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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.
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…
Hichilema opened the Second Lobito Corridor Coordination Meeting in Lusaka as the World Bank pointed to US$28 billion in private investment opportunities. The test is freight volumes and…
Zambia's new 20-year Government bond extends the yield curve and gives pension funds a long-term asset. Kelvin Chisanga on what the first auction must reveal.
