How competent are Zambian graduates? (Guest Blog)
I think it is highly presumptuous to accept, on the basis that many believe it to be true, that Zambian graduates are losing out to foreigner graduates [as suggested in a previous blog]. I think the...
View ArticleA Development Blueprint for Zambia
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Michael Chishala, a Zambian writer and regular contributor to the discussions on the ZE Facebook page. Follow him on Facebook. Many armchair critics rightly...
View ArticleWho will weep for our street children?
Whenever I watch a documentary about child slavery, I can't help but wonder how many of Zambia's street children probably end up in one form of slavery or another. Child slavery and our growing number...
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Free Falling Kwacha
This chart is quite revealing because it shows the clear trend of the Kwacha over the last 3 years. Whilst some of the Kwacha’s current slide is seasonal, as retailers tend to buy most of their...
View ArticleExplaining Zambia's Poverty
I have previously noted that there's a poverty of papers and books on Zambia's economic history. This new paper by Alan Whitworth is a welcome addition to the little information that currently exists!...
View ArticleRogue Investors or Whistle blowers?
Government recently revoked the work permit of Konkola Copper Mines (KCM)'s CEO Kishore Kumar over KCM’s plans job cuts. The move has been celebrated by some who see this as a strong stance by PF...
View ArticleReviving Kapiri Glass Factory
Kapiri Glass Factory is allegedly set to reopen its operations in July 2014 under a new local investor Chimsoro Milling Company Limited. This follows the recapitalization and re-investment into latest...
View ArticleThe PF and Intra-Party Violence
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Henry Kyambalesa, an Adjunct Professor in the School for Professional Studies at Regis University, Denver, USA, as well as an Independent Business and Management...
View ArticlePolicy Chaos at BOZ
Policy confusion continues to rock the Bank of Zambia (BOZ) as the Kwacha slides further. BOZ is struggling to halt the depreciation of the currency which is now at its weakest level in five years. And...
View ArticleZambia on Strike
The Government is facing increasing industrial strikes by public sector employees. Nurses and midwives in many parts of the country, including major cities of Lusaka, Livingstone and Ndola have been on...
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List of Prominent Zambians For A "Windfall Tax" On Mining
This post is regularly updated with quotes from leading analysts and public figures urging the government to reintroduce the windfall tax. Please scroll to the bottom to see the latest contributor...
View ArticleWindfall Tax Debate Returns
Mbita Chitala has joined an increasing band of people that have resumed the call for the reintroduction of the windfall tax on minerals to capture large profits being made by mining companies. He is...
View ArticlePolitics of Windfall Tax
MMD MPs led by Catherine Namugala are now crying for the windfall tax that they worked very hard to scrap against the wishes of all Zambians :"We have time and again asked the government to introduce...
View ArticlePolicy Direction on Transport and Communication
This speech is a useful resource on the current policy direction of the government on transport and communication. There are a number of projects I was not aware of until I read this. Policy Direction...
View ArticleZambia on Strike, 2nd Edition
Government has fired more than 250 nurses and midwives for going on strike. Health Minister Joseph Kasonde has informed Parliament in a ministerial statement that the dismissal of nurses and midwives...
View ArticleA Note on Mining Taxation Policy
Editor's note: This is a guest post by Kaela B Mulenga (PhD), a resident contributor to Zambian Economist. He is an economist and development consultant based in Canada. You can find him on Facebook...
View ArticleZambia on Strike, 3rd Edition
The Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has warned that President Sata's decision to fire nurses that took part in a recent strike may soon plunge us in an industrial crisis that could paralyse the...
View ArticleAnnual Sabbatical
Dear Friends,As is customary since I started this blog in 2007, I am taking one month off to recharge the batteries and switch off from social media and active blogging. Over the years I have come to...
View ArticleMF - Zambia Watch (January 2014)
Always good to start the year with a recap of where we left things in 2013. There's no better summary than the press release below from the IMF on Zambia which was released on 19 December 2013 and the...
View ArticleDebtmania Zambia
The planned $1bn Eurobond before Christmas did not materialise. It is due any moment in the near future. In meantime GRZ has already been very active on borrowing from other sources. Last month alone...
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