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June 2, 2023

New ICRISAT-FAO Partnership to Support Saudi Arabia’s Quest for Boosting Cereal Production


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New ICRISAT-FAO Partnership to Support Saudi Arabia’s Quest for Boosting Cereal Production Media Release The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have joined forces to enhance the productivity of millet and sesame crops in Saudi Arabia.This collaboration, which supports the desert nation’s ambitions toward achieving greater advancement in food production, will also promote economic diversification, conservation, and the use and application of digital tools to tackle unique challenges in the face of limited natural resources, particularly water. Despite only 3% of the agricultural land being irrigated by rainfall, the...

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June 1, 2023

Consumers to save K1.5bn from fuel price drop, says Dr. Johnstone Chikwanda


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Since April this year fuel pump prices have been steadily falling and this will lead to petroleum products consumers saving an accumulated K1.5billion, reports *Francis Lungu* . Giving an analysis on the downward trend of fuel pump prices observed in the last three months, international energy expert Johnstone Chikwanda says in the month of April alone, the reduction in petroleum products prices resulted in consumers saving about K940million. This was followed by another K164millon saved due to the drop of prices in May, according to Dr Chikwanda. “For June the consumers will be saved K400 million. So by end of...

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May 31, 2023

ATCA calls on African governments to collaborate in helping tobacco farmers shift to food crops


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  AS THE world commemorates the World No Tobacco Day which is annually observed on May 31, the African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) is calling on African governments to collaborate with the non-state actors in finding alternatives for tobacco farmers, reports *Francis Lungu* . This year’s World No Tobacco Day is being held around the theme “We need food, not tobacco,” to emphasize on the importance of farmers shifting from tobacco cultivation to food crops. Leading in the collaboration with the civil society and international organisations to promote better alternatives for tobacco farmers is the Kenyan government, which ATCA says...

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May 28, 2023

Moldovan opposition accuses President Sandu of power usurpation and corruption


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In Moldova the internal confrontation between the current government of Maia Sandu, the political opposition and the national minorities oppressed by Chisinau deepens. Against the background of the economic and energy catastrophe to which this post-Soviet republic has been exposed as a result of the activities of pro-Western politicians, the country is threatened by the separation of another national autonomy and the development of protests by supporters of opposition parties. In addition to regular rallies and speeches across the country by the Shor party whose leaders are subjected to systematic persecution by the ruling regime’s security services and police, on...

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May 19, 2023

HH hailed for measures to reduce cumbersome investment licencing procedure


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HH hailed for measures to reduce cumbersome investment licencing procedure* The private sector has expressed gratitude at President Hakainde Hichilema’s pronounced measures and commitment to reducing the lengthy and cumbersome regulatory approval process for investment licenses, reports *Francis Lungu* . President Hichilema made an undertaking that his new dawn government will ensure that protracted procedures in obtaining various investment permits in the country are considerably reduced. Speaking at State House on May 17, 2023 during a press briefing, the head of State said there is need to reduce the time for investment approval in order to enhance attraction for Foreign...

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May 18, 2023

HH challenges opposition for alternative policies if they have any!


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  REPUBLICAN President Hakainde Hichilema has dared the opposition, especially the previous regime of the Patriotic Front (PF) to offer alternatives if they have any to the new dawn government that has embarked on a robust and ambitious economic recovery trajectory, reports *Francis Lungu* . President Hichilema outlined an array of assortment of social, economical and transformation programmes his new dawn government has initiated since assuming office in August 2021. The Head of State said the United Party for National Development (UPND) government has embarked on a journey to transform people’s lives from both social and economic front. Speaking during...

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May 18, 2023

World Tourism Organisation’s Zurab Pololikashvili marketing Zambia’s hospitality Investment


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World Tourism Organisation’s Zurab Pololikashvili marketing Zambia’s hospitality Investment By DERRICK SINJELA WORLD Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Secretary General Zurab Pololikashvili is assuring Minister of Tourism Rodney Malindi Sikumba of a pledge to facilitate platforms enabling Zambia to market her key investment areas to drive its hospitality agenda for economic diversification and growth, leading to sustainable jobs and wealth creation. The pronouncement was made when Mr. Sikumba, held high level bilateral talks with the UNWTO SG Pololikashvili on the side-lines of the 118th Executive Council currently underway in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Mr. Pololikashvili reaffirmed the organisation’s commitment to support Zambia...

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May 18, 2023

US $25 million Ndola Cancer Treatment Center construction cheers Sylvia Tembo-Masebo


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US $25 million Ndola Cancer Treatment Center construction cheers Sylvia Tembo-Masebo …as AVIC International pledges to deliver project within 12 months By DERRICK SINJELA Health Minister Ms. Sylvia Tembo-Masebo is worried that Zambia confirms on an annual basis 13,800 new cancer cases. Speaking in Lusaka on Wednesday, 17th May, 2023 before witnessing the signing of the contract to construct Ndola Cancer Treatment Center (NCTC) in Zambia’s Copperbelt Province, granted to AVIC International, Ms. Tembo-Masebo explained that of 13,800 new cancer cases, 3,000 new cases are seen at the Cancer Diseases Hospital (CDH) which is the only fourth level, national referral...

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May 17, 2023

ZAMBIA’S ZOWA NGWIRA TO STAR IN NETFLIX ANIMATED SERIES


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  Dingindaba Jonah Buyoya   By Dingindaba Jonah Buyoya Zambia’s burgeoning entertainment industry has hit a major milestone with Zambian actress Zowa Ngwira securing a prominent role in the highly anticipated Netflix teens animated series – Supa Team 4. Created by Zambian writer Mulenga Mulendema, the show is a collaboration between South African production company Triggerfish Animation Studios and British company CAKE. The groundbreaking series is set to make history as the first-ever Netflix animated production to be developed in Africa. Supa Team 4 takes viewers on a thrilling adventure in the neo-futuristic city of Lusaka, Zambia, where four talented...

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May 17, 2023

Govt on track to increase access to electricity-energy expert Johnstone Chikwanda


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*Govt on track to increase access to electricity-energy expert* The energy sector is in safe pair of hands going by increased Constituency Development Fund (CDF) by the new dawn government which has a component of rolling out electricity connectivity to rural areas, reports *Francis Lungu.* An internationally renowned energy expert, Johnstone Chikwanda has observed that the upsurge in the annual CDF allocation from the distant K1.6million by the previous government to now unprecedented K28.3million per constituency, will add impetus in increasing access to electricity Dr. Chikwanda shares that the United Party for National Development (UPND) has come through to increase...

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