Africa Watch

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

On September 28, 2015, the Kwacha slipped 20% against the US dollar. It had started the day trading at K10 to the dollar and closed at K12. ...

About two weeks ago, the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) announced that a preliminary assessment had uncovered tax irregularities involving ...

Like many people, I was shocked yesterday to learn that Antonio Mwanza , the fiery spokesperson for the Forum for Democracy and Development ...

On September 8th, President Edgar Lungu commissioned construction works for the new Lusaka-Ndola Dual Carriageway . The plans to increase ca...

President Edgar Lungu has started constituting his cabinet. On Wednesday he announced Felix Mutati as the new Minister of Finance. Mr. Mutat...