Monday, September 16, 2024

Economy

Zambia picks Barclays, Deutsche for debut Eurobond

Reuters reports that Zambia has selected Barclays and Deutsche Bank as book runners for a debut $500 million Eurobond, a government source said on...

Kapiri records low maize yield

Kapiri Mposhi district in Central province is expected to produce over two million by 50 Kg bags of white maize in the 2011-2012 farming...

Bank of Zambia refutes allegation of plundering AFSL by Aaron Chungu

The Bank of Zambia has refuted allegations by former Access Financial Services Director Aaron Chungu that its agents have looted and plundered funds at...

Maize floor price maintained at K65,000

Government has maintained last year's maize flow price of K65,000 per 50 kilogram bag or K1.3 million per metric ton for the 2012/ 2013...

Government to review Companies Act

Government has announced that it is in the process of reviewing the Companies Act to make it more responsive to the country’s economic development. Minister...

Extract from the Economist Intelligence Unit report on Zambia Outlook for period 2012-2016

Economist Intelligence Unit published their outlook report on Zambia during the month of may. Below are some extracts from the report for their outlook...

UNZA don calls for investment in Zambia’s manufacturing industry

A professor of Economics at the University of Zambia Vakentesh Seshamani has observed that the manufacturing industry in the country needs huge investment. Professor Seshamani...

Government commissions $160m CEC power project

THE Government has commissioned the construction of the first Greenfield, 40 Mega Watts (MW) Kabombo Gorge hydro-power project to cost about US$160 million in...