BUSINESS NEWS

Zambian arrested for smuggling emeralds

A 33-year-old man from Lusaka, Zambia, has appeared at the Zvishavane Magistrates' Court for smuggling emeralds from Mberengwa.Harrison Kazhoka of Kaunda Square, Lusaka, is facing charges of illegal p...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 September 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Maize ban triggers Zimbabwe - Zambia border stand-off

Some Zimbabweans without proper documentation were denied entry into Zambia last week as the neighbouring reacted to the confiscation of maize by Zimbabwean authorities following the introduction of S...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2019

POLITICS

Presidential Inputs sold in Zambia

UNSCRUPULOUS individuals in Binga District, Matabeleland North Province are allegedly crossing the Zambezi River to sell in Zambia farming inputs they received under the Presidential Inputs Scheme.Inf...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 November 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Zambia bans popular Zimbabwe juice Mazoe

Health authorities in Zambia are investigating the safety of a popular Zimbabwean juice, Mazoe.There are fears that counterfeit Mazoe products have hit the market and are not fit for consumption.The g...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 July 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa's Zambian connection clarified

Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has clarified President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zambian connection saying the President's family was forced into exile following his father's defiance against the c...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zim companies clinch $500k deals at Zambia fair

ZIMBABWEAN companies clinched deals worth over $500 000 at the Agritech Expo held in Chisamba, Zambia recently, the country's trade promotion body, ZimTrade has said.Agritech is an international agric...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 May 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

+70 Zim farmers in Zambia yearn to return home

Over 70 Zimbabwean white commercial farmers living in Zambia are yearning to return home and assist redevelop the agriculture sector in the once Southern African Development Community bread basket.The...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Schweppes starts exports to Zambia

Beverages producer, Schweppes Zimbabwe has begun exports of Mazoe Orange Crush to Zambia to boost foreign currency earnings at a time the country is facing shortage of hard currency, managing director...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 April 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Zambia mulls Zimbabwe soya exports ban

ZAMBIAN oil crushers are said to be pushing their government to ban soya bean exports to cushion themselves from tightening supplies, according to a report by Zimbabwe's Stockfeeds Manufacturers Assoc...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 March 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Govt revives Zimbabwe-Zambia railway line plans

Transport and Infrastructural Development minister Joram Gumbo has said the government is reviving plans to construct the Lions Den-Kafue, Zambia, railway line, which was mooted in 1980.Gumbo laid out...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 January 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zim, Zambia strike $115 million power debt deal

AFTER almost a year of complex negotiations, Zimbabwe has finally struck a deal with Zambia on payment modalities for a US$114,8 million interest on the federation-era debt that Lusaka is owed by its ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 December 2017

AFRICA BUSINESS

Zim, Zambia inch towards One-stop Border Post deal

Zimbabwe and Zambia are close to finalising a bilateral agreement that will result in the establishment of a One-Stop Boarder Post (OSBP) in Victoria Falls, a senior Government official said on Monday...

By New Ziana | Published: 03 December 2017

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Zimbabwe, Zambia integrate Uni-Visa systems

ZIMBABWE and Zambia are working on integrating the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (Kaza) Uni-Visa into their internal systems to increase efficiency.This comes at a time when an estim...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 September 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

Beitbridge-Harare dualisation equipment stuck in Zambia

Some of the equipment to be used in the dualisation of the Beitbridge-Harare Highway is stuck in Zambia as the contractor is waiting for Government to gazette a Statutory Instrument that will enable i...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 September 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

12 Zim firms to exhibit in Zambia

THE country's export promotion body, ZimTrade, will lead 12 companies to this year's Zambia Agriculture and Commercial Show (ZACS) to be held next month.ZimTrade chief executive officer, Ms Sithembile...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 July 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

Zambia guarantees $250m Kariba loan, as broke Zim can't

Zambia has guaranteed a total $250 million loans jointly accessed with Zimbabwe - through the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) - from international financiers, targeted at funding refurbishment of Kariba...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 June 2015

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe, Zambia fight over fishing rights

While Zimbabwe and Zambia squabble over fishing rights in the world's biggest dam, an invasion of Australian crayfish and Nile tilapia is threatening to wreak havoc with Lake Kariba's indigenous speci...

By Bloomberg. | Published: 25 June 2014

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Alpha Omega to export to Angola, Zambia

Alpha Omega Dairy will soon start exporting its products to Angola and Zambia while plans are advanced to introduce new products.In an interview at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair, Alpha Omega D...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 April 2014

POLITICS

Zimbabwe - Zambia in univisa talks

Talks for the implementation of a univisa pilot project between Zimbabwe and Zambia have been set in motion with officials from the two countries expressing optimism that the development will boost t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 February 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Imara takes stake in Zambian asset manager

Botswana-listed, pan-African financial services group IMARA with interests in Zimbabwe has acquired a 49% stake in a joint venture with Equity Capital Resources Plc, a Zambian based asset management ...

By Business reporter | Published: 23 January 2014

AFRICA BUSINESS

Zambian cement plant to be commissioned in 2014

LUSAKA - Dangote Industries Zambia Limited has announced that the construction of its multi-million dollar greenfield cement plant in Masaiti District in Copperbelt Province is on course and schedule...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 November 2013

AFRICA BUSINESS

Zambia's derivatives market to start trading

LUSAKA - Zambia's Bond and Derivatives Exchange is set to begin trading in its first product on November 5 after it signed on three clearing members, chief executive officer Allan Thomson said.Zambia ...

By Bloomberg. | Published: 29 October 2013

BUSINESS NEWS

Zim - Zambia agree on outstanding $70m debt

Zimbabwe and Zambia have agreed on modalities to settle the outstanding $70 million debt owed to Lusaka for the shared cost of the Kariba Dam construction paving the way for the two countries to comme...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 October 2013

AFRICA NEWS

Zambia re-basing later this year may boost economy size

Zambia's statistics agency estimates that a re-basing exercise later this year will show that the country's US$20,7 billion economy is a fifth bigger than currently measured as its mining industry has...

By Bloomberg | Published: 03 September 2013
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