By Staff Writer Over 250 business executives are expected to attend this year’s Invest in Zambia Business Forum that will be held on 17th October at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. The event will discuss investment opportunities in Energy, Agriculture, Infrastructure and the Financial Services sectors. The Forum will also discuss the […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE United States (US) Embassy Training Consultant Bill Hinchberger has told Copperbelt based Journalists to uphold higher standards of reporting, especially on stories that impact on the lives of people. Mr Hinchberger said Journalists should defend the liberty of expression including those that they don’t agree with as long as it will impact […]
By JOHN SAKALA Zambian High Commissioner to Gernmany Anthony Mukwita says Zambia wants to increase the number of officers qualifying for long and short term military courses in the Federal Republic of Germany offered by the Bundeswehr Armed Forces of Germany. Mr Mukwita said Zambia must increase the number of Zambian officers that benefit from these prestigious […]
By JOHN SAKALA Government is constructing a new chancery building in Addis-Ababa Ethiopia to replace the old one purchased in the 1960s. Zambia’s Ambassador to Ethiopia Emmanuel Mwamba disclosed this when he toured other foreign mission’s building new chanceries in Addis Ababa. Mr Mwamba said relevant departments in Zambia had completed approvals of the plans […]
By JOHN SAKALA Twenty five (25) South African Companies are nextweek expected in Zambia on a four day investment Mission to the Copperbelt and Lusaka provinces. The bussiness delegation will be led by officials from the South African Department of Trade and Industry . Sectors to be represented include infrastructure,Mining , Capital equipment and Steel […]
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 Changwe Kabwe It’s another quarter and so another shopping mall is expected to open in Lusaka. In the second quarter of 2019, the elegant Novarre Pinnacle opened in Woodlands area at the corner of Chindo and Mutende roads. This is a 10,000-square metre Mall that should accommodate 40 commercial retail outlets from supermarket, food […]
The Zambian Embassy in Ethiopia has partnered with the Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations to accelerate the work of the Zambia-Ethiopia Business Forum. Zambia’s Ambassador to Ethiopia Emmanuel Mwamba said Government has shifted focus in line with the Seventh National Development Plan (7NDP), from political to economic diplomacy. He said this was […]
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Alice Nachilembe
