PMRC URGES GOVERNMENT ACHIEVE ECF PRINCIPLES
Policy monitoring and Research center PMRC has observed that to ensure that the tenets of the Extended Credit Facility are achieved and yield the maximum benefits there is need for…
SEYCHELLES HAS BEEN ACCREDITED TO COMESA
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa COMESA Secretary general Chileshe Kapwepwe said Seychelles realized a 15.8% increase in total exports during the year 2020 increasing from USD 985 million…
POOR ECONOMIC STATUS COUPLED WITH CLIMATE CHANGE ARE SOURCES OF POVERTY
Minister of Green Economy and Environment Eng Collins Nzovu has noted with great concern that the poor economic status coupled with climatic change are sources of poverty among the vulnerable…
INCREMENT IN FUEL PRICES IS A BITTER BUT NECESSARY PILL – CHIKWANDA
Energy Forum Zambia Chairperson Engineer Johnstone Chikwanda has backed the UPND Alliance led government’s decision to increase the fuel pump prices by 20 percent on petrol and 30 percent on…
THE UPWARD ADJUSTMENT OF MPR BY CENTRAL BANK IS NECESSARY
The Chamber of Commerce in North Western Province has described the upward adjustment of the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by the Bank of Zambia as a contractionary measure aimed at…
DEPRECIATION OF THE KWACHA HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY HEAVY EXTERNAL BORROWING – Kafwaya
A financial expert in Solwezi Dawson Kafwaya has observed that the Zambian kwacha has lost value against the US dollar due to demand of the later. Mr. Kafwaya said in…
WORLD BANK COMMENDS GOVT. ON CLIMATE RESILIENCE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
…As Minister Nzovu wins support of the Global Green Growth Institute, and gets technical assistance. The World Bank has commended the Government’s implementation of climate resilience projects. World Bank Task…
PRIVATE SECTOR STIMULATION WILL DRIVE JOB CREATION ON – ZIPAR
BY CYNTHIA NKHATA The Zambia institute for Policy Analysis and Research, ZIPAR has emphasized that it is the stimulation of the private sector that will drive the creation of jobs.…
LAFARGE ZAMBIA REDUCES CEMENT UP TO 10%
LAFARGE Zambia has announced the reduction of the price of cement between 5 to 10%. According to a statement issued in Lusaka by Sarah Banda-Ortiz-Corporate Affairs and Communications Manager, the…
NORTH WESTERN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ENCOURAGED BY 2022 BUDGET
The chamber of commerce in North Western Province says the K25.7 million Constituency Development Fund (CDF) announced by government is a stimulus budget which will accelerate the growth of not…