Analysis and reporting on Zambia’s business environment, markets, policy and economic outlook.
Zambia's 2024 Eurobond restructuring lifted dollar bond values 18%. Two years on, a look at what changed for bondholders and what creditor disputes remain unresolved.
Vedanta's Konkola grew 367% in 2025. Mopani grew 40%. Kansanshi grew 5%. Mapping the foreign investors behind Zambia's copper recovery and what each is betting on.
Zambia's extreme poverty rate barely moved between 2024 and 2025 despite faster per capita growth. What is behind the gap, and what tools government is using to close…
Zambia's IMF programme ended in January 2026. What a new arrangement could mean for the fiscal deficit, unresolved creditor disputes, and investor confidence after the election.
Zambia's unemployment rate fell to 10.3% in 2025. Extreme poverty barely moved. Here is what the headline number leaves out, and what it means for business and policy.
Government accuses cadres of staging election violence in three provinces and alleges Hot FM is running undisclosed NRPUP political adverts, PS Thabo Kawana told a joint briefing on…
By Kelvin Chisanga Zambia’s next phase of economic development must focus on transforming its natural resource wealth into productive industries, jobs and sustainable economic opportunities. The proposed Zambia…
A packed rally makes good television, but it says little about actual votes. Here's the economics behind Zambia's campaign crowds, and why so many attendees may not be…
