Analysis and reporting on Zambia’s business environment, markets, policy and economic outlook.
PeP founder Sean Tembo says he is quitting active politics with immediate effect, exactly 10 years after founding the party, leaving its future in question.
By The Zambian Economist Analyst As Beatrice Mutali wraps up her assignment as the UN’s top representative in Zambia, Vice President Mutale Nalumango has made the case for…
By The Zambian Economist Analyst Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has congratulated President Hakainde Hichilema on his re-election, pledging stronger cooperation between the two countries on regional and…
Economist Kampamba Shula says Zambia must prepare for El Nino now, with solar investment and farm protection, or risk power cuts, production losses and food inflation.
The debt-service train is coming. Zambia's answer must be millions of productive, income-earning small businesses, argues Steven M. Mbangu.
Fewer than 100 copies remain from a 500-copy print run of the Zambian economist's book on the country's development story, economics and public policy.
Zimbabwe's deadliest transport disaster has claimed 93 lives on Lake Kariba. The Zambian Economist looks at what the tragedy means for the shared reservoir's hydropower output, tourism economy…
President Hichilema's re-election gives Zambia policy continuity. Kelvin Chisanga on why the second term must turn stability into inclusion, starting with the September Budget.
