In 1963, Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana, and one of Africa’s leading lights in the fight against colonialism, lamented the fact that African countries did not trade with each other, but rather sold raw materials to the...
In his speech delivered last week at the opening of the current sitting of Parliament, Zambia’s President, His Excellency Edgar Chagwa Lungu, set out very clearly that delivering an economic recovery “is the number one goal of my Government”....
In September 2017, the Economics Association of Zambia called on the Zambian government to create a mineral stabilisation fund to help the country weather economic downturns.
When copper prices are high, a portion of Zambia’s mining revenues would be invested...
Each year, the Africa Risk-Reward Index compiled by Control Risks, the renowned global risk consultancy, shows us where the country stands in terms of the rewards it offers prospective investors. This year, Zambia is at the very bottom of...
The COVID-19 pandemic may have slowed or changed many aspects of the world as we know it, but the demand for copper that is being driven by clean energy isn't one of them. A greener, sustainable planet is as...
