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February 6, 2021

New deadline for “Atoms Empowering Africa” Online Video Competition announced


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New deadline for “Atoms Empowering Africa” Online Video Competition announced By popular demand, Rosatom moved the deadline for the 6th annual competition of online videos to February 15. The participants from the age of 18 to 35 residing in African countries are encouraged to post their videos on Facebook, following the formal guidelines set out below and submit their applications to the email atomsforafrica@rosatom.com or by the link to online submission form https://tinyurl.com/RosatomAfrica. The top three winning videos will be selected by an independent expert panel observing various criteria including original content and creativity, overall quality of the video and...

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February 2, 2021

BUSA hosts Tuesday 2nd February 2021 Barbara Banda Foundation launch


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By Ashton Kelly Bunda and Derrick Sinjela ZAMBIA National Female Team – Shepolopolo Captain Barbara Banda happily paraphrased both John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Junior insisting that it is better to share blessings and make others prosper as she launched the Barbara Banda Foundation (BBF) in Lusaka densely populated Bauleni Township. Speaking at an event at Bauleni United Sports Academy (BUSA) preceded by some rain as a sign of good tidings, Barbara Banda Foundation proprietor in quoting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. noted that life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’ Currently...

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January 31, 2021

Zambia in dire need of a Mineral Asset Valuation Code to prevent Overpricing or Under-pricing of Mining Assets


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By Derrick Sinjela CENTRE for Trade and Policy Development (CTPD) Senior Researcher (Extractives) Webby Banda says mining valuation defined as the placement of a currency value on a mining asset. Continues being the answer to the million kwacha question of “what is the value of the mine” or “what is the mine worth?” Consequently, in a Sunday 31st January 2021 Press Statement circulated by Information and Communications Specialist Ms. Mwaka Nyimbili, Mr. Banda explained that mine valuation has to encapsulate the value of surface and sub-surface infrastructure. In the recent past, Banda recollected that several jurisdictions had developed professional codes...

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January 30, 2021

2016 low female leaders worries ZARD’S Redges Mubiana  …adoption structures seek sexual favours


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By Ashton Kelly Bunda, Francis Mwiinga Maingaila and Derrick Sinjela ZAMBIA Association of Research and Development (ZARD) Board Secretary Redges Mubiana has regretted the low participation of women in the 2016 presidential, parliamentary and local government elections. Ms. Mubiana told journalists at a consultative meeting at Abundant Life Church on Roan Road, in Lusaka’s plush Kabulonga suburb attributed the low participation of media houses to insufficient information made available to newspapers, online publications, and radio and television channels. Franked by ZARD Treasurer Joseph Daka and Programmes Manager, Febby Maambo,  Ms. Mubiana cited lack of a legal frame work supporting women as...

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January 27, 2021

Africa50, Foreign Policy launch infrastructure-focused podcast series


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By Nana Boakye-Yiadom, Africa50 Senior Communications Coordinator +212 666 166 308; n.boakyeyiadom@Africa50.com www.africa50.com. Casablanca, Wednesday 27 January 2021 Africa50, in partnership with US based Foreign Policy magazine, has launched an exciting new podcast series called Africa Forward. Africa Forward tells the largely untold story of how infrastructure is transforming the lives of people in Africa. The four-part series, which begun on Tuesday 26 January 2021, brings major African infrastructure projects to life. It highlights the Benban Solar Park in Egypt, a solar park so massive that it can be seen from outer space and showcases how cross-border projects such as...

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January 27, 2021

United States Commits ZMW 525 Million ($25 Million) to Reduce Deforestation in Zambia


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By Sean McIntosh Public Affairs Officer U.S. Embassy Zambia Press Office Embassy of the United States of America LUSAKA, ZAMBIA Phone: 021357000 ZambiaPress@state.gov NR/1260/01/27/2021 Wednesday January 27, 2021 The United States and Zambia Partnering Together ZAMBIA’S forests are home to abundant wildlife and serve as a natural defense against climate change.  Due to the illegal production of charcoal, however, the nation’s forests are facing unprecedented stress and are rapidly shrinking. Under the newly awarded Alternatives to Charcoal project provided through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. government will work with the local private sector companies and the...

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January 14, 2021

Zambia Social Science Journal Volume 5 Number 1 Volume 5, number 1 (April 2014) Article 4 Reserved Area: Barotseland of the 1964 Agreement Mutumba Mainga Bull University of Zambia


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Zambia Social Science Journal Volume 5 Number 1 Volume 5, number 1 (April 2014) Article 4 Reserved Area: Barotseland of the 1964 Agreement Mutumba Mainga Bull University of Zambia Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/zssj Part of the African History Commons, and the African Studies Commons This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at Scholarship@Cornell Law: A Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Zambia Social Science Journal by an authorized editor of Scholarship@Cornell Law: A Digital Repository. For more information, please contact jmp8@cornell.edu. Recommended Citation Bull, Mutumba Mainga (2014)...

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January 13, 2021

The status of local participation in the construction Sector: To what extent are Zambians building Zambia?


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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...

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January 13, 2021

Lusaka Mayor Miles Bwalya Sampa prods corporate world to help fight COVID 19 … Government alone cannot defeat covid 19-Jonathan Kays


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By Ashton Kelly Bunda and Derrick Sinjela HIS WORSHIP the Mayor of the greater City of Lusaka Miles Bwalya Sampa says business leaders in the corporate world have spent most of the times making eloquent speeches in their fight against COVID 19  as they address people during meetings ,but less action. Mayor Sampa, used a platform as Guest of Honor during the COVID 19 disinfection exercise at Kulima Tower Bus station in Lusaka led by Wash Laundry and Dry Cleaners Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jonathan Kays said there has been a lot of lip service from the corporate world leaders...

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January 7, 2021

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


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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...

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