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December 22, 2023

BRRA Executive Director Sharon Sichilongo commends BoZ’s Regulatory Impact Assessment

By Derrick Sinjela In fulfilling one of its objectives of promoting a conducive business regulatory environment, the Business Regulatory Review Agency (BRRA) is conducting a Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) engagement with the Bank of Zambia. This Regulatory Impact Assessment move follows the Bank of Zambia’s ,(BoZ) notification to BRRA on the proposed review of the National Payment Systems Act of 2007. The objective of the legislative review is to improve clarity of the law, refine the oversight and control mechanisms and provide for resilience of payment systems in the National Payment Systems Sector. It will also provide for emerging issues...

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December 22, 2023

First National Bank (FNB) Zambia Limited appoint Kapumpe Chola as first female CEO

By Derrick Sinjela First National Bank (FNB) Zambia Limited Board Chairperson Richard Mazombwe announced the appointment of Ms. Kapumpe Chola as the Bank’s new first female Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective Monday, 1st February 2024, taking over from Mr. Bydon Longwe who has been leading the Bank since July 2020. While, Mr. Longwe is taking on a new role at FirstRand Group in South Africa, Ms. Kapumpe Chola with over 26 years of banking experience both within and outside the Zambian market has been serving as Country Director – Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) in Botswana, following her role as Head...

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December 15, 2023

E-SAFF CALLS FOR NON-STATE ACTORS INCREASED COLLABORATION TO BOOST AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION

By HAPPY MULOLANI  Zambia has achieved remarkable strides in the agriculture sector from 6.9 percent in 2019 to 7.9 percent in 2020-2021. A Consultant on Regional Integration from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Shadreck Saili, cited the operationalisation of the Southern Africa Development Community’s Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) which is in tandem with the Eighth National Development (8NDP), as a unique model which has contributed to attaining some of the achievements as indicated in the third quarter report in 2023. Speaking during a stakeholders meetings on Enhancing the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Regional National Linkages (SRNL) strengthening...

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December 14, 2023

Zambia’s ‘Kachasu’ illicit alcohol brew time-bomb worries CPCR’s Prof. Fastone Matthew Goma

…as Gary Chilala Nkombo backs an alcohol-free Zambia By Derrick Sinjela and Simon Banda A Study on the Public Health Impact of the consumption of illicit alcohol in Zambia by the Centre for Primary Care Research (CPCR) laments that seventy-one percent (71%) of all alcohol consumed is illicit. Nostalgic, CPCR Director Professor Fastone Matthew Goma recollected that a nagging alcoholism had in the past compelled former First Republican President, the late Dr. Kenneth David Buchizya Kaunda to contemplate resigning as Head of State. In a story published by the New York Times on Saturday 3rd June, 1974, President Kaunda threatened...

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December 12, 2023

CPCR’s Dr. Cosmas Zyambo unveils a ‘PIONEERING Study’ on the Public Health impacts of the Harmful Consumption of illicit Alcohol in Zambia

…’Low-cost, high-ABV illicit spirits pose the highest risks to the health and safety of Zambian society’. By Derrick Sinjela On Wednesday, 29th November, 2023, the Centre for Primary Care Research (CPCR) released the results of the first study on the public health impact of the consumption of illicit alcohol in Zambia at a special event held on the sidelines of the Conference for Public Health in Africa (CPHIA). Representing CPCR, Dr. Cosmas Zyambo, a senior lecturer at the School of Public Health and presenting said the groundbreaking study provides appropriate data that has long been missing from policy and programmatic...

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December 8, 2023

Illicit Alcohol_Fact Sheet FINAL_28.11.23 Print (1)-1 Zambia

  Illicit   ……   Zambia’s ‘Kachasu’ illicit alcohol brew time-bomb worries CPCR’s Prof. Fastone Matthew Goma …as Gary Chilala Nkombo backs an alcohol-free Zambia By Derrick Sinjela and Simon Banda A Study on the Public Health Impact of the consumption of illicit alcohol in Zambia by the Centre for Primary Care Research (CPCR) laments that seventy-one percent (71%) of all alcohol consumed is illicit. Nostalgic, CPCR Director Professor Fastone Matthew Goma recollected that a nagging alcoholism had in the past compelled former First Republican President, the late Dr. Kenneth David Buchizya Kaunda to contemplate resigning as Head of State....

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November 12, 2023

Remembrance Day Palestine protest: Explosives hurled at police with 126 arrested

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November 12, 2023

Zambian MPs Fine-Tune Focus on Community Health

By MoH Media Team DEFENSE Minister AMBROSE LIFUMA says social accountability plays a pivotal role in strengthening community health. Speaking at a Saturday 11th November 2023 Orientation Meeting for Parliamentarians on Community Health, in Chongwe District of Lusaka Province, Mr LIFUMA who is the Coalition for African Parliamentarians (CAHPA) Chairperson challenged Members of Parliament that their role went beyond representing constituencies. “It entails being accountable for effective delivery of health services. By actively engaging with our constituents, listening to their concerns, and ensuring transparency in our action. We can build trust and foster a sense of ownership in our communities,”...

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November 11, 2023

SPEECH DELIVERED BY MS. TILAMAZUWA PHIRI, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, AFRICAN RIVERS DURING THE YOUTH CLIMATE ADAPTATION LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUM AGENDA ORGANISED BY GAYO IN LUSAKA Friday 10th November, 2023

SPEECH DELIVERED BY MS. TILAMAZUWA PHIRI, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, AFRICAN RIVERS DURING THE YOUTH CLIMATE ADAPTATION LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUM AGENDA ORGANISED BY GAYO IN LUSAKA Friday 10th November, 2023 Let me recognise the presence of the Guest of Honour, His Excellency, Mr. Ashuk Kumar, Management of GAYO, Friends from the Media, and May I simply say Ladies and Gentlemen, Today is a special day for us at African Rivers because we join fellow warriors, the youth, in the fight against climate change and securing a better shared future for our generation. The fight against climate change and its associated negative externalities...

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