Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda says Zambia needs double digit economic growth rates in order to exert an impact on poverty eradication. Mr. Chikwanda notes the need to upgrade management of growth sectors such as agriculture, forestry, energy and tourism to higher levels going forward. He says despite delays in delivering the farming inputs to farmers across the in last farming ...

SNL Metals and Mining, a global mining information and analysis company says Zambia might regret implementing the new mineral royalty tax regime. SNL Metals and Mining resources policy analysts Asa Borssen has told Reuters that There are benefits to implementing a royalty system in this kind of governance environment in developing countries but it has to be reasonable in comparison ...

The Grammys certainly were a big night for Kanye West. So it was no surprise that his wife Kim Kardashian couldn’t keep her hands off him. North West’s dad was performing his new collaboration at the awards. He was joined by Sir Paul McCartney and Rihanna for the song FourFiveSeconds. And Kimye just couldn’t resist having a smooch as they ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has arrived in Washington for talks with President Barack Obama on Monday amid reports of a rift over Ukraine. As well as discussing a way forward in Ukraine, the pair are likely to discuss a range of other issues including counter-terrorism and trade. As the crisis in Ukraine intensifies, America says it will stand with Europe ...

Britain’s biggest bank helped wealthy clients cheat the UK out of millions of pounds in tax, the BBC has learned. Panorama has seen thousands of accounts from HSBC’s private bank in Switzerland leaked by a whistleblower in 2007. They show bankers helped clients evade tax and offered deals to help tax dodgers stay ahead of the law. HSBC admitted that ...

Goalkeeper Boubacar Barry scored the decisive goal as Ivory Coast ended a 23-year Africa Cup of Nations title drought by winning 9-8 on penalties after the final ended 0-0 following extra time. Before netting, veteran Barry had set up the match-winning chance by diving to his left and pushing away a spot-kick from Ghana goalkeeper Razak Braimah. Ivory Coast triumphed ...

Manchester United needed a stoppage-time equaliser from Daley Blind to a secure a 1-1 draw away to West Ham in the Premier League on Sunday. It looked as if Senegal midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate, deployed as an auxiliary centre-back by Hammers manager Sam Allardyce, had won the game for the home side with a brilliant close-range finish in the 49th minute ...

                          If Ghana make it to another Afcon final, they’d definitely win, reckons Herve Renard. The Ivorian coach consoled his Ghanaian counterparts after supervising a 9-8 penalty win in the final on Sunday. The Frenchman becomes the first man to win the tournament with two different countries, doing ...

The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has appealed to President Lungu to ensure that the projects that were started by President Sata especially that of putting up a university in every province of the country. YALI President Andrew Nthewewe says they expect that all the universities will be completed by 2016 so that young people can have spaces citing that ...

The Prisons Care and Counseling Association (PRISCCA) has appealed to government and other relevant stakeholders to ensure that prisoners are accorded an opportunity to vote during the 2016 General Elections. PRISCCA Executive Director Godfrey Malembeka has told QFM News in an interview that inmates are being denied of their right to choose leaders of their own choice. Mr. Malembeka has ...