Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema’s recent state visit to Japan, from February 3rd to 7th, 2025, has strengthened bilateral ties and secured key investment opportunities for Zambia. The trip, made at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, focused on trade, infrastructure, and renewable energy partnerships.
Family statement by the children of the Sixth President of the Republic of Zambia
THE past year and a half have proven to be hard times for our family. Our lives have revolved around family and constantly being invited to the Law Enforcement Agencies. We have endeavored to lead a quiet life after our father left office in August 2021.
The Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission (CEEC) is a statutory body under the Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises Development (MSMED) that was established to foster broad-based economic empowerment in Zambia. The CEEC offers a variety of funding options for Zambian citizens and businesses, including:
As copper prices hover around $8,500 per tonne, Zambia should galvanise mining companies into boosting production for the red metal and leverage on the attractive prices that are likely to continue on the growth trajectory.
Here are the top universities in Zambia, based on their performance in the 2023 QS World University Rankings:
The requirements for opening a company in Zambia are as follows:
Humphrey Kabwe
National Spokesperson
Economic Front
We begin with a line taken from an interview conducted by Cleopatra. The backdrop is an interview of a gentleman named Kizito which featured on Zed Corner in 2015. In this interview Kizito makes known his gay sexual orientation. Commenting on the matter, one of the respondents says ‘homosexuality is abnormal…we do not even need to talk about it’. It would be fair to say that this is a position shared not by one, but by many Zambians. One just needs to look at commentaries whenever issues of homosexuality come up.
Empowering local farmers has been a longtime debate and fight in the farming sector, with one of the biggest out cries being local supply against foreign imports.
Zambia National Farmers union (ZNFU) president, Jervis Zimba, through a press release had announced that on the 26th of April, onion and potato value chain stakeholders that included traders, processors and producers during a protracted meeting at the ZNFU secretariat agreed that there shall be no more imports of onions or frozen onion related products as the country had more than enough stock.
Vedanta Resources Ltd has finally agreed to suspend legal action to reclaim KCM. This agreement comes pending talks to settle the dispute.KCM was placed under provisional liquidation after the previous government alleged that the company was evading tax obligations and giving false information regarding its expansion projects.
The case has been in the courts for a while preventing any possible investment opportunities from interested parties as well as stalling of any progressive undertakings to revive the state of the mines.
