Category: Sustainable Development

21 Feb. Lusaka (Zambia Informer) ——-The dry spells hovering over most parts of Zambia is projected to prolong than was envisaged and crop, fish and livestock farmers in are asked to remain proactive and moot countervailing measures to plug the headwinds, rainfall experts have said. Famine Early Warning Systems (FewsNet), an Early Warning Systems Network on food insecurity monitoring country (s) specific integrated food security analysis products while alerting on emerging or likely acute food insecurity crisis sees the El Nino enveloping poor rainfall patterns in most Southern African region and cause devastation to the sub-sector. Spurred by the El...

PROFLIGHT PARTNERS WITH KAZANG FOR MOBILE TICKET PAYMENTS Customers can now book their flight and pay effortlessly with Kazang LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – Proflight Zambia has partnered with digital payments platform Kazang to provide customers with a secure mobile payment option, further broadening the settlement choices available when booking flights with the airline. Customers can choose Kazang to make payments via the airline’s reservations and sales offices, ensuring a seamless and user-friendly booking experience. Proflight Director Flight Operations Captain Josias Walubita said: “We at Proflight are excited about the partnership with Kazang, and the growth that has been achieved through the...

  ICRISAT Breakthrough: World’s First Pigeonpea Speed Breeding Protocol to Bolster Food Security in Drylands of Asia and Africa Media release The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has pioneered the world’s first pigeonpea speed breeding protocol, further bolstering food security in Asia and Africa.The new convention promises to substantially cut the time required to develop new pigeonpea lines with desirable traits, effectively bringing food to dryland communities faster. Traditionally, pigeonpea breeding can take up to thirteen years. But with the new protocol’s emphasis on material breeding and control over factors like photoperiod, temperature, and humidity, the breeding...

Remarks by Amos Hochstein Senior Advisor to the President on Energy and Investment PGI Lobito Corridor Private Sector Investor Forum Lusaka, Zambia Remarks as prepared for delivery • Thank you all for joining the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment Lobito Corridor Private Sector Investor Forum. • I am delighted to be back in Zambia and to be here with our government partners and key business leaders from around the world for this momentous event. • I would like to especially thank his Excellency, President Hichilema. • Without his leadership and vision for Zambia’s role as a land-linked nation to...

Kansanshi Rising ….Inside S3 with Anthony Mukutuma Sunday 4th February, 2024 In May 2022, First Quantum Minerals (FQM) reinforced its commitment to Zambia by investing $1.25 billion in an expansion project at Kansanshi, known as the ‘S3 project’. The project will extend the life of mine by 20 years, protect thousands of jobs, and ensure that the company’s widespread and varied support for the community can continue. S3 involves expanding Kansanshi’s mining pit, building a new processing plant, and enlarging the mine’s on-site smelter – all in the name of producing more copper. Following a conversation with the mine’s General...

SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLANNING Socio-economic Planning (SEP) is an area of specialization in the field of planning that focuses on regional population, housing, and economic trends and apply advanced modeling tools and analytical methods to real-world applications in a region with a variety of social, environmental, and economic challenges and opportunities. Socio-economic planning considers the interconnectedness of economics and social behaviors. It involves working together with community members to address social issues and build healthy communities. Integrated with other types of planning, social planning focuses on the people themselves in a community planning context. Socio-Economic Planning In Zambia Socio-economic planning in Zambia...