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ZBT

Our Vision Our vision is to provide financial enlightenment to our audience and readers. Our Mission Our mission is to provide a platform for sharing financial and business knowledge which breaks down the linkage of Global events to the African region, down to the Zambian local context and where applicable, vice-versa. To explore how global and local events impact the common man, the national & the regional economy at large. This in turn will facilitate financially informed & sound decision making by our audience. Our responsibilities ‎ ‎Our responsibility as a news media to inform the public accurately, in the process serving the majority public interest. Below are our core responsibilities: ‎ ‎Be Independent ‎ ‎We will operate free from political or commercial influence to maintain credibility and trust. We will report facts truthfully and do our very best to verify information before publishing. ‎ ‎Hold power to account ‎ ‎We will hold government, big businesses, and powerful individuals accountable by investigating wrongdoing and exposing corruption. ‎ ‎Financial journalism ‎ ‎We will focus on reporting, analyzing, and explaining economic, business, and financial matters to the public, helping our audience to understand how money, markets, and policies affect their lives and decisions. ‎ ‎Educate the public ‎ We will help our audience to understand complex issues with a business and financial lens. Our content pillars will include companies, markets, mining, agri-business, real estate, technology, lifestyle and sport. ‎ ‎Promote public debate ‎ ‎We will provide a platform for discussion, encouraging diverse opinions and healthy democratic dialogue. We will cover multiple sides of a story, giving our audience a well-rounded understanding. We will call for accountability, transparency and merit based decisioning which are key areas of democratic development.  

Our values

Our content will be sieved through the lens of the best in class local and international practices thereby enable looking at events and news using the triangulation model. We will endeavor to give unbiased and well rounded views.

The world is constantly in a state of flux, fast paced and full of uncertainties. We will seek to explore the opportunities and view the challenges as areas to apply innovative thinking to realise opportunities that abound behind them.

We will seek to be respectful as per the national culture and customs of Zambia but in so doing we will tell events as they are, will call a spade a spade and not a big spoon. We will not shy away from discussing ‘the elephant in the room’.

Our publications will be our best endeavour to harness the power of our minds, will be well researched and wherever  possible, quantified. Our content will be our best effort to analyse, to break down complex ideas to aid our readers in making logical and informed decisions

Advisory Board

To guide the establishment and governance of Zambia Business Times (ZBT), we have an advisory board comprising of both locally and internationally recognized, experienced and grounded business, investments and media personalities. Below are our board advisors

Fr. Joe is a diocesan priest trained through the diocesan minor Seminary at Franciscan centre in Ndola, then Mpima and St. Dominic’s major seminary for Philosophical and Theological studies. He has also worked as Chaplain at the workers Pastoral centre in Kitwe, and as Director of the Zambia Episcopal Conference at the Catholic Secretariat in Lusaka. He still serves as Director of the catholic Centre for Justice Development and Peace. He is renowned to have run a widely followed column with then Zambia’s leading private newspaper, the Post, from 1999 to 2004. Fr. Joe holds a BA degree in Theology (Urbaniana), an MA degree in Sociology (Louvain). He is currently the Secretary General of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM)

Malcolm’s specialities are Venture Capital, Private Equity, selling strategy and negotiation skills. He has a degree in Applied Physics, and is member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. He spent 25 years in the food sector, covering flour milling, feed milling, milk, cheese, fresh chicken and prepared foods. His role for the last 12 years in this sector was that of CEO of large, international enterprises. Recently, He has become involved with the Venture Capital sector, and has acted as CEO, Chairman and most recently Non Exec Directorship roles in the internet space. Malcolm also serves as a visiting professor & fellow of the Manchester Business School

Donald is the Founder and Managing Director of the Zambian Business Times - ZBT, Zambia's leading & innovative business news media company with interests in various media spaces. He has led the Zambian Business Times team in developing a specialized business media company with a reach of over 2 million people per month across its various distribution channels that include an upgraded and cutting age website, social media handles (facebook, linkedIn, X, what's app, Tik Tok), email, videos, podcast and print. He is an ex-banker having held Director & Senior Management positions in Digital Banking, Retail Banking, Commercial Banking & Corporate Banking. He has also worked in a multinational professional services firm providing audit & assurance services. His other work experience has been in Telecoms and Mobile Money sector with Senior and Board level responsibilities. He holds a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from Copperbelt University, a fellow & qualified Chartered Accountant and holds a Master of Business Administration - MBA from Manchester Business school - UK. Donald has worked in his home country Zambia as well as undertaken both short & long term international work assignments in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda, Congo DR, Ghana, UAE and India.