The Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) has intensified consumer awareness activities in order to protect unsuspecting members of the public from mobile money scams. ZICTA Manager Corporate Communications, Hanford Chaaba says this is in view of the substantial growth in the uptake and utilization of digital financial services. Mr Chaaba says with this growth in the utilization of ...

Fisheries and Livestock Minister, Makozo Chikote, says his ministry is looking for a partnership with private companies to establish a vaccines producing plant for livestock in order to enhance the measures government is putting in place in terms of disease control. Mr. Chikote has expressed concern that the country is having challenges in terms of livestock disease control. He says ...

Opposition Golden Party of Zambia President Jackson Silavwe has challenged the new dawn government to share with the nation the status of Mulungushi textiles in Kabwe. Mr. Silavwe says the new dawn government should give an update on the agreement between the Chinese and Zambian Governments and the reasons why it has not been fully operationalised. He notes with concern ...

Ministry of green economy and environment principal forestry officer, Catherine Zulu says the ministry has so far issued 20 applications forms for timber concession licenses in Lusaka province. Ms. Zulu disclosed that in Lusaka province, government has recommended two areas for the issuance of timber concession licenses which are Luangwa and Lufunsa forests. He says the applications are limited and ...

The Department of Immigration over the weekend nabbed Four-Hundred and Thirty-Six (436) suspected illegal immigrants during a cleanup operation in Lusaka. Department public relations officer, Namati Nshinka says after the screening exercise, the officers released Fifty-Seven (57) persons upon production of proof of legal immigration status in Zambia and mandated Seventy-Two (72) to report to Immigration Headquarters for further investigations. ...

Zambia has received a donation of over 250,000 doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines worth over 4.8 million euros. The vaccines received today are the first batch of a total of 500,000 Pfizer vaccine doses donated to Zambia, with the second batch expected in the county by mid June this year. Speaking when receiving the vaccines at Kenneth Kaunda international ...

Republican Vice president Mutale Nalumango has stressed the need for Zambia to put in place measures that will help enhance early warning, resilience and preparedness for disasters. Speaking upon arrival at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport from Indonesia where she went to attend the seventh session of the global platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, Ms Nalumango says the Zambian delegation ...

Cross Border Network Africa, an association promoting and facilitating small and medium enterprises (SME’s) in Africa says Zambia spends K765 million annually to import garlic from China, for an import cover of 8 months. Association chairman general Benard Sikunyongana has since called on Zambian farmers to venture into garlic farming in order to retain this huge sum of money in ...

The Ministry of Technology and Science says it has revamped it’s support to innovation by increasing funding towards research and innovation to a tune of 22 Million Kwacha. Ministry Technology and Science Acting Director for Technology and Innovation, John Chongo says the Ministry has also introduced new funding opportunities through the creation of the National Innovation Fund to be administered by ...

The Zambia National Education Coalition (ZANEC) has proposed that the education sector should get not less than 20% of the budgetary allocation in the 2023 national budget in view of the free education policy being implemented by the government. The ministry of finance has invited various stakeholders to submit tax ,non –tax and expenditure proposals ,for review and possible inclusion ...