Category: Sustainable Development

Clerk of the National Assembly Mrs. Cecilia Mbewe Honourable Member of Parliament Chinga Miyutu representing Kalabo Constituency Honourable Member of Parliament Listed Tembo representing Kaumbwe Constituency Honourable Member of Parliament Olipa Mwansa Phiri representing Nyimba Constituency Ministry of Youth, Sport, and Child Development representatives National Youth Development Council representatives Youth leaders, alumni, students, university faculty Members of the press Distinguished guests Thank everyone for coming   The Embassy of the United States is pleased to support Zambia’s efforts to increase transparency and good governance.  In particular, we are proud to support the efforts of Zambia’s future leaders — your youth...

By Nelson Banda in Stockholm, Sweden SWEDISH Minster of Foreign Affairs Ms. Margot Wallström has opened a Gender Forum to intensify international efforts for promoting gender equality, witnessed by over 600 global delegates in the Swedish Capital, Stockholm. The Forum has brought key representatives from civil society organizations, governments, business, and academia to find solutions, take new initiatives, and strengthen co-operation in the international fight for gender equality. The Forum is hosted by the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Swedish Institute in collaboration with Swedish International Development agency (SIDA) and the Folke Bernadotte Academy. “The conference is construed as...

By Derrick Sinjela President Edgar Chagwa Lungu has appointed former First Lady Christine Mwelwa Kaseba-Sata as Zambia’s Ambassador to France, with Mpongwe Gabriel Munshya taking a Public Policy Specialist portfolio in the Policy Analysis and Co-ordination Division at Cabinet Office. President Lungu swore Dr.  Mwelwa Kaseba-Sata as Ambassador Extra-ordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Zambia to the Republic of France on account of her 30-years- health practitioner experience at State House on Monday, 16th April, 2018. In a Media Statement circulated by Cecilia Lubumbashi Mulenga (Mrs), a Chief Analyst-Press and Public Relations, on behalf of SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE...

By Saeedi Simon Banda and Derrick Sinjela FOURTEEN years after its birth, CHRESO University Chancellor Helmut Reutter is encouraging students and teaching staff to build a successful heritage beyond computer excellence achieved by Apple founder, Steve Jobs. On his part, Vice Chancellor, Lawrence Mwelwa is prodding students and teachers to bequeath future generations, through contributing into the Legacy Project, meant to consolidate the learning edifice, as Chreso University held a Third Open Day themed: ‘Changing the World through mind transformation’, adapted from Romans 12:2 Aside from honouring deserving faculties at the Makeni and City Campus facility, Reverend Helmut and Dr....

By Jessie Zimba President Edgar Chagwa Lungu held bilateral talks with Indian counterpart, Mr. Ram Nath Kovind, in Lusaka during a 10th – 12th April, 2018 State Visit to Zambia. President Kovind is on a first-ever- 3-nation tour of Equatorial Guinea, Swaziland and Zambia, initially at the invitation of Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. President Kovind, accompanied by First Lady Savita Kovind, was on a Saturday 7th to 12th April 2018, three-nation State visit Equatorial Guinea, Swaziland and Zambia. President Kovind’s visit to Equatorial Guinea and Swaziland was the first-ever Head of State of India trip, just as...