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December 8, 2022

STATEMENT FOR HON. DR. SITUMBEKO MUSOKOTWANE, MP MINISTER OF FINANCE AND NATIONAL PLANNING AT THE SIGNING OF THE COMPACT DEVELOPMENT FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA AND MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION ON THURSDAY, 8TH DECEMBER, 2022

  REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA STATEMENT FOR HON. DR. SITUMBEKO MUSOKOTWANE, MP MINISTER OF FINANCE AND NATIONAL PLANNING AT THE SIGNING OF THE COMPACT DEVELOPMENT FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA AND MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION ON THURSDAY, 8TH DECEMBER, 2022 Mr. Michael Gonzales, Ambassador of the United States of America in Zambia Ms. Kyeh Kim, Principal Deputy Vice President, Millennium Challenge Corporation Mr. Felix Nkulukusa, Secretary to the Treasury Senior Government Officials Present Members of the Press Ladies and Gentlemen I welcome you all to the signing ceremony for the Compact Development Funding Grant Agreement between...

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December 8, 2022

Statement delivered by His Excellency Mr. Jacek Jankowski, Ambassador of the European Union to the Republic of Zambia and COMESA at the occasion of the Launch of the Mwami- Mchinji One Stop Border Post on Wednesday, 7th December 2022

  Statement delivered by His Excellency Mr. Jacek Jankowski, Ambassador of the European Union to the Republic of Zambia and COMESA at the occasion of the Launch of the Mwami- Mchinji One Stop Border Post on Wednesday, 7th December 2022 • Your Excellency Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of the Republic of Malawi; • Your Excellency Hakainde Hichilema, President of the Republic of Zambia; • Honourable Mr Mark Katsonga Phiri, Minister of Trade and Industry of Malawi • Honourable Mr Chipoka Mulenga, Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry of Zambia; • Honourable Ministers Present • Ms Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe, Secretary...

THINGS TO TEACH YOUR SON

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December 8, 2022

THINGS TO TEACH YOUR SON

By Teddy Kalunga Kasanga Malikopo (TKKM) – Chilanga District, LUSAKA Province, Thursday, 8th December, 2022 1. Never shake a man’s hand sitting down. 2. Don’t enter a pool by the stairs. 3. The man at the BBQ Grill is the closest thing to a king. 4. In a negotiation, never make the first offer. 5. Request the late check-out. 6. When entrusted with a secret, keep it. 7. Hold your heroes to a higher standard. 8. Return a borrowed car with a full tank of gas. 9. Play with passion or don’t play at all… 10. When shaking hands, grip...

U.S.-Zambia Education Data Partnership Delivers Comprehensive Results

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December 7, 2022

U.S.-Zambia Education Data Partnership Delivers Comprehensive Results

The United States and Zambia Partnering Together EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA LUSAKA, ZAMBIA NR/1313/12/6/2022 CONTACT: Phil Dimon FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Public Affairs Officer December 6, 2022 Email: DimonPM@state.gov U.S.-Zambia Education Data Partnership Delivers Comprehensive Results LUSAKA – After almost five years of collaboration between the Zambian Ministry of Education, the U.S. Government, through the USAID Education Data Project, has delivered on its mandate to facilitate in-depth, advanced educational assessments in Zambia. Since April 2018, the USAID Education Data Project worked closely with both the Ministry of Education and the Examinations Council of Zambia (ECZ) to measure and...

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December 7, 2022

Methodological events “Modern methods of teaching Russian as a foreign language” in African countries: Zambia

  On November 19, the third part of a humanitarian and educational project aimed at promoting the Russian language in African countries ended in Lusaka. The program was carried out with the support of Rossotrudnichestvo and was organized by Zlatoust educational and publishing center, as well as the Russian House in Zambia. At the opening ceremony, the participants were welcomed by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Zambia Azim Yarakhmedov and Director of the Russian House in Zambia Alexander Anisimov. Today, more and more young people in Zambia are striving to study in Russian...

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December 7, 2022

RUSSIA-ZAMBIA 2022 STEM-E FORUM HELD UNDER THE THEME “STEM SYSTEM AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER”

    PRESS RELEASE Lusaka…November 28, 2022 The Federal Government of Russia jointly with the Zambian Government have been holding the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) events aimed at encouraging young students, both girls and boys to take up science inclined courses. For the first time during the STEM-E FORUM, representatives from Russian innovative companies will participate and exhibit modern technologies they would like to bring to Zambia’s mining and agriculture sectors. The Russian House in Lusaka together with the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and Technology, will be holding the Russia-Zambia STEM-E forum on November...

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December 7, 2022

Global Nuclear NGOs Push

                  AFTER the official opening of the international 12th AtomExpo 2022 themed “Nuclear Spring” in Sochi, Russia on November 21, organized by ROSATOM, a Russia state organization in charge of nuclear energy development, a chain of sideline discussions on an assortment of topics went underway with non-state actors explaining their role in the championing of nuclear energy as a smart alternative source of energy, reports FRANCIS LUNGU. It has been widely agreed over recent decades that nuclear energy is the future in the energy mix to avert the ever-increasing danger posed by...

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December 7, 2022

*RUSSIA-ZAMBIA 2022 STEM-E FORUM A SUCCESS AS RUSSIA PLEDGES TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN MINING AND AGRICULTURE*

  THE 2022 Russia-Zambia STEM-E Forum was successfully held with a new focus on modern technology transfer in mining and agriculture industries, reports *Francis Lungu* . It was for the first time the Russia-Zambia STEM-E Forum which has been held annually in recent years had a presence of Russian industries exhibition. The event that was held at Lusaka’s Mulungushi International Conference Center on November 29, was jointly organised by the Russian House, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Science and Technology. Officiating at the event, Ministry of Education Permanent Secretary Joel Kamoko thanked the Federal Government of Russia for it’s...

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December 7, 2022

United Capital Fertilizer inks US$531M deal for its Second Production Plant

UNITED Capital Fertilizer Company Zambia Limited (UCF) has sealed a US$531million deal for an extra ultra-modern production plant to be built by Wuhuan Engineering, Production and Construction firm of China, reports *Francis Lungu* . The ultra-modern second fertilizer plant will be producing a combined 480 metric tonnes of ammonia and urea fertilizers annually. UCF which was established in 2021 as a subsidiary of the Wonderful Group of Companies Limited,  constructed it’s first multi-purpose fertilizer plant in Lusaka west at an investment cost of US$138million with an annual production capacity of 300,000 metric tonnes. This project was completed in September this...

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December 7, 2022

NGOCC condemns ‘SEXIST’ comment against Female Parliamentarian

  Press Statement 21st October 2022 THE Non-governmental Gender Organisations’ Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has been alerted to a sexist point of order raised by Chilubi Member of Parliament (MP) Hon. Mulenga Fube against Health Minister, honorable Sylvia Masebo based on her dressing in the House. A quick perusal of Standing Order No. 206 (Dress Code for Members) of the National Assembly Standing Orders, 2021, reveals that there was no abrogation of the dress code by honorable Masebo as prescribed in the Standing Orders. As the women’s movement, therefore, we condemn in the strongest terms the sexist connotations in the point...

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