US Ambassador to Zambia Eric Schultz and his Swedish counterpart Lena Nordstrom have described US President Barack Obama’s expansion of his Power Africa initiative to other countries,including Zambia as timely given the widespread loadshedding the country is experiencing. Power Africa is one of the signature initiatives of Mr Obama’s presidency whose twin goals are to increase power generation capacity and ...

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has called on government to address the challenges Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) face if the sector is to meaningful contribute to poverty alleviation, trade and regional integration. COMESA Acting Secretary General Ambassador Kipyego Cheluget says there is urgent need to address the challenges facing SMEs considering that they constitute at ...

Former First Lady Thandiwe Banda is alive and well contrary to rumor circulating on social media that she has died. Former President Rupiah Banda’s assistant Dr Martin Mtonga has told QFM News in a telephone interview that the former first lady is currently is South Africa where she accompanied her husband for his medical checkup. Dr Mtonga has emphasized that ...

Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour has revealed that his new single features former inmates from the prison where his son served time. Gilmour recorded Rattle That Lock with The Liberty Choir, a rehabilitation project that includes former Wandsworth Prison inmates and local singers. The rock legend said the choir gives prisoners “real hope and optimism”. His son Charlie did time ...

Australian PM Tony Abbott has said the “baffling mystery” of Flight MH370 is closer to being solved, after Malaysia announced that a fragment found in Reunion was part of the missing plane. PM Najib Razak said experts examining the debris in France had “conclusively confirmed” it was from the aircraft. However investigators have stopped short of confirming the link, saying ...

Nkana coach Aggrey Chiyangi is hoping striker Jimmy Ndhlovu will come good for the struggling 12-time champions following his return to the club. Ndhlovu rejoined Nkana last month following a one-and-half year loan at the clubs’ Kitwe arch-rivals Power Dynamos. The striker played his first match back last Sunday in Nkana’s 1-0 away win over promoted Nkwazi in Lusaka in ...

Brazilian Douglas Costa was in fine form as Bayern Munich beat Real Madrid 1-0 in a pre-season tournament on Wednesday, with the new signing charging down the wing and setting up Robert Lewandowski for the late winner. Costa, who joined from Shakhtar Donetsk in the close season for a reported €30 million, has impressed at the Audi Cup with his ...

Chief Government Spokesperson Chishimba Kambwili has been advised to tone down when dealing with civil servants grievances because he holds a very big position in the nation. People’s Party Leader Mike Mulongoti has advised Mr Kambwili to learn to calm down and learn when to speak and give people confidence that he represents government. Mr. Mulongoti who once saved as ...

Government has been advised against continued borrowing using the country’s GDP ratio. Economic analyst Yusuf Dodia who is also Private Sector Development Association (PSDA) Chairperson thinks government is being simplistic to only use the widely accepted standard of 40 percent of debt to the GDP to influence its decision to continue borrowing. Mr Dodia is also encouraging government not to ...

The Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) has observed farmers in the country face the challenge of accessing credit finance to enable them expand their productivity. ZNFU President Evelyn Nguleka says with the challenge of climate change, it is inevitable for farmers no matter how small they are to mechanize their farming, but that they cannot do so if they have ...