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Economic reflections for a new and better Zambia
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Zambia's rising external debt..
For those among tracking Zambia's external debt : The latest report of the parliamentary committee on economic affairs and labour, states that the increase represents a 10.1 per cent. “An analysis of the structure of Zambia’s external debt revealed that at the end of December 2007, 52.7 per
BOZ Quarterly Brief (Q4 2008)
The Bank of Zambia Quarterly Brief was released today. Much in there in terms of statistics, but nothing real in terms of issues that we have not picked up in the last quarter of discussions here. That said it is interesting to note that the outlook for inflation is now
Supporting rural development - (Guest Blog : Sarah)
Hello! I am a young woman from the United States who has recently lived in Zambia for close to three years. From 2005 to late 2007, I was a volunteer with the US Peace Corps serving as an extension agent for the forestry department; I worked with local farming
Mine Watch (Kitwe), 2nd Edition
Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) has launched its new Nchanga copper smelter under plans to raise copper cathode output to 500,000 tonnes within two years. The Nchanga smelter, which has a capacity to produce 300,000 tonnes copper per year and cost KCM $500 million, is one of major projects the mining...
Mine Watch (Mwinilunga)
ZNBC on the possibility of a new copper mine for Mwinilunga : North Western Province Permanent Secretary, Jeston Mulando says all is set for the establishment of a new open pit copper mine in Mwinilunga district. Mr. Mulando said Shungho Mining and Industry of Zambia has already applied for
Mine Watch (Luanshya), 2nd Edition
Luanshya Copper Mine (LCM) has suspended the building of the $354 million Mulyashi copper mine while it reviews the copper recovery process (previous edition here). [This is a content summary only. Visit the blog for the full article and comments from other readers !]
Powering 2010..
Mozambique continues its impressive power strategy (see here and here), with the latest announcement that EDM (Mozambique's utility) plans to build a new 680 megawatt thermal power plant in southern Maputo province to help cut energy crisis in South Africa ahead of the World Cup in 2010. The cost...
Banda's Challenges : Falling Copper Prices
In A memo to President Banda , I mentioned briefly some of the challenges facing the new President. I thought a new series is in order to expand on these. The first is falling copper prices, which are expected to track the global slowdown and may not rebound until early
In search of independent thinkers..
Prof Manengo Ndulo on the lack of "economic technocrats" in the public debate: “In Zambia, we clearly lack opinion leaders who can meet in terms of promoting good ideas and not bad ideas. Good ideas can be very popular and can dominate but they won’t get you anywhere....But that can
Linking Zambia (Executive Issues)
The paper that is trying to dig deeper than the Post now has a new website. [This is a content summary only. Visit the blog for the full article and comments from other readers !]