Category: Business

Will Northern Ireland protocol boost business investment in UK?

  February 27 2023 The deal on the Northern Ireland protocol today will help “significantly revive” business investment into the UK from global investors, says the CEO and founder of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory, asset management and fintech organizations. The bullish observation from deVere Group chief executive Nigel Green comes as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak unveiled a Brexit deal with the EU on Monday that aims to overhaul Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trading arrangements, brings a bitter dispute between the two sides to an end, restores devolved government in Belfast, and eases concerns from the US about...

Three years into pandemic, 200 world leaders say “never again” to the “scar” of global vaccine inequality

Ban Ki-Moon, Joyce Banda, Graça Machel, Olusegun Obasanjo, Moussa Mara, James Michel, and Winnie Byanyima join scores of leaders in open letter three years into the COVID-19 pandemic. (Prominent signatories from African countries highlighted in notes) Inequity of vaccine rollout resulted in one preventable COVID-19 death every 24 seconds in first year of vaccination alone. Governments must embed equity and human rights in pandemic preparedness and response after COVID-19 left “a scar on the world’s conscience”, leaders say. Nearly 200 current and former world leaders, Nobel laureates, civil society organisations, faith leaders, and health experts have united to call on governments to...

Vladimir Putin’s Enablers and Cheerleaders

By Henry Kyambalesa Wednesday, March 8, 2023 “BRICS” is an acronym for “Brazil,” “Russia,” “India,” “China,” and “South Africa.” It is an inter-governmental organization (IGO) founded by Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, and was established on June 16, 2009  after a series of meetings by top “BRIC” government leaders before South Africa (represented by the “S” in “BRICS”) joined the IGO in 2010. The IGO’s purposes and aspirations include pursuing cooperative endeavours in such spheres as trade, investment, banking, security, and infrastructure development, among other matters. The remainder of this article is devoted to a survey of the following themes: (a) ...

“Hyaena dethrones King Lion and Queen Elephant,” short story written by Sekuru JTN

  By Sekuru JTN The cicadas stopped chirping; crickets chimed in. The sun became a big orange ball and slowly started to hide behind the hill. The goats and chickens that had gone in the nearby bush from Ntano village started to head home. The villagers that had gone to attend to different chores far from the village started to return to the village. The young male children that had been catching river crickets in the sand near the river started to run back. River crickets and other insects were a delicacy. This was a time before the foreign explorers,...

2022 ICT Sector Recorded Positive Growth cheers ZICTA’s Hanford Chaaba

By Derrick Sinjela, Henry Chunza, Simon Banda and Muleya Idaho Chongo  ZAMBIA Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) Manager Corporate Communications Hanford Chaaba anticipates improvements in uptake and usage of ICT services on the backdrop of increased investments by operators in the capacity and coverage of their networks, competitive pricing outcomes on the market as well as general improvement in demand for ICT services. Mr. Chaaba’s optimism arises from the 2022 Annual Market Performance Report for the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Sector, which  shows increased utilisation of ICT services in the Zambia over the period January to December of...

Knowledge better than instant wealth, prods Esther Chongo – Zulu

  By DERRICK SINJELA AS the global community commemorated the International Women’s Day (IWD) tagged: “digitALL innovation and technology for gender equality”, Hope For Life Church International behind Lusaka’s Nyumba Yanga Market off Alex Chola Road hosted a Wednesday, 8th March, 2023 Women’s Empowerment Conference themed :“Empowerment For Extraordinary Growth” convened by Mrs. Esther Chongo Zulu with Pastor Joyce Mwanza, Reverend Emelia Nkonde and Mrs. Beatrice Mulenga as Speakers. Speaking in an interview during the day-long fellowship, Mrs. Zulu says imparting information in citizens and women in particular is more sustainable than offering cash to recipients of any empowerment activity....

Witner Kapembwa Mutale-Nalumango launches Inonge Mutukwa Wina’s “When Duty Calls” book

Zambia’s former First Female Republican Vice President Inonge Mutukwa Wina (Left) and Second Female Republican Vice President Witner Kapembwa Mutale-Nalumango (Right) launching “When Duty Calls” on Friday, 3rd March, 2023 at the Taj Pamodzi Hotel, Church Road, Lusaka, Zambia www.kwilanzinewszambia.com

Zambezi Magic keeps the entertainment rolling with new seasons of Mpali and Shi Mumbi

    By DERRICK SINJELA and SIMON BANDA MPALI lovers should gear up for 260 brand new episodes of the acclaimed daily drama when season 6 premieres on Zambezi Magic on Thursday, 2 March at 20:30 hours. The same night that sees the return of the fan favorite and hilarious comedy Shi Mumbi, premiering at 21:30 hours read a read a Thursday, 2nd March, 2023 Press Release circulated by Chilufya Mwelwa, Head of Corporate Affairs. While Nguzu has expanded his kin and its empire on Mpali, his problems have only grown bigger. In season 6, we see a family torn...

MultiChoice Africa Accelerator Programme set to boost prosperity of African SMMEs

    MultiChoice shortlists 11 start-ups to pitch for international funding and take their small businesses to the next level. Monday, 27th February, 2023 Media Release, Lusaka Zambia, February 2023 At a time when unemployment challenges and economic instability are high, small and medium-sized businesses (SMMEs) are proving to be the engines of economic growth and job creation throughout the African continent. In recognition of the critical role SMMEs play, MultiChoice launched the MultiChoice Africa Accelerator programme which trained 29 businesses across 9 African countries in key entrepreneurial skills. As the second leg of the programme, a panel of experts...

New World Outlines: BRICS and SCO Became a Real Alternative to Euro-Atlanticism

  The events of 2022 have clearly demonstrated the extreme imperfection, instability and fragility of the system of interstate and inter-bloc relationships developed in previous decades. After the collapse of the Soviet Union and its alliance of socialist countries, the Euro-Atlantic community, led by the US, gained almost unlimited power and the opportunity to impose their ideas regarding political, economic and social values all over the world. Washington reveled in its power for three decades, dictating its will to states and peoples of all continents, not shying away from political, economic and military aggression against those who resisted this will....

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