Analysis and reporting on Zambia’s business environment, markets, policy and economic outlook.
By Zambian Economist Analyst Zambia’s economy grew 7.7% in the first quarter of 2026, the fastest quarterly expansion the country has posted in years. With the general election…
The Office of the Auditor General is exhibiting at the 98th Zambia Agricultural and Commercial Show, inviting showgoers to engage on the role of public auditing in transparency…
Only 123 of the 8,154 medicines registered in Zambia are made in Zambia. So why has a stronger kwacha not cut what you pay at the pharmacy?
Outside Zambia, the election is read as a decision about a strategic copper supply. Why that is true, what the export data hides, and what observers watch.
The official youth unemployment rate near 10% describes almost nothing, and the 45.8% figure being quoted is South Africa’s. What to measure instead.
The mobile money levy is charged per transaction, not per kwacha. That single feature decides whether it costs you a little or a lot. Here are the numbers.
The ECZ will run the 13 August polls on K2.2 billion. But the 70 new constituencies are permanent, and the CDF arithmetic they force is the bigger number.
Inflation has halved to 6.5% since December, yet households do not feel it. What to look for in the ZamStats July release, and why the index and the…
