Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Economy

Construction of Dam for Batoka Gorge hydroelectric power stations to start next year

Construction of a dam to facilitate the setting up of Batoka Gorge hydroelectric power stations for Zambia and Zimbabwe is expected to start...

Arrears owed to farmers to be cleared by end of October – Sichinga

Agriculture Minister Robert Sichinga has assured farmers who have supplied maize to the Food Reserve Agency that all their payments will be cleared by...

Zambia September inflation marginally reduces by 0.1%

The country's inflation rate for the month of September 2013 has dropped by a marginal 0.1 percent from 7.1 percent in August to 7.0...

Zambia has not introduced foreign exchange controls – Yaluma

Government is working on legal and regulatory frameworks to ensure that it adequately provides for investors in line with international best practices while at...

IMF plans talks on new loan for Zambia

The International Monetary Fund plans to come to Zambia in January to start talks about a new loan programme for Africa's top copper producer,...

No Farmer,No Food ,No future – Farmers demand payment from FRA

ZNFU Press Release Late Farmer payments and fertiliser distribution The Zambia National Farmers’ Union (ZNFU) is in utter awe that while other sectors of the economy...

Zambia’s 2013 debt to reach 37% of GDP

Zambia's domestic and external debt for the year 2013 is projected to reach 37 percent of the country's GDP. Speaking this morning at media briefing,...

Investing in energy is key in Economic development- Chenda

Commerce, Trade and Industry minister Emmanuel Chenda has reiterated that investing in sustainable energy is the backbone of all economic endeavours which Zambia and...