By ALICE NACHILEMBE Finance Minister Bwalya Ng’andu says the Zambian private sector should take advantage of the USD 750 million financing facility offered by the African Development Bank. Mr Ng’andu said this to achieve stability, sustain their growth, and become competitive in the domestic and international market place. He said Zambia has a sustainable lending […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBEZambia’s Finance Minister Bwalya Ng’andu and his Rwandese counterpart Uzziel Ndagijimana have said Africa’s Great Lakes Region need a business summit. Their said that the business summit will tackle the optimization of economic and business prospects among member countries. The two Ministers acknowledged that in order to strengthen economic integration, a business summit […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Zambia’s Ambassador to Turkey, Joseph Chilengi has urged Turkish investors to participate in the Zambia National Building Society (ZNBS) housing estates development project. The project is under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement. Dr Chilengi said Zambia had a housing deficit of 1.3 million units, which could escalate to three million by […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Twenty (20) were killed in Gender Based Violence (GBV) incidences while 583 children were sexually defiled during the second quarter of 2019. This is a sad story that children are sexually defiled and abused inside their homes where they are supposed to seek refuge. Latest statistics from Zambia Police shows that the […]
Government has accumulated US10 million in the Sinking Fund to use towards redeeming the Euro bond, Finance Minister Bwalya Ng’andu has said. Dr Ng’andu told Parliament that the fund, set up in 2018, was one of the options Government intended to use towards redeeming the Euro bond. He indicated that Government, through the Ministry of […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE A Turkish think tank, has expressed interest to partner with the Zambian Mission in Ankara to showcase Zambia’s rich cultural heritage on the international arena. The Institute of Strategic Thinking SDE president Muhammet Kafkasyali said his organisation admires Zambia’s contribution in the international fora. “Your country is important to us as Turkey […]
By DANIEL SICHINGA The Minister of Higher Education Brian Mushimba says Copperbelt University (CBU) will re-open on August, 19, 2019. And Dr Mushimba has also lifted all suspensions meted on students. Speaking during a media briefing in Lusaka today, Dr Mushimba said students that were suspended will be expected to pay heavier surcharges upon returning […]
Votingin Katuba parliamentary By-election in Chibombo is going on peacefully and calmly in almost all the polling stations with some polling stations recording low turn out. By 11 hrs Chalabana polling station, 70Km west of Lusaka in Katuba had recorded 102 voters out of 259 registered voters. At Kalala polling station with two streams, about […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Barloworld Equipment Zambia and Village Water Zambia have signed an agreement to launch a water partnership in Zamtan community of Kitwe. The K700, 000 Zamtan Water Scheme Supply Project is expected to benefit close to 20,000 community members. The project is expected to drastically improve their quality of life to residents in […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE The case in which the 14 men including a Chinese national were arrested for alleged illegal military training has failed to take off in the Chingola Magistrate court. The case couldn’t take off because the Defence Counsel representing seven co-accused from the 14 men was not ready for the commencement of trail […]
Alice Nachilembe
