DOREEN NAWA Lusaka GOVERNMENT has introduced travel and tourism in the secondary school curriculum to align education with industry needs and unlock job opportunities in Zambia’s growing tourism sector. Minister…

NKOMBO KACHEMBA Lusaka CENTRE for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) has emphasised that achieving the objectives of recent reforms in Zambia’s artisanal and smallscale mining (ASM) sector will require significantly…

Move expected to significantly boost investment inflows NKOMBO KACHEMBA Lusaka THE ZambiaDevelopment Agency (ZDA) has secured a strategic partnership with the Jiangsu Industrial Cooperation Association, a body representing over 5,000…

TRYNESS TEMBO Lusaka THE governments of Zambia and Botswana have moved to expedite the implementation of the transformative Mosetse Kazungula-Livingstone (MKL) Rail Project, with a directive to finalise all outstanding…

DOREEN NAWA Lusaka GOVERNMENT is intensifying efforts to unlock value from the global meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) market, positioning the segment as a key driver of tourism revenue,…

Model accelerating growth of micro, small and medium enterprises DOREEN NAWA Lusaka A STRATEGIC partnership between the Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises Development and Makeni Mall is emerging as…

FANNY KALONDA Lusaka IN A major move, Minister of Health Alex Katakwe has suspended five senior procurement and supply chain officers at Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA). The…

TRYNESS TEMBO Lusaka FIRST National Bank (FNB) Zambia economist Chileshe Moono says Zambia’s economic outlook remains positive despite global uncertainties driven by geopolitical tensions and fluctuating oil prices. Mr Moono…

PHILIP CHISALU, ALVIN CHIINGA Lusaka VARIOUS stakeholders have welcomed Government’s decision to zero-rate value added tax (VAT) and suspend excise duty on diesel and petrol for three months as this…

TRYNESS TEMBO Kafue THE Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) has handed over 13 permits to investors in the Golden Baobab Multi-Facility Economic Zone, representing a combined investment of US$195 million and…