Domestic
Government says it is capable of supplying 1.3 million metric tonnes of maize to the Democratic republic of Congo DRC to meet maize deficit in that country. Read more: Lusaka Times
The implementation of the recently introduced Sales Tax has been differed to September 1, 2019. Initially, Sales Tax was supposed to be implemented starting from July 1, 2019. Read more: Nasdaq
Two private sector associations in Turkey’s furniture manufacturing hub of Kayseri have expressed interest to establish a structured framework of interaction with the Zambian private sector to help boost the trade volume between the two countries. Read more: ZNBC
The Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission -CEEC- says it will create four thousand jobs in Industrial Yards that are being constructed in the seven provinces of the country. Read more: ZNBC
International
Standard Chartered plc extended it digital offering in Africa, adding Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe, to take advantage of growing demand for mobile banking on the continent. Read more: Bloomberg
Russia on Saturday agreed with Saudi Arabia to extend by six to nine months a deal with OPEC on reducing oil production, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. Read more: Africa News
Transport companies are being asked to bid to provide extra freight capacity to be used in the event of a no-deal Brexit on 31 October. Read more: BBC News
Six weeks after Huawei was blacklisted by the US government, President Donald Trump had what the Chinese telecom firm described as a “U-turn.” Trump said Saturday that “US companies can sell their equipment to Huawei,” as long as the transactions won’t present a “great, national emergency problem.” Read more: CNN
Roughly a decade after the global financial crisis, central banks around the world may not have much left in their toolkit to boost the economy, according to the head of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Read more: CNBC