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…

CLAVER MUTINTA Lusaka THREE non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have been given grants worth US$1.6 million by the Japanese government to facilitate implementation of projects aimed at improving health service delivery in…

NKOMBO KACHEMBA Lusaka GOVERNMENT has signed a US$10 million partnership support agreement and project charter with TradeMark Africa to upgrade infrastructure at Nakonde One Stop Border Post (OSBP). The project…

LONDON/NEW YORK - A group of Zambia’s international bondholders has signed a non-disclosure agreement with the Government to discuss a US$3 billion debt restructuring proposal, three sources familiar with the…

JOHN CHAAMBWA Lusaka TO CATER for the likely shortage of the staple crop in the country due to poor rainfall, Government has launched a maize irrigation project on about 300…

TRYNESS TEMBO Lusaka A SENIOR economist says Zambia is comparatively in a better position economically than other countries on the continent.Absa Group senior economist Ridle Markus says despite the drought…