By Derrick Sinjela and Simon Banda Economic Front (EF) Spokesperson, Humphrey Kabwe is appealing to the United Party for National Development (UPND) Administration to immediately reverse the recent increment of toll gate charges, mobile money transaction charges and the automatic increment of electricity tariffs which was effected on Monday, 1st January, 2024. Mr Kabwe says these increments continue to negatively affect the costs of living and production thus causing more hardship on the already suffering citizens. Kabwe says it is unacceptable, retrogressive and being heartless to hike toll gate charges for truck’s to K1,250 from K500. “These increments of toll...

  Unleashing the Power of Innovation at ICRISAT: Advancing Crop Breeding with Breakthrough Technologies A quantum leap in crop breeding speed, precision, and savings on labor costs is possible with the latest phenotyping technologies available at ICRISAT. Breeders can now aim for agile research pipelines that respond to a rapidly changing climate. Climate change has accelerated rapidly in the past decade, putting the survival of vulnerable communities in semi-arid tropics at risk.To support food sustainability for a growing global population, research organizations worldwide face the challenge of developing climate-adapted crops and doubling crop improvement rates by 2030.Developing crop varieties is...

KAWAMBWA TOWN COUNCIL GIVES OUT 7.3 MILLION KWACHA TO BENEFICIARIES UNDER THE 2023 LOANS EMPOWERMENT COMPONENT By Kashi Joel Norman,                  Public Relations Officer,               Phone: 0977941841,                    Website: www.Kawambwacouncil@gov.zm 22/01/2024 Press Release Government through the Kawambwa Town Council has given out a total of Seven Million, Three Hundred Twenty Seven Thousand, Four Hundred Fifty Eight Kwacha (K7, 327,458.00) to 40 beneficiaries under the 2023 Constituency Development Fund (CDF) loans empowerment component. Kawambwa Central Constituency has seen 20 business groups...

…equipping vulnerable youths with skills for sustenance By Mwenya Mukuka He clanks on the pedal of his sewing machine in a rush against time to finish a piece of apparel for his client. In his eyes, a razor sharp focus on every stitch while his fingers so nimbly guides the Chitenge material along the machine in a symmetrical manner. Emmanuel Kangwa, 19 of Lusaka’s Kamanga Compound is steadily gaining the trust of his neighborhood to design elegant dresses and to creatively mend their torn clothes, locally known as “vigamba”. About five years ago, this could have simply been a farfetched...