Domestic
Agriculture Minister Michael Katambo has urged millers who have accessed maize from the Food Reserve Agency-FRA- to immediately reduce mealie meal prices. Read more: ZNBC
President Edgar Lungu says Zambia needs to open new areas of cooperation with Angola as a way of enhancing trade. Read more: Lusaka Times
The Zambia Chamber of Mines has described the production challenges faced by several mining companies as effects of the newly implemented new tax regime which it had objected at inception. Read more: Lusaka Times
The green energy subsidiary of Italian energy giant Enel has begun operations at a 34-megawatt (MW) solar plant in Zambia. Read more: CNBC
International
Kenya’s inflation increased to 6.58 percent in April, the highest rate in 12 months. Read more: MSN
National carrier Kenya Airways has reported US$75 million in loses for the twelve months period that came to a close in December 2018. Read more: MSN
President Donald Trump has stepped up his criticism of the US Federal Reserve and called for the central bank to cut interest rates by 1%. Read more: BBC
Central banks have created an environment where both major downturns as well as expansions are almost impossible. Read more: CNBC