Category: Gender & health

By Derrick Sinjela THE Elizabeth Nkumbula led Workers Compensation Fund Control Board (WCFCB) has signed a three year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Zambia National Commercial Bank (ZANACO) facilitating payments to beneficiaries through the bank’s system. WCFCB Head of Communications and Customer Services Maybin Nkholomba told local media that the Board’s beneficiaries will access their individual funds through Xapit ATM (automated teller machine) cards, proven to be a fast and easy payment solution. As Zambia digitalises her commercial activity, recipients of the WCFCB will benefit from the comparably countrywide ZANACO, which is in all the  ten Zambian provinces, namely; Central,...

View Larger Image Escalating violence, daunting logistical challenges and insufficient funding have prompted the United Nations food relief agency to broaden its emergency operation in the war-ravaged Kasai region in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). To prevent famine in the Kasai region, the World Food Programme (WFP) is stepping-up cash distributions to the most vulnerable, and specialist support to check acute malnutrition in women and young children. “The nutrition and cash programmes are life-saving, and must quickly expand,” Claude Jibidar, WFP’s Representative in DRC, said Friday. Since last week’s cash initiative launch – a cost-efficient alternative to in-kind support...

By Derrick Sinjela Non-Governmental Organisations’ Coordinating Council (NGOCC) Executive Director Executive Director Engwase B. Mwale has congratulated Patriotic Front (PF) Lusaka Central Member of Parliament (MP) Margaret Mh’ango Mwanakatwe on her appoint as Zambia’s Second Female Finance Minister. Stepping into shoes previously worn by former First Female Minister of Finance, Ms. Edith Zewelani Nawakwi, currently serving as Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) President, Ms. Mwale said NGOCC saw Ms. Ms. Mwanakatwe’s appointment as providing an opportunity for women to showcase their unique leadership skills capable of propelling Zambia to greater heights. In a Media Statement circulated by NGOCC Advocacy...