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Welcome to my BLOGSPOT. Economic matters such as the exchange rate among others remains critical to governance in any country. As such, the media and bloggers equally have an important role to play in ensuring that checks and balances are offered to all players in economic matter. Here you will find all business related issues, including economic matters and updates. Kindly feel free to comment on any issues and help me improve where possible.

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  • CEC Africa seeks to delink from CEC Group

    29 November 2016

    THE Copperbelt Energy Corporation Plc (CEC) intends to focus on its considerable investments and positive growth attained in Zambia and South Africa once CEC Africa separates from the CEC Group. According to the CEC shareholders summary update, the strategy...

  • Zambia to benefit from $350,000 small-scale gold mining project

    29 November 2016

    ZAMBIA is among eight African countries to benefit from the US$350, 000 project aimed at reducing the use of mercury and its compounds in artisanal and small scale gold mining in the region. Other countries include Burundi, Republic of Congo, Central...

  • Firm launches $300,000 cable concrete block plant

    29 November 2016

    A LOCAL construction company, Fair-Face Enterprises, has partnered with a Canadian company, the International Erosion Control Systems Incorporated (IECS) to set up a cable concrete manufacturing plant in Zambia at a cost of over US$300,000. Cable concrete...

  • PACRA registers 4,700 firms in 3 months

    10 April 2017

    THE Patents and Company Registration Agency (PACRA) has in the first quarter of 2017 registered a total of 7,322 businesses, comprising of both local and foreign firms. PACRA chief executive officer Antony Bwembya said out of the 7,322 businesses registered...

  • Insurance firms urged to raise capital on LuSE

    23 June 2017

    INSURANCE entities should consider listing on the Lusaka Stock Exchange (LuSE) as a way of raising sufficient capital required to continue operations before the October 2017 deadline, Pensions and Insurance Authority (PIA) registrar, Martine Libinga,...

  • State to help farmers crack SA soya cake market

    27 July 2017

    GOVERNMENT will soon engage the Africa Integration and Industrial Development (AIID) on how farmers can access the US$1 billion South African soya cake market demand, says Ministry of Agriculture Permanent Secretary, Julius Shawa. This follows revelations...

  • Zambia has over 500,000 savings group members-expert

    02 November 2017

    ZAMBIA currently has over 500, 000 savings group members whose performance has been huge, says Financial Sector Deepening Zambia (FsDZ) chief executive office Betty Wilkinson. Ms Wilkinson said of that number, 25 percent of them also used formal ways...

  • Mumbwa lands K1.4m water project

    18 August 2016

    ABOUT K1.4 million has been spent in Mumbwa by the Government for the construction of 16 boreholes to provide clean water to the communities, area district commissioner Felix Ndopu has said. Mr Ndopu said in an interview his district had benefited from...

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    25 August 2016

  • Zambia impresses Polish investors

    29 November 2016

    ZAMBIA stands on the threshold of a major breakthrough in investments from Poland, says Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) director-general Patrick Chisanga. Mr Chisanga said most of the investors that came through were serious and aggressive and that some...

  • Zambia’s external debt rises to US $7.2 bn

    23 June 2017

    MINISTER of Finance, Felix Mutati, has announced that Zambia’s external debt stock as at end of May 2017 increased to US$7.2 billion from US$6.9 billion in December, 2016. Mr Mutati noted that the increase in the stock was on account of new disbursements....

  • African Development Bank rating up by 10 points

    17 August 2016

    THE overall business behaviour and corporate governance performance for the African Development Bank (AfDB) has significantly improved in 2016 by 10 points. Vigeo Eiris, one of the world’s leading corporate and social responsibility (CSR) rating agencies,...

  • ZDA records US$2.6 bn worth of investment pledges

    24 October 2016

    THE Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) has recorded US$2.6 billion worth of investment pledges and 11,500 pledged jobs from a total of 254 investment licences it has issued to various investors across all sectors of the economy between January and September...

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