Category: Gender & health

Zambia ICT4D MeetUp: AgriTech @ BongoHive Thursday, March 30th 2017

Date: Thursday, March 30th 2017 Time: 15:00 – 17:00hrs Venue: BongoHive Zambia ICT4D MeetUp Group is an informal networking group created to form a joint platform for people living and working in Zambia with a) an established interest in ICT4D, or b) a will/interest to learn more about the role of ICTs in development. The group is coordinated by the Embassy of Sweden together with local partners, and each MeetUp, which explores a new theme, aims to enable people to network, share knowledge and turn inspiration into tangible action! On March 30th the MeetUp is organized in collaboration with IDE...

Rugby 7s – we’ve got your back, says Paratus Telecom Zambia Country Manager Marius van Vuuren

Rugby 7s – we’ve got your back, says Paratus Telecom Zambia Country Manager Marius van Vuuren

Lusaka Zambia – The rapid resurgence of Rugby 7s in Zambia has been commended by sponsor Paratus Telecom for building national unity and encouraging team-building, tactics, speed, strength, determination and discipline. “Rugby 7s is a source of pride for our nation and it is pleasing that from a young age children – both boys and girls – are beginning to be introduced to it and play it,” said Marius van Vuuren, Country Manager of the connectivity solutions provider, which is part of the Paratus Telecom Group, He was speaking during the unveiling of the national team kit in Lusaka this...

AFGRI platinum sponsor at Agritech Expo Zambia in Chisamba in April

AFGRI platinum sponsor at Agritech Expo Zambia in Chisamba in April

By Senior communications manager: Annemarie Roodbol Thousands of farmers expected to gather again for outdoor expo As in previous years, Agritech Expo Zambia enjoys extensive support from the agri industry with the well-known supplier AFGRI Corporation Ltd., the sole John Deere distributor in Zambia, returning as platinum sponsors again. “The annual Agritech Expo is very important for all agricultural suppliers in Zambia” says Mr Willie Dietrechsen, Country Manager for the Equipment business at AFGRI Corporation Ltd. He adds: “the expo is the only national showcase for agricultural suppliers like AFGRI to showcase and to demonstrate new technology in the range...

MUMBA YACHI SINGLE RELEASE Friday 17th March 2017

MUMBA YACHI SINGLE RELEASE Friday 17th March 2017

Hello Lovers of Music, Finally Mumba Yachi has released his first single this year and we sharing it with you!!! The single is titled I Miss You. No hustle needed to look for Yachi Music we bringing all the music and details to you. We will appreciate you sharing his music with your audiences on radio station so that they can enjoy his music too!!! Thank for supporting Yachi Music Many Thanks Team Yachi

Gender equality necessary to achieve SDGs, says Minister Kalima

Gender equality necessary to achieve SDGs, says Minister Kalima

By CHIBAULA D. SILWAMBA (Mr.) First Secretary for Press and Public Relations Permanent Mission of the Republic of Zambia to the United Nations www.zambiaun.com Tel: +12128885770, Email: chibaula@zambiaun.com Twitter: @ZambiaUN NEW YORK, Thursday, 16 March 2017 – Zambia has told an annual UN meeting on women that gender equality, especially for women and girls, is a fundamental human right and necessary foundation for prosperity and full realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and related targets. Delivering Zambia’s national statement at the 61st Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61) at UN Headquarters in New York on...

Fertilizer Subsidies—Which Way Forward?

Fertilizer Subsidies—Which Way Forward?

An IFDC/FAI Report Edited by Jikun Huang, Ashok Gulati, and Ian Gregory February 2017 i Preface Fertilizer subsidies in developing countries have been increasingly common policy interventions in recent years to increase supply and use of fertilizer and thus stimulate agricultural output and farmer i ncome. The volatility of global food and fertilizer prices in 2007 and 2008 provided a stimulus for this resurgence in fertilizer subsidies. The multiple objectives and the rapid growth in the financial burden of subsidies and their share of the total support to agriculture have brought into question whether fertilizer subsidies are an appropriate policy...

Full Speech of Issa Hayatou at the 39th Ordinary General Assembly of CAF

Full Speech of Issa Hayatou at the 39th Ordinary General Assembly of CAF

Full Speech of Issa Hayatou at the 39th Ordinary General Assembly of CAF Your Excellency, the President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Your Excellency the President of the African Union Commission The President of FIFA Your Excellencies, Ambassadors accredited to the African Union FIFA Council Members CAF Executive Committee members The President of the Ethiopian Football Federation Delegates to the General Assembly Dear business partners Ladies and Gentlemen of the media Distinguished guests in your respective ranks and titles Ladies and Gentlemen May I, first and foremost, thank Ethiopian authorities, the African Union and the Ethiopian Football Federation,...

Recognize women, Mulenga Kapwepwe prods NAMA

Recognize women, Mulenga Kapwepwe prods NAMA

Multichoice Zambia Public Relations Manager Mwiika Malindima, Marketing Manager Ndela Sichizya and NAC Chairperson Ms. Mulenga Kapwepwe By Ashton Kelly Bunda NATIONAL Arts Council of Zambia (NAC) Chairperson Mulenga Kapwepwe is appealing to the April 1st 2017 Zambia Film and Television Awards (ZAFTA), conveners-the National Association of Media Arts (NAMA) to recognize women in the arts by naming an award after a living legend. In a passionate heart-breaking plea, Ms. Kapwepwe dressed in a neat flowery green dress earnestly sought recognition in a voice and tone depicting humility on behalf of her female folk in March, a month in which...

Stanbic Bank – Zambia in Bribery Investigations!

Stanbic Bank – Zambia in Bribery Investigations!

BY DERRICK SINJELA I have warned the nation about the conduct of Stanbic Bank Limited in Africa and how the bank has the ability to do anything to have their way. I have received backlashes from those that have questioned my investigative journalistic skills. Now as I write I know that the investigative wings in Zambia are probing Stanbic Zambia Limited on bribery charges. What are the facts in my latest findings, well about K75, 000 was paid out from Stanbic to a Government Official at Radisson Blue Hotel on 21st September 2016 at about 13:22hrs. This amount was paid...

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