Category: Sustainable Development

Media Statement by the National Biosafety Authority Chief Executive Officer/ Registrar Mr. Lackson Tonga Thursday 6th December 2018 at Best Western Hotel, Lusaka-Zambia Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOS) Media Briefing

Media Statement by the National Biosafety Authority Chief Executive Officer/ Registrar Mr. Lackson Tonga Thursday 6th December 2018 at Best Western Hotel, Lusaka-Zambia Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOS) Media Briefing

Sandra Lombe-Mulowa Communications Officer Email: nbacommunications1@yahoo.com or lombe2@gmail.com +260 211 278316 /0977854716/ 0961439503   Statement by the National Biosafety Authority Chief Executive Officer/ Registrar Mr. Lackson Tonga Thursday 6th December 2018 at Best Western Hotel, Lusaka-Zambia Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOS) Media Briefing Date: Thursday December 06, 2018 Venue: Best Western Hotel, Lusaka-Zambia Time: 10:00 hours Good morning all, We welcome to this Press Briefing. We called you so we could update you on some latest developments. We have granted three distributors new permits to import products that may contain Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOS). This decision was arrived at after a risk assessment was...

Pay ageing retires, Africa Consumer Union courts Margaret Mwanakatwe

Pay ageing retires, Africa Consumer Union courts Margaret Mwanakatwe

By Derrick Sinjela in Lusaka, Zambia AFRICA Consumer Union (ACU) 1st Vice President Muyunda Ililonga is prodding Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe to show empathy by paying retirees their pension countrywide. Following a protracted campaign to access their pension, Mr. Illilonga implored the Zambian Government led by President Edgar Chagwa Lungu and Vice President Ms. Inonge Mutukwa-Wina to realise that a society concern for the poor is judged by the manner ageing community is treated. Ililonga implored President Lungu, Veep Mutukwa-Wina through Ms. Mwanakatwe to earnestly honour a pledge to pay pensioners their long-awaited dues (money). In a Thursday, 6th December...

More tree plantations are coming – Kapata ….as government races to combat climate change effects

More tree plantations are coming – Kapata ….as government races to combat climate change effects

Krakow, Thursday December 6, 2018 BY FIRST SECRETARY (PRESS) KELLYS KAUNDA,  ZAMBIA EMBASSY, BERLIN, GERMANY Plans are underway to increase the number of provinces from four to seven with tree plantations, says the Honorable Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Ms. Jean Kapata. Ms. Kapata, who is also Mandevu Member of Parliament, says the program shall be undertaken by ZAFFICO as part of Zambia’s response to the adverse effects of climate change. She made the remarks shortly after concluding her engagement at the ongoing Conference of the Parties, COP24, an annual meeting organized by the United Nations to discuss climate...

Millennium Challenge Corporation Improves Electricity Access in Malawi with GE Power’s Energy Management System (EMS)

Millennium Challenge Corporation Improves Electricity Access in Malawi with GE Power’s Energy Management System (EMS)

By Derrick Sinjela in Lusaka, Zambia This project covering 26 substations will reduce technical losses in the transmission system in the medium-term, while fostering economic growth in the long-term LILONGWE, Malawi, December 4, 2018/ — GE’s (www.GE.com) EMS will provide real-time and remotely managed information on Malawi’s electrical grid and power outages; Project will pave the way for development of Africa’s regional interconnections; This project covering 26 substations will reduce technical losses in the transmission system in the medium-term, while fostering economic growth in the long-term Aligning with MCA-M’s Infrastructure Development Project, GE Power’s Grid Solutions business (http://www.GEGridSolutions.com/) today announced...

Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority Communique issued on the occasion of the 112th Meeting of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) Board of Directors on Monday 3rd December 2018, Lusaka

Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority Communique issued on the occasion of the 112th Meeting of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) Board of Directors on Monday 3rd December 2018, Lusaka

By Conrad K. Simuchile || Business Communicator ||   Head of Public Relations, Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority Head Office, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Mobile: Tz +255767803074; +255783803074 || Zm +260966803074 Email: cksmooch@gmail.com; hpr@tazarasite.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/conrad.simuchile LinkedIn: Conrad K. Simuchile Skype: Conrad.Simuchile   Communicate we must ! 1 TANZANIA-ZAMBIA RAILWAY AUTHORITY COMMUNIQUE ISSUED ON THE OCCASION OF THE 112TH MEETING OF THE TANZANIA-ZAMBIA RAILWAY AUTHORITY (TAZARA) BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON 3RD DECEMBER 2018, LUSAKA We, the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) Board of Directors, comprising the Permanent Secretaries responsible for Transport in Tanzania and Zambia, as Chairperson and Co- Chairperson, respectively, together with four other Board members from...

ZESCO should be a Profit Making Venture, as Patrick Mwila prods Zambian Media support

ZESCO should be a Profit Making Venture, as Patrick Mwila prods Zambian Media support

By Ashton Kelly Bunda written 14th October 2017 ZAMBIA Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO) Senior Manager for Corporate Affairs Patrick Mwila has appealed to the media to play an integral role in educating the people that  the  “Sole Kingpin” of electricity supply has been  almost a Charity Organization, hence the increase in tariffs. Mwila explained that the legendary electricity providers very nearly started running on empty as the initial structures did not allow growth since service delivery comes at cost and resulted in the corporation to borrow money from financiers. Mr. Mwila said despite being 100 percent government controlled ZESCO is supposed...

OYDC needs financial support for Innovations, Clement Chileshe

OYDC needs financial support for Innovations, Clement Chileshe

By Ashton Kelly Bunda 14th October 2017 OLYMPIC Youth Development Center (OYDC) Director Clement Chileshe has announced that the life span of Zambia’s high performance center is reducing by the day as it hasn’t been maintained due financial challenges. The emotional Chileshe narrated that OYDC one of the two “Sports for Hope Center” in the world apart from the other one in Haiti Southern America is under massive pressure as it is home to 20 sport disciplines and hosts 250 young athletes every week and 60,000 competitors annually, making it the busiest ever, he was speaking during media interaction at...

Zambian Youths’ should strive to be productive, prods Alexander Bwalya Chikwanda

Zambian Youths’ should strive to be productive, prods Alexander Bwalya Chikwanda

By Ashton Kelly Bunda 14th October 2017 FORMER Finance Minister in the Patriotic Front (PF) Government Alexander Chikwanda has prodded Zambia youths who happen to be in the majority to be more productive and creative and help reduce poverty. The veteran economist explained that with the population that is increasing rapidly at an average growth rate of 2.8percent,  the revolution of job creation should be taken to higher level in an effort to put Zambia on road to the sought after Industrialized Country status. Chikwanda who served in the First Zambian Republican Administration of the United National Independence Party (UNIP)...

BOOK REVIEW by Emmanuel Mwamba 2nd July 2010  THE MUSAKANYA PAPERS

BOOK REVIEW by Emmanuel Mwamba 2nd July 2010 THE MUSAKANYA PAPERS

 www.derricksinjela.logspot.com  BOOK REVIEW     By Emmanuel Mwamba 2nd July 2010 THE MUSAKANYA PAPERS Like a powerful explosive, this book is packaged in poor material, but its explosive force is only known upon its release and impact. In the absence of balanced, alternative and accurate reading material relating to Zambia’s independence struggle, The Musakanya Papers provides rare and in-depth insights into the birth of a nation and the evolution of its first leaders. More so this insight comes from a critical, educated eye and insider during the times when Zambia’s leaders were of poor education but were driven by patriotism...

PMRC seeking Zambia’s energy solutions & embraces CUTS  ….as Bernadette Deka honours Zambian media

PMRC seeking Zambia’s energy solutions & embraces CUTS ….as Bernadette Deka honours Zambian media

By Derrick Sinjela Policy Monitoring Research Centre (PMRC) Executive Director Bernadette Deka will launch a ‘Research Study’ entitled ‘Power Sector Roadmap –Delivering Zambia’s Energy Needs’ and sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Consumer Unit Trust Society (CUTS) on Wednesday 5th December 2018. Secondly, building on an earlier pledge, Ms. Deka to continue interfacing with Zambian communicators during a Lusaka Province Quarterly Media Workshop hosted at Taj Pamodzi Hotel on Thursday 12th July 2018, PMRC will host the 2018 PMRC Media Awards themed: ‘Awarding Excellence in Development Policy Reporting’ at the  same venue on  Thursday 13th December 2018. A...

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