Fri, 18 Aug 2017 11:20:51 +0000 By Buumba Chimbulu OVER 15, 000 companies have been registered by the Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) between January and July 2017 against 13,945 businesses registered during the same period in 2016. PACRA public relations officer, Vaida Njovu, said they recorded an increased number of registrations in agriculture, forestry, and fishing, followed by mining, quarrying, manufacturing and electricity. Ms. Njovu said PACRA in the first seven months of the year registered 15,910 businesses of which about 10, 057 were business names, 5,810 local companies and 43 were foreign companies. She said in an interview in Lusaka that most registrations were in wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles as well as motorcycles. “In terms of business registrations, from 2016 January to July, we registered about 13,945 businesses; these included 8,495 business names, 5,416 local companies and 34 foreign companies,” she said. Ms. Njovu said explained that since […]
