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Analysis of the Zambian economy in 2026: inflation, the kwacha, copper production, the policy rate, public debt and power supply, written for business.
Cabinet Office has set the programme for Zambia's 62nd Independence Anniversary on 24 October 2026. Independence Week will run on existing budgets and community support, as the economy…
Zambia is at the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings days after agreeing a US$1.47 billion programme on paper. What is still missing, who the delegation is meeting,…
President Hichilema’s Grow Zambia Agenda sets eight production targets for 2031. With an IMF staff-level agreement announced on 9 October, we measure how far each target sits from…
President Hichilema addresses a 272-member National Assembly today with inflation at 6.1% and rates cut to 10.75%. Jobs, copper, power and a tight 2027 budget are the tests.
Public servants have received an extra K700 a month since January 2026. With inflation down to 6.1 percent, is that money buying more, or are prices taking part…
The kwacha has weakened from K17.87 per dollar in June to about K19.9 despite copper near US$14,000 a tonne. Kelvin Chisanga on the fuel bill, the policy rate…
Opening the 2027 Budget Hearings, Secretary to the Treasury Felix Nkulukusa told ministries to do more with less. Resources are projected at K271.9 billion, but arrears, social cash…
Read one by one, the Grow Zambia targets look like separate ambitions. Nathan Meleki argues the 10-10-5-3-3-1-1-1 formation is really a map of connected value chains, from Mkushi…
