VIOLET MENGO, Lusaka
THIS year marks exactly 10 years before 2030, when Zambia is expected to become a prosperous middle-income country and also attain Sustainable Development Goals. (more…)
ESTHER MSETEKA, Lusaka
GOVERNMENT is positive of returning the country to debt sustainability and projects to grow the economy to three percent this year. (more…)
STEVEN MVULA, Parliament
THE measures which the Bank of Zambia (BoZ) has put in place such as raising the policy monetary rate from 10.25 percent to 11.5 percent will stabilise the Kwacha, Minister of Finance Bwalya Ng’andu told Parliament yesterday. (more…)
CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka
GOVERNMENT is on course with Zambia’s economic transformation agenda despite the country’s electricity power supply and fiscal space constraints, Minister of Finance Bwalya Ng’andu has said. (more…)
Dear editor,
I WISH to commend Hon Bwalya Ng’andu, Minister of Finance, for the wonderful presentation he recently made to the extended budget committee of Parliament. (more…)
NANCY SIAME and PRISCILLA MWILA, Lusaka
GOVERNMENT will not limit the awarding of contracts to 20 percent for local contractors if they have capacity to undertake massive projects, Minister of Finance Bwalya Ng’andu has said. (more…)
JACK ZIMBA, Lusaka
MINISTER of Finance Bwalya Ng’andu yesterday announced a K106 billion budget, whose major focus is to stimulate the economy, currently under pressure due to external debt, and other militating factors such as a growing energy deficiency. (more…)
CHIMWEMWE MWALE, Livingstone
THE 35th annual general meeting of the Trade and Development Bank (TDB), an eastern and southern African multilateral, treaty-based development financial institution with assets of US$5.6 billion, gets underway today in Livingstone. (more…)