Analysis: CHARLES KENNY
LAST week, Chairwoman of the US House Committee on Financial Services Maxine Waters called for reform of the Private Sector Window (PSW) mechanism, which uses World Bank International Development Association (IDA) resources to subsidise private firms investing in low-income countries. (more…)
ZAMBIA enjoys bilateral relations with almost all the countries in Europe. (more…)
MATHEWS KABAMBA, Kitwe and ROBINSON KUNDA, Lusaka
PUMA Energy Zambia yesterday donated US$20,000 ahead of the Mopani/ Redpath Zambia Open Golf Championship slated for Nkana Golf Club in Kitwe this month. (more…)
ALEX NJOVU, Lusaka
THE Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has secured a K1.1 million sponsorship deal with Eden University for next year’s National Division One League. (more…)
CHIMWEMWE MWALE and NDANGWA MWITTAH, Livingstone
“IT IS here at Choma, in June 1973, that we agreed to work together, as brothers and sisters from various backgrounds, to build more harmony, unity, peace, development and stability. Because of the Choma Declaration, a lot was over the years achieved,” said former Republican President Kenneth Kaunda, back in September 2014. (more…)
MARGARET CHISANGA, Kabwe
SUBSISTENCE farmers in Central Province are set to increase their farm produce through the ‘Making agriculture a business’ project recently launched in Kabwe by Christian Aid Zambia.
Analysis: BENEDICT TEMBO
INDENI Petroleum Limited board chairperson Yamfwa Mukanga has handed the company’s new managing director, David Lungu, the challenge to increase the production of bitumen, especially now that road construction in the country is in full gear.
NOMSA NKANA, Lusaka
A GLOBAL humanitarian aid agency says increasing integration of small-holder farmers into better organised value chains will boost delivery channels and close the inclusion gap for farmers lacking access to basic financial products and services.