked to Mark Simuuwe owed ZNS milling plant over K77 million, letters show A company associated with businessman Mark Simuuwe owed the Zambia National Service’s Chongwe Milling Plant more than K77 million for mealie meal bought on credit, correspondence between the…
By Ambassadors Emmanuel Mwamba As Zambia counts down to the August 13 general election, a familiar contest is playing out, not over policies or crowds, but over what citizens are allowed to believe before they have seen the evidence for themselves. An investigative report by…
