DOREEN NAWA Lusaka ZAMBIA’S capture fish production has grown by 22 percent, reaching 101,825 metric tons (mt) last year, up from 83,719mt in 2015, an aquaculture expert, Stephen Tembo, has…

NKOMBO KACHEMBA Lusaka MOPANI Copper Mines (MCM) has started registering suppliers and contractors of goods and services on its database, signalling the revamping of the mine’s business segment. Last week,…

MELODY MUPETA Kitwe SHOPRITE Zambia says it is currently supporting 350 local enterprises that are supplying various products in its chain stores. Company general manager Charles Bota said the companies…

JUSTINAH MUKUKA Lusaka RURAL Electrification Authority (REA) has signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with eight local authorities in Western Province for power projects under Constituency Development Fund (CDF). The councils…

LOGIC LUKWANDA Lusaka NATIONAL Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) has signed the $300 million funding and investment agreement for the rehabilitation and upgrade of the US$650 million 372-kilometre Lusaka-Ndola road to…

NEW YORK/LUSAKA - Zambia is working to finalise a long-delayed debt restructuring that would give it “headroom” to attract investment and jump-start economic growth, a senior government official said. Negotiations…

KABANDA CHULU, THERESA KALENGA Lusaka PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says Zambia will continue strengthening collaboration and promoting innovation because they are essential to growing the country’s mining sector aimed at creating…

KABANDA CHULU Lusaka ZESCO Limited managing director Victor Mapani says the power utility has taken back 100 megawatts (MW) from the 420MW that is normally exported to help mitigate the…

BUTTYSON KANDIMBA Solwezi ZAMBIA Chamber of Mines (ZCM) president Godwin Beene has called on mining companies operating in the country to invest in legacy projects that will have a lasting…

JUSTINAH MUKUKA Katete TO HELP the nation cut down on banana imports, the Zambia National Service (ZNS) will use some of the over 600 Black Mamba recruit soldiers to undertake…