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Two women walk along South Street wearing masks on Monday, March 30, 2020. Some experts are increasingly encouraging Americans to wear masks while out in public. Picture: YONG KIM / The Inquirer

Embrace mask business, private sector told

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TRYNESS TEMBO, DARLINGTON MWENDABAI Lusaka THE Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS) has implored the private sector to start manufacturing masks to help stabilise the rising prices of the commodity…

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MINISTER of Finance Bwalya Ng’andu with his wife Sarah arriving at Parliament Building for the 2020 National Budget Presentation. PICTURE: MACKSON WASAMUNU

Sales tax suspension excites private sector

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ESTHER MSETEKA, Lusaka THE elimination of the proposed sales tax in the 2020 national budget will rekindle investment appetite among the private sector, Zambian Breweries country manager Jose Moran says.…

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Read more about the article Private sector rallies for Central Province expo
VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina receiving materials on the Central Province Investment Forum and Expo from Central Province Minister Sydney Mushanga in Chisamba. PICTURE: CHAMBO NG’UNI

Private sector rallies for Central Province expo

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KELVIN KACHINGWE, Lusaka
THE overwhelming support that the Central Province administration has received in fundraising for the hosting of the Central Province Investment Forum and Expo 2018 is a pointer to the envisaged success of the event scheduled for Kabwe next week. (more…)

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High lending rates affecting private sector growth

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KELVIN CHONGO, Lusaka
PRIVATE sector growth has continued to be affected by commercial banks’ resistance to lower lending rates despite the central bank’s intervention.
The Institute of International Finance (IIF) is a global association or trade group of financial institutions created by 38 banks of leading industrialised countries in response to the international debt crisis of the early 1980s. (more…)

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