Ecobank named Africa’s Best and Most Innovative Retail Bank
Ecobank has won two major awards at the African Banker’s prestigious ceremony held at the Paradise Hotel in Busan, South Korea.
The bank was named Best Retail Bank in Africa after impressing judges with the strides it has made to leverage digital financial services and...
Zambia Railways seeks US$ 922 million for 5 year rehabilitation plan-CEO
Zambia Railways says it is in the market seeking US$922 million capitalization for its 5 year rehabilitation plan.
Zambia Railways Chief Executive Officer Christopher Musonda revealed in an interview with Railways Africa that this part of the five year strategic plan which has since been...
Zambia imports $70m of cooking oil annually
OILSEED crops can increase farm revenues if the smallholder farmers produced efficiently to obtain fair market prices, says Edible Oil Refiners Association consultant Aubrey Chibumba.
Mr Chibumba said it was important that diversification options were made available to the economy, adding that Zambia was a...
Kafue Bulk Water Supply Project at 80 percent-LWSC
Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company (LWSC) has pledged its continued commitment to quality water supply.
Company Managing Director Jonathan Kampata noted that the rehabilitation of Iolanda Plant in Kafue is in order to restore the treatment plant to its design capacity of 110 million litres...
FRA purchases 540,069 metric tonnes of maize
THE Food Reserve Agency(FRA) has purchased 540,069 metric tonnes of maize translating to 10.8 million bags from farmers in the country.
FRA Executive Director Chola Kafwabulula said yesterday when he announced the latest purchase of maize from farmers valued at K810 million.
Mr Kafwabulula said...
Government should start regulating the inflow of foreign nationals into Zambia-ZCTU
The Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has advised government to start regulating the inflow of foreign nationals in Zambia.
The ZCTU particular wants government to regulate inflow of Chinese nationals to avoid over population through labor migration.
ZCTU Deputy Secretary General Elaston Njobvu says the...
Open Letter To The Minister Of Mines
I hope this letter finds you in perfect health and peace.
Am a Zambian born and bred in the small but significant town of Mufulira. I was privileged to be born at a time the mines were owned by the Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM)....
Labour Minister threatens to prosecute and imprison employers who ill-treat workers
MINISTER of Labour and Social Security Joyce Simukoko has threatened to invoke provisions of the law to prosecute and imprison employers who ill-treat workers.
And Mrs Simukoko says employers who have been defaulting National Pensions Scheme Authority (NAPSA) and Workers’ Compensation Fund Control Board (WCFCB)...
