Media Contact: Obi Emekekwue (oemekekwue@afreximbank.com; Tel. +202-2456-4238) Cairo, 30 November 2017: – The second edition of the African Export-Import Bank’s (Afreximbank) Trade and Development Seminar Series will take place in Cairo on 5 December with a keynote lecture delivered by Albert Muchanga, the African Union’s Commissioner for Trade and Industry. Mr. Muchanga will speak on the theme: “The Continental Free Trade Area in an Era of Pessimism over Multilateralism: Critical Success Factors and Prognosis”. He is expected to use the platform to discuss the latest developments in the march towards the Continental Free Trade Area in Africa, including the challenges and progress...

…as PNU preaches electoral and economic justice for all citizens By Derrick Sinjela “There is need for elections to be transparently organised to avoid, political and electoral disputes,” pleads Party of National Unity (PNU) Interim President Highvie Hambulo Hamududu. Mr. Hamududu is worried that Zambia is confronted with elusive electoral disputes since Thursday 11th august 2016 and teething economic challenges. Formerly, a Zambian Parliamentary Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairperson Hamududu says the Patriotic Front (PF) Government led by President Edgar Chagwa Lungu and Vice-President Inonge Mutukwa-Wina need to intervene in business as peasants need support that is targeted. Featuring on the Pan African...

By Derrick Sinjela Workers’ Compensation Fund Control Board (WCFCB) – Head Communications and Customer Services Maybin M Nkholomba says the public entity has prosecuted 278 defaulting employers since April 2017. Mr. Nkholomba explained that prosecutions had been conducted in Lusaka, Kitwe, Ndola, Chipata, Kasama, Kafue, Mkushi, Mufulira, Mazabuka and Mongu, while the next prosecution phase will move to Livingstone, Chingola, Solwezi, Kabwe among other districts. In Media Statement circulated from Ndola, Copperbelt Province by WCFCB Communcations Officer Gethsemane Luwabelwa Mwizabi, Nkholomba lamented that  the current debt stock owed to the Workers Compensation Fund Control Board stands at K124, 722, 675.67....

By Derrick Sinjela TOURISM and Arts Minister Charles Romel Banda delightfully launched the third edition 2017 Pamodzi Carnival at Golden Peacock Hotel in Lusaka with a reminder of the initiative being pegged as a platform on which to coalesce Zambia’s cultural dances, handicrafts and traditional food. During the launch graced by Zambia Tourism Agency (ZTA) Chief Executive Officer Felix Chaila, Minister Banda described the annual Pamodzi Carnival as a poignant arena on which to show case heritage from all the ten provinces. Zambia now has 10 provinces namely Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka, Muchinga, Northern, North-Western, Southern and Western boasting...