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Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Economy

High cooking oil price needs local solution-Mulenga

Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Chipoka Mulenga  says the escalating prices of cooking oil can only be halted when the country becomes self sufficient...

Kapiri Mposhi receives soya bean processing plant

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has empowered a Kapiri Mposhi based agricultural Small Medium Enterprise (SME), Vaps Zambia Limited Company, with soya...

Copper exploration commences in Kapiri Mposhi

A Zambian firm , Mwashia Resources Limited based in Kitwe, says it has commenced explorations for a large scale copper mine in Kapiri...

Economist welcomes BoZ’s decision to maintain monetary policy rate

An economic and financial analyst has welcomed the decision by the Bank of Zambia (BoZ) to maintain the monetary policy rate at nine percent. Zambia...

Govt urged to ensure actualising of investment pledges

National Union of Miners and Allied Workers has government to ensure that mining companies pledging huge financial investments actualize their pledges. NUMAW...

Zambian commercial farmers might shy away from growing maize

Minister of Agriculture, Reuben Mtolo, has disclosed that commercial farmers might shy away from planting maize because of the cost of production attached to...

Bank of Zambia refused to pay ransom to hackers

The Bank of Zambia says it refused to pay ransom to a group known as Hive that was behind a cybersecurity breach that caused...

Software firm to set up 10m EURO company to transform ZAMPOST

Government has signed an MoU with ASSECO, Europe’s sixth biggest software company to set up a 10-million Euros joint venture company aimed at improving...