By Phil Dimon Public Affairs Officer COINCIDING with World Earth Day 2022, the United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), launched the Eastern Kafue Nature Alliance in collaboration with private sector partners Kashikoto Conservancy Limited and Amatheon AGRI Zambia Limited on Friday, 22nd April, 2022.   Implemented by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and supported with a $10 million grant from USAID, the Eastern Kafue Nature Alliance brings public, private, and civil society actors together with local communities to address threats to biodiversity in and around the eastern side of Zambia’s Kafue National Park.   The Greater Kafue...

After picking up in February, growth in global economic activity eased during the month of March 2022 with the J.P Morgan composite PMI shedding 0.8 points to a 2-month low of 52.7 in show of the negative effects of the Russo-Ukrainian war. The war hit both domestic and export demand with the latter contracting at a 20-month high rate. Slowing demand notwithstanding, inflationary pressure continued to escalate while outstanding business orders accumulated at a quicker rate and thus forcing firms to enhance the pace of hiring labour. In view of the Russo-Ukrainian war occasioning a surge in commodity prices, hampering...