Non Tariff barriers – ZACCI to help remove trade barriers
The cost of doing business in Zambia and the region is high because of non tariff barriers(NTB), which refers to problems like border delays, taxes and levies. ZACCI is now a focal point to help remove these barriers and problems in Zambia. For any NTB Text 260976757643 or visit www.tradebarriers.org […]
ZACCI PRESS BRIEFING ON BCI Q1 AND Q2 2O20
Business Confidence Index (BCI) is the ZACCI proprietary tool that measures the level of confidence of business executives in the business environment and predicts short term business trends. It simply expresses perceptions on the state of business climate in one figure (index) with 100 points as the median. A BCI […]
Media Response
Kansanshi Mine PLC has sponsored a delegation of business entities on a trade mission to the Democratic Republic Congo in a bid to stimulate trade between the two countries. The mining company has funded a trip of 31 local business entities within the province to visit Lubumbashi on a trade […]
Press Release
In his address to parliament last week on Friday, President Edgar Lungu said the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that the country can form cooperative shops and sell local products internally without hindrance or disdain. He expected the Ministry of Local Government and Commerce to embark on a transformational agenda that […]
Local Business Linkage – ZACCI BUSINESS FORUM
The Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry held a virtual business forum on 10th September, 2020. This was an open forum and participants comprised local businesses including lending institutions, manufacturers and traders that are members of Chambers and associations. The objective of the forum was to create local business linkages […]
Zambian Parliament unanimously adopts report on Single Africa Air Transport
Zambian Parliament yesterday unanimously agreed and adopted a Committee Report on Single African Air Transport Market. The report focuses on the Proposal to ratify the Yamoussoukro Decision Concerning the Single African Air Transport Market. A parliamentary submission which ZACCI made a submission on. Chairperson of the Committee on Transport, Works […]
IMPORT AND EXPORT CONFERENCE – 24TH TO 25 NOVEMBER, 2020
The Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Commerce Trade and Industry (MCTI), in partnership Onelife Communication Events Company is organizing the inaugural virtual Import and Export Conference (IMPEX) to be held in Lusaka, Zambia from 24th to 25th November, 2020. The Event will present a good […]
Preya Sharma named Zambia’s IMF resident representative
International Monetary Fund – IMF has named Preya Sharma as Zambia’s resident representative taking over from Alfredo Baldini who was deployed back to the fund two years ago. Zambia, has had no resident representative for two years which made any IMF engagements bleak until the last week of June after […]
Sweden, UNCDF launch partnership to improve financing for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) have launched a new partnership to solve financing gaps Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) face in Zambia with innovative financial services. According to a press statement issued by UNCDF Communications Consultant Mali Nkhoma, the new […]
Cecilia Zimba’s Historic Win as ZICA President
Congratulations to Cecilia Zimba for her Historic Win as ZICA President THE Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA) has made history as it convened on Saturday, 17th October 2020, for its 38th Annual General Meeting in Livingstone. Mrs Cecilia Zimba has become the first female president of this prestigious and […]