Entries by pmrc

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Blog -The Enabling Business of Agriculture – Towards a Successful Agricultural Sector for Zambia

Agriculture and agribusiness play an important role in the Zambian economy, contributing around 20 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in recent years and about 12 percent of national export earnings. Agriculture employs nearly 70 percent of the labor force and remains the main source of income and employment for most of the people living […]

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BLOG – Successful Implementation of the Economic Recovery Plan Anchoring on the Successes and Lessons Learnt from the Implementation of the Seventh National Development Plan

Zambia has developed an ambitious Economic Recovery Plan (ERP) to provide a clear roadmap of strategic policy actions and enablers to revive the economy and put it back on a sustainable development path. The ERP has set out a broad strategic intent, and areas of focus to be implemented for the period 2020-2023 that includes […]

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BLOG – Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Investment Holdings (ZCCM-IH )100% acquisition of Mopani Copper Mines (MCM)

On Tuesday the 19th of January 2021, the Zambian Government, through its mining investment arm Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Investment Holdings (ZCCM-IH), completed the 100% acquisition of Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) following its negotiations with Glencore Corporation. In April 2020, Glencore Corporation had announced its intention to place the mine under care and maintenance sighting […]

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BLOG – The Commemoration of the 2021 International Women’s Day under the theme- Women in Leadership- Achieving an Equal Future in a COVID-19 World

The 2021 commemorations of International Women’s Day are like no other. As Zambia makes its way through a devastating pandemic that has shown no discrimination in its effects, there is a chance to reactivate the issue of exclusion and marginalization of women and girls. COVID-19 has delivered home some hard truths: in the social space, […]