Friday, March 29, 2024

Feature Economy

Small-scale developments-our mud and our dust in Zambia

By Nellow Simukonde( Civil Engineer) Development to the man in the street, typically means improvement in the environment in which we conduct our daily lives....

Scraping of FirstRand Deal Fuels Zambian Currency Slide

Zambian President Michael Sata yesterday scrapped FirstRand Ltd.’s purchase of a local lender and fired the board of the central bank. The Kwacha fell...

The Task Ahead

By Gray Soko One of the international observers to the just ended elections said that the successful outcome of the elections should be a victory...

Increase tax exemption – CSOs

The Civil Society organisations have proposed an increase in the tax exemption threshold for Pay-As-You-Earn from K1 million to K1.3million per month in the...

Hard Facts

By Gray Soko In 2010 the World Bank named Zambia as one of the world’s fastest economically reforming countries and the Bank has reclassified Zambia...

5 major Zambian roads to be upgraded

THE Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has released US$71million to the National Road Fund Agency (NRFA) to finance the upgrading of five major...

Mulungushi textiles coming back

Government has assured Kabwe residents that it is making joint efforts with the Chinese government to re-open the Zambia-China Mulungushi Textiles joint venture (ZCMT)...

Why the Government needs to tap into the Potential of Zambians living in the Diaspora

The government should also offer business incentives for Zambians in the Diaspora willing to invest back home. This is one of the biggest challenges that need to be faced boldly. Government should ensure that they are incentives that promote investment for citizens in their own country and make sure that Zambians living in Diaspora can easily access and own land. The Business incentive could include tax exemption i.e. on machinery for those setting up industries. This in partnership with other institutions will be one of the forces to building a better Zambia