Category: Sustainable Development

By Contact: Mwaka Nyimbili Centre for Trade Policy and Development Phone: +260 211 264409|+260975876038 Fax: +260 211266234 Plot 123, Kudu Road Kabulonga www.ctpd.org.zm Wednesday 13 Januaryn 2o21 The status of local participation in the construction Sector: To what extent are Zambians building Zambia? By Wakumelo Mataa CTPD Researcher-Public Finance Over the recent past years, the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) has continued to implement an ambitious infrastructure development agenda in line with its short, medium, and long-term development plans. However, the Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) notes that it’s one thing to ‘build Zambia’, and quite another...

MNDP/5/6/1 Media Statement For Immediate Release Govt. committed to promote women, girl’s reproductive health and rights – PS Daniels Chisenda …as GRZ, UNFPA and other multi-sectoral stakeholders map-out 2021 priorities LUSAKA, Thursday, 10 December 2020 – Ministry of National Development Planning Permanent Secretary Danies Chisenda says the Government remains steadfastly committed to uplift people’s well-being especially women and girls by upholding sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights for all. In a statement read on his behalf by the Ministry’s Director for Population and Development Mr. Charles Banda at the official opening of the 2020 GRZ/UNFPA 8th Country Programme Annual...

If you cannot read that message click here. APO Group content is copyright free and can be republished at will. Egalement disponible en Français   PRESS RELEASE The African Development Bank Appoints Directors General and Deputy Directors General in Regional Offices As Director General, Central Africa, Serge will drive and ensure the operational efficiency, effectiveness and overall health of the Bank’s portfolio across the Central Africa Region ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, January 7, 2021/ — The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) is pleased to announce the appointment of Directors General for the East, Central and Southern Africa regions and Deputy Directors General for the East,...

  By Derrick Sinjela COUNCIL of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) General Secretary Reverend Canon Emmanuel Chikoya is alarmed by the Auditor General’s Report revelations on the mismanagement of COVID-19 resources for the period February to July 2020, amounting to K1.3 million. In a Thursday 24th December 2020 CCZ Statement on Mismanagement of K1.3m Covid 19 Fund, Reverend Canon Chikoya, a banker by profession, noted that the report underscored financial irregularities in the management of COVID-19 resources. Rev. Canon Chikoya regrets that examples highlighted in the report include procurement contracts awarded to suppliers without competition and the engagement by the Ministry...

Kasama-Friday 25th December 2020 Zambia’s Ambassador to Ethiopia, His Excellency Emmanuel Mwamba has launched the Chifwani Concept for Cassava in the region. Mr. Mwamba announced the his support for the project when he paid a courtesy call to Senior Chief Mwamba at his Palace. The project aims at targeting the scaling-up of cassava farming for commercial purposes by small-scale farmers. The concept involves each small-scale farmer to reserve one lima(0.25 hectares) for cassava growing. Mr. Mwamba said cassava crop was drought-resistant and the cost of inputs were low. He said the farmers already had inherent knowledge on cassava farming as...