Guest Diggers

Last week we covered what interest rates are, their types and essence to the broader economy. In this week’s edition of Monday Opinion, we explain why the proposed Government recapitalization of state-owned banks isnot a […]

This edition attempts to clarify what interest rates are, their types and essence to the broader economy. Interest rates are a very imperative measure of the healthiness of the economy and a key macroeconomic variable […]

In last week’s Monday opinion, I presented the topic on mining revenue sharing in terms of the current legal and policy provisions that back its formulation and implementation in Zambia. In today’s Monday opinion I […]

Globally there has been an exponential rise in the use of digital technology. The information that individuals put into the digital space has now been commoditised. We see personal information being processed, used and transmitted […]

Democracy recognises that the voices of the marginalised in society matter; and therefore that the representation of those voices also matters. With the presentation of the Constitution Amendment Bill No. 10 of 2019 or Bill […]

In this Monday opinion, I draw your attention to the topic of Mining Revenue Sharing. Firstly, I will give a detailed description of what this constitutes. Lastly, I will proceed to discuss the current legal […]

IN MARCH 2021, government introduced into the National Assembly, the Electoral Process (Amendment) Bill No. 30 of 2021. The Bill seeks to, among other things, penalise the announcement and declaration of election results without lawful […]

Dear Mr Jobbicks Kalumba, SUBJECT: Using scholl production units as a model for fisheries and livestock development for Zambia Allow me to start by acknowledging and appreciating your good work, values and passion you have […]

In my previous Monday Opinion, I argued wheat can be a wonder crop that can deliver gains at different points despite continued neglect in policy and practice. I ended on an optimistic note that sector […]

In this feature, I use the wheat sub-sector in Zambia to show that despite all the rhetoric about sector diversification, agriculture as a whole is still a neglected sector. Previous Governments, including the current Patriotic […]