Category: Business

Zambia’s edible oil export potential cheers Edgar Chagwa Lungu

Zambia’s edible oil export potential cheers Edgar Chagwa Lungu

By Idah Banda Musakanya in Lusaka, Zambia, Southern Africa PRESIDENT Edgar Chagwa Lungu is confident that the Zambia is posed to be major exporter of edible oils and other products from cotton, soya beans and maize following the relaunch and commissioning of ZAMANITA reaffirmed. ZAMANITA plant which is now owned by the export trading group and the Parrogate group of companies has invested about 35 million United States dollars to resume operations at ZAMANITA and restore the plant to its former glory and even better. The group of companies has invested about 35 million United States dollars to resume operations...

Dr. Nevers Sekwila Mumba flags off New Hope Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) Convention

By Staff Reporter NEW Hope Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) President Dr. Nevers Sekwila Mumba yesterday gave the roadmap for the long awaited MMD Convention. Dr. Mumba who was in the Company of Party Vice President Mr. Reuben Sambo, Party National Chairperson Winnie Zaloumis, Party National Secretary Hon. Elizabeth Chitika and other Senior MMD leaders, yesterday met hundreds of Lusaka District and Constituency MMD Officials at Matero Community Hall. Party National Secretary Hon Elizabeth Chitika said that the MMD has hit the road running. “We have heard some people say that the MMD is dead. Can a dead party have...

A Book Review Title: Adventures In Zambian Politics – A story in Black and White Author: Guy LindsayScott

A Book Review Title: Adventures In Zambian Politics – A story in Black and White Author: Guy Scott Number of Pages: 251 Publisher: Lynne Reiner Publishers Inc Price: ZMK450 (Hard Cover) Year: 2019 It is probably the first book that discloses the sickness of Zambia’s fifth President Michael Chilufya Sata and the political shenanigans that took place behind closed doors. Guy Scott, a putative close friend of Sata, takes the reader inside the presidential bedroom where he found Sata very sick and bedridden and yet the nation, including himself as Vice President, was not told. “I plonked myself down in...

Dag Hammarskjöld Fund for Journalists for 2020 fellowship program – application deadline is March 6, 2020

DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD FUND FOR JOURNALISTS 132 East 43rd Street, No. 457 New York, NY  10017 917-577-4568 │www.unjournalismfellowship.org __________________ APPLICATIONS INVITED FOR JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIPS AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS New York, NY.  The Dag Hammarskjöld Fund for Journalists is now accepting applications from professional journalists for its 2020 fellowship program. The application deadline is March 6, 2020. The fellowships are available to radio, television, print and web journalists, age 25 to 35, who are interested in coming to New York to report on international affairs during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly during the opening 10 weeks.  Travel and...

University of Zambia (UNZA) and National Savings and Credit (NATSAVE) Bank partner in climate change mitigation drive – “Plant a Tree” Campaign

University of Zambia (UNZA) and National Savings and Credit (NATSAVE) Bank partner in climate change mitigation drive – “Plant a Tree” Campaign

By: Brenda Bukowa (Ms.) Head – Communication and Marketing, University of Zambia (UNZA) …and Patricia Luhanga (Ms.) Manager – Public Relations National Savings and Credit Bank (NATSAVE) LUSAKA, Thursday 13th February, 2020 – The University of Zambia (UNZA) and the National Savings and Credit (NATSAVE) Bank have partnered in efforts aimed at mitigating climate change. Global warming has been described as the greatest threat facing humanity with potential to cause significant climate change with dire consequences for humanity and the environment. It is against this background that the two partners have taken measures to reduce the negative effects of climate change....

Press Statement on the Commemoration of World Radio “Radio and Diversity”. 

By Fr. Winfield Kunda Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB)-Communications Director Wednesday 12th February 2020 Radio has continued to be a critical source of information for many in society as it commands a lot of following due its ease accessibility. Indeed, it is a medium that has that capacity to reach out the widest audience and it can shape a society’s experience of diversity. Radio can stand as an arena for all voices to speak out, be represented and heard. If put into good use, radio stations should serve diverse communities, offering a wide variety of programs, viewpoints and content,...

World Radio Day: Supporting radio stations to promote diversity in Southern Africa

By: Vusumuzi Sifile Executive Director, Panos Institute Southern Africa (PSAf) Email: general@panos.org.zm, Tel: +260978778148/9 Lusaka, 12 February 2020: To commemorate World Radio Day 2020, Panos Institute Southern Africa calls on radio stations in the region to provide platforms for a diversity of voices and viewpoints, covering diverse development issues and actors, and targeting diverse audiences. Since its proclamation in 2011, and adoption as an International Day by the United Nations General Assembly the following year, World Radio Day is commemorated annually on 13th February. This year, the commemorations are held under the theme “Radio and Diversity”. Panos views this theme as...

Republic of Zambia Ministry of Finance (MoF) Ministerial Statement on the State of the Economy by Honourable Dr. Bwalya K.E Ng’andu, MP, Minister of Finance

Republic of Zambia MINISTRY OF FINANCE MINISTERIAL STATEMENT ON THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY BY HONOURABLE DR. BWALYA K.E NG’ANDU, MP, MINISTER OF FINANCE Wednesday 12th February 2020 BRIEF ON THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY BY DR. BWALYA K.E NG’ANDU, MP, MINISTER OF FINANCE, FEBRUARY, 2020 1. Introductory Remarks 1.1 I wish to thank you for joining me and my team for this press briefing. 1.2 We last had this interaction in July 2019. At that time, I highlighted what my priorities would be with respect to economic management and governance. I therefore, wish to provide an update to the nation...

Meet Dr. Bwalya Ng’andu – New Minister of Finance

Meet Dr. Bwalya Ng’andu – New Minister of Finance

Meet Dr. Bwalya Ng’andu – New Minister of Finance. By https://www.zambiaembassy.org.tr/news/60/meet-dr-bwalya-ng-andu—new-minister-of-finance Before being appointed Minister of Finance, Dr. Bwalya Ng’andu was the Deputy Governor in charge of Operations and Registrar of Banks and Financial Institutions. Prior to joining the Bank, he served as a senior executive in various organisations among them as Managing Director of the Development Bank of Zambia, Managing Director of the National Savings and Credit Bank, Managing Director of International Capital Corporation, Director General of the Zambia Investment Centre, Project Manager with the United Nations Office for Project Services, Associate Director with Coopers and Lybrand, Director of Personnel...

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