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Looking to the future
President-elect Hakainde Hichilema’s landslide victory in the country’s national elections on 12 August has produced a palpable sense of relief within Zambia and on...
Democracy does it again
Monday marked Zambia’s third peaceful transfer of power since the start of multi-party rule in 1991, with leader of the United Party for National...
The first 100 days
The country’s national election is just days away, but regardless of one’s politics or confidence in a party’s campaign, one thing is certain: If...
Putting windfalls to work
The Zambian Government’s collection of ZMW 40.1 billion in revenue and grants between January and May 2021 has been welcomed by the Secretary to...
School must go on
When, in March 2020, Zambia became one of many countries around the world to close schools in an effort to prevent the spread of...
How will Zambia’s already weakened economy survive the mounting fiscal pressures of COVID-19?
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The collapsed bridge that left thousands stranded
When the phone rang on the desk of Mopani's Chief Financial Officer, John Chiwele, one rainy afternoon in February this year, little did he...
Exclusive interview with Finance Minister Felix Mutati
It is Monday, 14th November. Midday. The budget speech was three days ago. Zambia’s new Minister of Finance, Hon. Felix Mutati, is clearly a...
A $100m infrastructure boost
It's every town-planner’s dream – the opportunity to start with a clean sheet of paper and build an entire town from scratch. That’s Kabitaka, a...
Learning the lessons of previous tax policies
The long-term effects of constant changes to Zambia's mining tax regime on investment has been “massive”, and has resulted in many mining projects being...
Chile holds valuable lessons for Zambia
Zambia can learn from Chile about how good mining, economic and fiscal policies, implemented consistently over time, bring measurable benefits to all citizens.
Chile, in...
Good governance, great outcomes
Good governance has been the fundamental reason Botswana has realised the potential of its vast mineral resources and turned what was once a poor...
