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MPC’s Policy Adjustment to Curb Inflationary Pressures

Bank of Zambia (BoZ). Wednesday 14th February 2024 Picture by Francis Maingaila By Francis Maingaila Lusaka, Zambia24 (14-02-2024) -The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has recently made a significant announcement, increasing the Policy Rate by 150 basis points to 12.5 percent. This decision aims to address the mounting inflationary pressures and ensure that inflation expectations stay within the target band of 6-8 percent. Dr. Danny Kalyalya, Governor of the Bank of Zambia (BoZ), emphasized in a media briefing the influential role central banks play in stabilizing economies during economic turbulence. He highlighted the strategic nature of the MPC’s decision to adjust...

Enact FCTC now, CPCR & TCCZ plead

    By Derrick Sinjela A DAY after resumption of the Second Session of the 13th National Assembly, the Center for Primary Care Research (CPCR) Senior Researcher Richard Zulu and Tobacco Control Consortium of Zambia (TCCZ) Acting Chairperson Albert Phiri held a joint Press Briefing at Lusaka’s Longarces Lodge reiterating a need for the Zambian Government to domesticate the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC) ratified 16 years ago on Friday 23rd May 2008. During an interaction convened by Zambia Media Network Against Tobacco (ZAMNAT) Chairperson Ms. Paxina Phiri, both Mr. Zulu and Mr. Phiri regretted that...

MULTICHOICE REVOLUTIONIZES ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCE IN ZAMBIA WITH LAUNCH OF DStv VIA STREAMING

    Monday, 12th February 2024 Press Release MULTICHOICE REVOLUTIONIZES ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCE IN ZAMBIA WITH LAUNCH OF DStv VIA STREAMING No dish, no installation – Enjoy the best of sports and entertainment from anywhere! Lusaka, Zambia – MultiChoice, Africa’s leading entertainment provider, is proud to announce the introduction of DStv via Streaming to customers across Zambia, offering unparalleled choice, value, and content diversity. This groundbreaking service allows customers to access their favourite entertainment seamlessly without the need for a satellite dish, bringing content directly to their TVs or mobile devices, as long as the devices are connected to the internet....

ZIM’s Mwewa Besa hosts 21-24 May 2024 Annual Consultative &CSR event at Avani Resort

    By Lweendo Kunda Zambia Institute of Marketing (ZIM) Mwewa Besa says a 27th annual conference and Corporate and Social Responsibility (CSR) themed: ‘Elevate-Innovate-Thrive,’ emphasizing innovation, agility, and strategic thinking,‘ will be held from 21st to 24th May 2024 at the Avani Resort in Livingstone, Southern Province. Briefing Zambian Media in Lusaka on Monday, 12th February 2023, Mr. Besa explained that the ZIM annual conference, is always preceded by a CSR event. Launching the 2024 ZIM Indaba, Ms. Lilian Bwalya, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce, Trade, and Industry (MCTI), emphasized the transformational potential once marketers and business professionals...

Zambia: Chieftains, the Clergy and the Constitution

Zambia🇿🇲: Chieftains, the Clergy and the Constitution By Henry Kyambalesa In this article, I wish to answer the following question posed by Fred M’membe of the Socialist Party: “What will be unconstitutional about proposing changes in the law to accommodate policies and ideas that benefit and largely empower our people through their traditional and religious leaders?” 1. Changes to the Republican Constitution must never be made to satisfy the inclinations, or meet the political ambitions, of individual citizens or groups of citizens. 2. Chieftains and the clergy ascend to positions of authority through coronation; they are not elected by the...

REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH PRESS STATEMENT ON THE CHOLERA SITUATION IN ZAMBIA

REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH PRESS STATEMENT ON THE CHOLERA SITUATION IN ZAMBIA (Lusaka – 10TH February, 2024) Fellow citizens, Members of the Press, distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, GOOD MORNING It is a pleasure to be here in Bauleni to engage you all and see how together we can find solutions towards ending cholera in your community and indeed the whole country. We have been fighting this Cholera outbreak that commenced in October 2023 in Lusaka and then spread to all provinces in the country. This outbreak posed a threat to the health security of the nation and...

Critical Thinking coach Darlington Mwendabai on *Critical Thinking Happiness*

February 10, 2024. *Happiness* Many die without knowing who and what they are. Invest in Critical Thinking to understand who and what you are. To help understand who and what you are, *the Darlington Mwendabai 2017 model of critical thinking* has been formulated based on the Biblical creation principles found in Genesis 1. It works with the aid of *The Darlington Mwendabai 2017 Self-Mirror Analysis tool* which helps to understand self. When you know who and what are you, smiles abounds as your self high esteem becomes your noam. To boost your self awareness, list seven good things about you....

Critical Thinking Coach Darlington Mwendabai talks *Critical Thinking Breakfast* JOY

*Critical Thinking Breakfast* February 8,2024 *Joy* Joy is one of the ingredients of Happiness you should master. Joy is 1a: the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires: DELIGHT b: the expression or exhibition of such emotion : GAIETY 2: a state of happiness or felicity : BLISS 3: a source or cause of delight. Joy can also be the emotion of great delight or happiness caused by something exceptionally good or satisfying; keen pleasure; elation. Joy is a source or cause of keen pleasure or delight; something or someone...

U.S. Government Delivers First Shipment of Injectable PrEP to Zambia

EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA LUSAKA, ZAMBIA ================================================================================= NR1343/2/9/2024 CONTACT: Phil Dimon FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Public Affairs Officer . Friday tyFebruary 9, 2024 Email: DimonPM@state.gov U.S. Government Delivers First Shipment of Injectable PrEP to Zambia Zambia is the first country in Africa to offer Cabotegravir Long Acting for HIV prevention outside of a study setting LUSAKA – Today, February 9, the United States government delivered to Zambia the first shipment of injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medicine for HIV prevention, making Zambia the second country in the world (after the United States) to offer injectable PrEP outside of a...

Exercise apps do not meet older people’s needs

Exercise apps do not meet older people’s needs UOC News 8 February 2024 Exercise apps do not meet older people’s needs A team of researchers at the hospital Parc Sanitari Pere Virgili and the UOC university analysed 15 apps to determine their usefulness for improving the online prescription of physical exercise Only one of the applications they analysed is backed by scientific evidence supporting its use by frail people In a context in which physical exercise is considered a key factor in healthy ageing, a group of researchers led by the physiotherapist at the Parc Sanitari Pere Virgili health complex...

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