Wednesday 31 January 2024

Migrated My Blogging to Substack

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 Hello Readers, Just a note to say I have migrated by blogging to substack where all my posts will be published. My url on substack is gchel...
Tuesday 11 July 2023

In Zambia's debt deal, what was the point of the Common Framework?

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By Grieve Chelwa Close to three weeks ago, the Zambian government announced  that they'd finally reached an agreement with official cred...
Wednesday 7 September 2022

IMF Deal: Cry, My Beloved Zambia

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By Grieve Chelwa The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday published the conditions attached to the newly agreed programme with the Z...
Tuesday 30 August 2022

Skepticism with securing the BoZ Governor's Tenure

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Last week, it was widely reported that president Hakainde Hichilema had signed into Law the Bank of Zambia Act of 2022 . The new law replac...
Wednesday 20 January 2021

Some initial thoughts on the Mopani Deal

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 Yesterday, Minister of Mines Richard Musukwa announced that the Zambian government had decided to fully take-over Mopani Copper Mines (MCM)...
Thursday 15 October 2020

The "Truth" About Zambia's Debt

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 Zambian social media platforms, especially WhatsApp groups, were very active yesterday sharing and discussing the publication of the World ...
Thursday 5 December 2019

Problems with Central Bank's take on Bill 10

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Readers of this blog will recall that in July I raised concerns  about a proposed amendment to the functions of the Bank of Zambia (BoZ). Th...
Wednesday 18 September 2019

Electricity tariff hikes will harm the poor

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Zambia is once again experiencing crippling power outages with load-shedding of at least 6 hours a day in many parts of the country. The la...
Monday 16 September 2019

Yes, debt payments are high and rising

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This past Friday president Lungu delivered his annual address to the National Assembly. The address is meant to provide policy guidance for ...
Monday 15 July 2019

A curtailment of the Central Bank's powers?

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Like everyone else, I have been reading through the draft of Zambia's 2019 Constitution Amendment Bill .  The Bill, which is yet to be t...
Wednesday 5 June 2019

Audio: Panel on the AfCFTA at the Norwegian Council for Africa

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Last week Wednesday, I was part of a panel discussion in Oslo organized by the Norwegian Council for Africa on the prospects of the African...
Thursday 23 May 2019

Audio: Sishuwa Sishuwa at the University of Cape Town

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This past Wednesday, Dr. Sishuwa Sishuwa of the University of Zambia gave a lecture at the University of Cape Town's Graduate School of...
Thursday 7 February 2019

Audio: Goodwell Mateyo at the University of Cape Town

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This past Tuesday, the  Graduate School of Business at the University of Cape Town  hosted  Goodwell Mateyo  as part of our  Distinguished ...
Sunday 30 September 2018

Is the re-introduction of a sales tax a good idea?

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[ This post has greatly benefitted from conversations with Mwansa Mushinge on the practical aspects of the VAT ] This past Friday, the Mi...
Wednesday 19 September 2018

How important is foreign "assistance" to Zambia?

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Yesterday Zambians woke to the news that the United Kingdom had frozen aid funding to the country. This follows allegations of corruption a...