By Sean McIntosh Public Affairs Officer Phone: 357000 Tuesday October 23, 2018 Lusaka – Small-scale farmers in Zambia are now leveraging new techniques to boost harvests of maize, sweet potatoes, and groundnuts.  This is the result of knowledge gained from a partnership between the Zambia Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI), international agricultural researchers, and the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Africa RISING activity.  Formerly known as Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation, Africa RISING is a product of the U.S. government’s Feed the Future Initiative and Global Food Security Strategy. With over $1.7 million invested in the...

By Felix Njoku   The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) (www.AfDB.org)    The Bank’s performance and ratings are based on the solid support from its shareholders, including in the form of strong callable capital   ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, October 23, 2018/ — Ahead of its maiden African Investment Forum next month, the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) continues to see another year of sustained indicators, underlined by a stellar Triple A rating by all three major agencies and sharply increased earnings.   The inaugural Forum takes place 7-9 November 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa, offering a platform for sourcing funding for...

Pretoria-Thursday 25th October 2018 High level Captains of industry, investors, and business entities have gathered at the Protea Wanderers in Illovo in Johannesburg under the auspices of the Zambia-South Africa Business Forum ZASOBF. The event is being held to woo multi-sectoral investors to Zambia. Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa His Excellency Emmanuel Mwamba said he was pleased with huge turn-out by credible investors. Mr. Mwamba said President of the World Farmers Organisation (WFO), Dr. Theo De Yager was leading s group of commercial investors in the agriculture sector. Also present is Zambia’s Northern Province led by Permanent Secretary Mr....