Economy

The Zambia National Marketeers Association (ZANAMA) has  appealed to  President Mwanawasa to allow market associations to operate within  Markets so that they could monitor the activities of the boards that would be put in place under the newly signed...

Celtel, Africa's third largest cell phone firm, on Wednesday scrapped roaming charges for its users in six countries and said it plans to expand the service to 15 nations across the continent. The "One Network" service allows its subscribers in...

ZAMBIA’s tourism sector has great potential to enhance foreign earnings for the economy, thereby improving the country’s revenue base. Once fully harnessed, the sector could be one of the major contributors to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). So far, the Zambian...

AGRICULTURE and Cooperatives Minister, Ben Kapita, has directed extension officers and the District Cooperative Unions (DCUs) countrywide to embark on a sensitisation exercise to enable small-scale farmers to improve on crop yields. Mr Kapita said the move would ensure that...

Government says it still attachés great importance to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Deputy Health Minister Dr. Lwipa Puma said Government will continue to support initiatives aimed at attaining MDGs. He said this in a speech read on his...

The Finish government has contributed about 10 million Euros (K52 billion) towards the Program for  Luapula Agricultural and Rural Development (PLARD), a bilateral initiative by Zambia and Finland for the improved agricultural sector in Luapula Province. At the launch of...

Copperbelt Energy Company (CEC) will spend $60 million to increase power supply to  copper mines by 40 percent and plans to list on the Lusaka bourse, a senior executive said on Wednesday. Hanson Sindowe, the executive chairman of CEC,...

Government has expressed happiness at the innovation of the main Hydro power station  in Mporokoso district. Science and Technology permanent secretary Dr. Paul Zambezi says government will make every effort to protect the site and replicate the idea so that it...

The Southern African Development Community, SADC, says this year's Africa Freedom Day is an occasion to celebrate a range of welcome developments on the continent. A statement released to the Zambia News and Information Services, ZANIS,  by the SADC Corporate...

Civil society grouping in Mufulira on the Copperbelt hasadded its voice to calls for the urgent resettlement of residents living near  the local Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) in the wake of increasing pollution levels from the smelter upgrade plant. The...