Business
Stanbic tips Village Banking groups
BUUMBA CHIMBULU writes VILLAGE banking groups should form partnerships with formal financial institutions to help hedge against economic...
Consumers must brace for rough year ahead – CUTS
BUUMBA CHIMBULU writes CONSUMERS should brace themselves for a difficult year as Zambia’s reduced economic performance will likely...
Forex demand dims Kwacha
BUUMBA CHIMBULU writes THE Zambian Kwacha extended its losses in Friday’s trading session weighed down by strong demand from various...
CEC open to KCM connection
BUUMBA CHIMBULU writes THE Copperbelt Energy Corporation Plc (CEC) remains open to continuing to work with Konkola Copper Mines (KCM)...
CEC financial results hit by KCM ops challenges
BUUMBA CHIMBULU writes OPERATIONAL challenges affecting Konkola Copper Mine (KCM) and Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) have negatively affected...
Zambian exports rise
BUUMBA CHIMBULU writes ZAMBIA’s exports rise by 4.7 per cent to K8, 929.5 million in April this year due to an increase in intermediate...
Monthly inflation shoots to 16.6%
BUUMBA CHIMBULU writes THE instability of the Kwacha coupled with other Covid-19 related disruptions have continued to drive Zambia’s...
ZDA warns of fake business grants
BUUMBA CHIMBULU writes@SunZambian THE Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) has warned entrepreneurs that it is currently not disbursing...
Kwacha steady as Rand rallies
BUUMBA CHIMBULU writes THE Zambian Kwacha on Friday traded steadily amid flat demand for hard currency from commercial banks and merchandise...
COMESA council adopts Covid-19 trade guideline
BUUMBA CHIMBULU writes THE Council of Ministers of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) have adopted various...
NCZ to supply Lusaka Province 10, 000 tonnes fertiliser
JOHN KOMBE writes GOVERNMENT has contracted Nitrogen chemicals of Zambia (NCZ) to deliver and distribute 10, 000 metric tons of D....
ZB to buy 3.1 tonnes Cassava
BUUMBA CHIMBULU writes ZAMBIAN Breweries is this season targeting to buy 3,100 tonnes of cassava for its beer production. As at the...
Bank of Zambia faces inflation tide
MUTISUNGE ZULU writes THE central bank in Africa’s second largest copper hotspot, Zambia, cut rates by an aggressive 225 basis points...
IMF conditions stiff for Zambia – BoZ
By BUUMBA CHIMBULUZAMBIA has not been benefiting from financial advantages of being a member of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
Policy rate reduction pushes K10bn rate downwards
By BUUMBA CHIMBULUThe cutting of the interest rates’ benchmark by the Bank of Zambia (BoZ) has simultaneously re-priced the K10 billion...
