
Zambia Economy This Week: A Petition in an Inbox, an Economy Marking Time
Courts shut on the petition deadline, a petition reached the Chief Justice by private email, ZIPAR found revenue behind target and copper output crept up 0.45%. The week…
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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.

Courts shut on the petition deadline, a petition reached the Chief Justice by private email, ZIPAR found revenue behind target and copper output crept up 0.45%. The week…

Clarence Chisuku says discussions have begun with Sinomine Kitumba over local jobs and community investment, while farmers at three FRA depots report shortages of empty maize bags.

Zambia's 2027 Budget should move from allocations to measurable results, with every kwacha tested against investment, output, employment, exports and revenue.

The petition deadline, the countdown to the 1 September swearing-in and the quiet start of the 2027 budget cycle: the diary for 24 to 28 August.

The declaration, the seven-day court clock, the calm market and the numbers the second term inherits, in one weekly read.

Zambia's development finance is turning homeward. After the 2020 default and the end of the IMF programme, Kelvin Chisanga argues the next frontier is mobilising domestic savings for…

Hakainde Hichilema's second term begins with inflation at its lowest since 2018, the 2020 default cleared and the kwacha among the world's best performers. The job now is…

The debt-service train is coming. Zambia's answer must be millions of productive, income-earning small businesses, argues Steven M. Mbangu.