Zimbabwe's Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has ordered all millers in that country to organise their own transport to collect maize from Zambia in an effort…
Posts published in “Day: March 31, 2008”
Henry Chipewo (Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport) has weighed in on the problem of infrastructure free ridership. Henry's radical proposal is for government to…
Former Works and Supply minister, Ludwig Sondashi, has declared that he will float himself as the ruling MMD presidential candidate at the party's next convention.…
Pan-Africa and the Third World are certainly on the move insofar as the west's colonialist and racist perceptions of African and Third World people are…
We left Chobe early – in fact we leave everywhere early – to take the ferry over to Zambia. This was utter and complete chaos…
Monica Chisela (Zesco Limited's PR Manager) provides some figures to ease our understanding of Zambia's energy problems: "The installed capacity of the Zambian electricity grid…
Since I arrived in Lusaka I've found myself caught in exchanges with local Zambians where I've felt completely awkward. It has usually centered on being…
Zambia has ended negotiations with South Africa's largest bank to finance a 1.2 billion dollar (762 million euro) oil import deal after disagreements, state radio…
…(read more)
Commercial banks – mostly subsidiaries of foreign banks – are the most dominant financial institutions in Zambia. The banking system is comprised of 14 commercial…
…(read more)
Japan has given Zambia a grant of K11.6 billion ($3 million) for the importation of 4,000 metric tonnes of fertiliser and 60 tractors and trailers…
"We have taken what appears to be harsh measures. We attained the HIPC (Highly indebted Poor Countries) completion point and we had all our US$…
…(read more)
Students at Wye Valley were left facing a £2,000 visa bill A group of 22 sixth-form students and three teachers from Wye Valley School, in…
In commercial considerations, cotton is among the foremost export crops for Zambia. For years, Zambia has been contributing significantly to the world's cotton market through…
Micah Challenge Zambia was launched nationally in Zambia on 4th August 2007 in Lusaka.This was followed by a Copperbelt launch on 27th August 2007 and…
Medical student Katey Harris (02-05) of Seattle, Wash., is in her third year of medical school at the University of Washington and is currently participating…