Category: Gender & health

The Youth of Zambia, Inheriting Uncertainty or Opportunity? Written by Lawrence Nacidze, B.A Economics with business administration, A research fellow at Impact Center for Policy and Research. In Zambia, a nation’s pulse is measured by the rhythm of its youth. They stand at a crossroads between uncertainty and opportunity. The land beneath their feet, a symbol of potential, is mired in policies that often fail to address their needs. Zambia’s youth, vibrant and eager, are the backbone of tomorrow’s society. But the land, their most valuable asset, is entangled in a web of outdated policies and practices. The National Lands...

Energy: ‘ASCENT, Comesa’s Game Changer’-Kapwepwe …….. ‘will transform and improve the livelihoods of women, our citizens’ 6 June. Lusaka (Zambia Informer) —–The ‘Energy MasterCard’, Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation (ASCENT) conference closed its door in Lusaka, Thursday, with a ray of hope for revolutionalising the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa). After 30-years of existence-having transitioned from the Preferential Trade Area (PTA) which had existed from the earlier days of 1981 as a Regional Economic Bloc-to promote regional integration through trade and the development of natural and human resources for the mutual benefit of all people...