The Japanese government has provided a grant of about K5.8 million to the promotion of Women’s Health throughout the Life Cycle at One-stop Service Site in Zambia project. The project which is in its second phase and is spearheaded by the Japanese Organisation for International Cooperation in Family Planning (JOICEP), aims to improve access to health services for women in ...

Financial expert Trevor Hambayi has observed that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) financial bailout is the panacea to Zambia’s current financial distress. Speaking at the Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) public Forum dubbed Zambia’s Debt Challenge Scaling up the IMF wall, Mr. Hambayi notes that Zambia’s current fiscal position is as a result of the failure to secure ...

Government has announced intentions to change the law so that the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) can begin to regulate ZNBC. Newly appointed Information and Broadcasting Services Permanent Secretary Chanda Kasolo says it is mediocrity for the IBA to fail to license ZNBC. Mr. Kasolo says his Ministry wants this mediocrity to be undone by ensuring that the IBA plays its ...

The Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) says investigations into the Natural Power SX energy drink are still ongoing. Recently, the Ndola City Council, the Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) and the Zambia Medicine Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) ordered an immediate stop to the production and sell of Natural Power Energy Drink after it was banned by the Uganda National Drug Authority ...

President Edgar Lungu has replaced Ministry of Agriculture Permanent Secretary Julius Shawa whose contract was not renewed with former Zambia National Farmers’ Union Executive Director Songowayo Zyambo. Speaking during the swearing in ceremony at State House, President Lungu has urged Mr. Zyambo to work closely with key private players in the Agriculture sector in order to increase production. President Lungu ...