BUSINESS

Kanchibiya PF Member of Parliament Sunday Chanda has called on government to create business linkages for livestock farmers who are currently struggling to find market for their livestock especially those in rural areas. Mr. Chanda has also proposed the establishment of livestock processing centers in various districts in order to encourage value addition and avoid large movement of animals especially ...

The Zambia Consumer Association [ZACA] has rejected the proposed increase in electricity connection fees by power utility ZESCO amid the high cost of living. ZESCO has sought approval from the Energy Regulation Board to adjust upwards electricity connection fees for one phase overhead from k779 to k4, 600 for customers in high-density areas while those in the low-density area will ...

Agriculture Minister Reuben Mtolo Phiri has dismissed assertions that the continued export of maize and soya beans is contributing to the current high cost of feed stock on the local market. Mr. Phiri tells QTV news that pricing of these commodities is the preserve of grain traders who should therefore be the ones to answer as to why the prices ...

Stanbic Bank Zambia Chief Executive Officer, Mwindwa Syakalima says Zambia’s attainment of the 3 million tonnes annual copper production target within a decade is dependent on government supporting sectors which are critical to the mines such as energy, infrastructure and manufacturing. In a statement, Mr Syakalima says government will also need to continue supporting the mining value chain, focusing on ...

The Rural Electrification Authority (REA) has targeted over 14,444 new electricity connections in rural areas this year. This follows government’s allocation of k362.2 million to REA towards the implementation of the 2022 rural electrification projects. Speaking during a press briefing held in Lusaka today, REA Chief Executive Officer, Linus Chanda says the allocation for the 2022 projects represents an 18% ...

The Zambia STEM Foundation has called on government to help create an enabling environment that connects local innovators with potential financiers so that their innovations can be brought to the limelight Foundation Programs Officer, Florence Jediah Mulenga says most Zambian innovators have brilliant ideas which have the potential to help address national challenges, but are lacking the platform to showcase ...

Calvin Kaleyi The Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) has noted with concern reports suggesting that the local onions have a short shelf life and consumers do not like them. ZNFU Media and Public Relations Officer, Calvin Kaleyi tells QTV news in an interview that the major issue has been dryers which he says some large scale farmers have started working ...

Minister of Green Economy and Environment Collins Nzovu has announced that his ministry will soon commence the issuance of timber concession licenses that were last issued in 2017. In a statement obtained by Q-News, Mr Nzovu says the ministry will before the end of April 2022, issue and circulate an advertisement in the daily newspapers and other media platforms to ...

Yango, an international service for ordering rides online, has launched in Lusaka, making Zambia the fifth African country where Yango is available. A part of Yandex one of the largest European IT companies, Yango already operates in 19 countries across Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa, including Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon and Senegal. To order a car, users ...

Increasing prices of commodities worries JCTR The cost of living as measured by the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection [JCTR] basic needs and nutrition basket for Lusaka has continued on the upward trajectory as it has increased from slightly over 9, 049. Kwacha recorded in January to about 9, 305.kwacha for the month of February 2022. JCTR Social and Economic ...