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April 3, 2022

High Global Oil Prices Hurt Zambia …as fuel pump price hike looms

By Davis Mataka The raging four weeks Russia / Ukraine conflict is having a devastating impact on the world economy as high oil and food commodity prices continue to spiral. Third world economies especially non- crude oil producing nations like Zambia which are dependent on imports are bearing the brunt. The Energy Regulation Board ((ERB) is likely to announce higher fuel pump prices by Thursday this week. As the ripple effects of the war continue to reverberate around the globe, the price of a barrel of oil on the world market this week passed the US $100 dollars average mark...

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April 3, 2022

PROF. LUPANDO MUNKONGE BURIAL IN LUSAKA

PIX 1=ARMY personnel carrying a casket of the late Prof.Lupando Munkonge during the burial service at Leopard Memorial  Hill Park in Lusaka PIX 2=MINISTER OF Tourism ,Rodney Sikumba lays a wreath at the grave of the late Prof.Lupando Munkonge during the burial service at Leopard Memorial Hill Park in Lusaka PIX 3=MINISTER OF Tourism ,Rodney Sikumba gives a flag to a widow Theresa Munkonge during the burial service of her late husband at Leopard Memorial Hill Park in Lusaka – PICTURE BY SHABBY MULOPWE d at Leopard Memorial Hill Park in Lusaka. PIX 4=MINISTER OF Tourism, Rodney Sikumba consoles the...

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April 3, 2022

First National Bank Zambia Celebrates 13 Years of Operating In Zambia

LUSAKA, Zambia – 1 April 2022 – First National Bank (FNB) Zambia today marks 13 years of operating in the country. Over the 13 years of its operations in Zambia, the Bank has continued to grow, building on its vision to create a better world and the ethos of offering real help in the communities it operates in. FNB Zambia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Rand Group South Africa started operating in Zambia on 1st  April 2009. The FirstRand Group is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and has presence in eight African countries outside South Africa – Botswana, Namibia,...

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March 25, 2022

Effects of Russia-Ukraine Conflict on Zambian Economy!

Written by Kelvin Chisanga The ongoing geopolitical conflicts between Russia and Ukraine has some serious devastating impact on many global economies across the board, and Zambia is not an exceptional case with the prevailing economic trends at both global and regional frontiers. To begin with, the energy commodities have started receiving some price-growth, of which we have seen the price of crude oil on the international market, has already gone up to a price margin of $105 per barrel, and from the look of things, we have high chances of seeing this particular article of trade, escalating upwards with some...

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March 25, 2022

FNB Zambia 2022 Lusaka Business EXPO Platinum Sponsor cheers Kabanda Lilanda

  By Rainbow Business Writer In a practical Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and local entrepreneurial improvement, FNB Zambia Head of Business & Commercial, Kabanda Lilanda confirms earning funding of the 2022 Lusaka Business EXPO slated for Thursday, 5th to Saturday, 7th May, 2022 as a Platinum Sponsor after committing K300,000 towards the PUSH Women’s Network themed: ‘Adopting New Technologies for Climate Responsive Business, Trade and Investment’. Since 2013, when FNB started operating in Zambia, the bank initially established in Grahamstown, South Africa in 1838 has continued to adapt in line with its diverse customers’ changing needs. With an ethos built...

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March 25, 2022

AICCRA ZAMBIA, GOVT, ZARI & UNIVERSITIES partner

…to scale up research-based climate smart agriculture. By Alfonso Kasongo ACCELERATING Impact of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA Zambiais set to partner with the Zambia Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI) and universities countrywide to find science based solutions meant to scale- up climate smart agriculture. AICCRA Zambia, a World Bank backed through International Water Management Institute (IWMI) will soon launch internship partnerships with ZARI, university partnerships and the ministry of agriculture find common ground in seeking solutions. Southern Africa region representative Dr. Inga Jacobs-Mata said the internship partnerships will help to effectively address the challenges of climate smart agriculture in...

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March 25, 2022

ZAMBIAN RESEARCHERS SCOOP FIRST EVER ORTARChI CHAIRS

By Alfonso Kasongo UNIVERSITY of Zambia (UNZA) Researcher Professor Imasiku Anayawa Nyambe  and Copperbelt University (CBU) counterpart Professor Stephen Syampungani have been named as on a five-year-term Oliver Reginald Tambo African  Research Chairs  Initiative (ORTARChI) worth R15 million. National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Executive Secretary Guest Mugala unveiled Professor  Nyambe  and Professor Syampungani as ORTARChI Research Chairs in Lusaka on Friday, 11th March 2022 a development that has since elated Technology and Science minister Felix Chipota Mutati and  Dziwa Science and Technology Trust (DSaT) Executive Director, Ms. Veronica Mwaba, a Zambian science, research and technology advocate. In a speech...

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March 23, 2022

U.S. Government’s Initiative for Global Vaccine Access (Global VAX) to Partner with Zambia to Boost COVID-19 Vaccination

  LUSAKA, Zambia — The U.S. government will provide an immediate increase of resources to Zambia through the Initiative for Global Vaccine Access, or Global VAX, a U.S. government effort to turn COVID-19 vaccines in vials into vaccinations in arms. Global VAX will surge support and resources to increase access to COVID-19 vaccines in an initial group of 11 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including Zambia. As part of this effort, the U.S. government through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) plans to program an additional $28 million in funding in Zambia that will support Global VAX activities that...

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March 17, 2022

Storm in Paradise as Man Discovers 60 Used Condoms in His House:

  “I Never Use Condoms with My Wife” A Lusaka man has cried out that he almost divorced his wife after a plumber removed 60 used condoms that were blocking the toilet in their house. Collage of toilet and used CD. The man discovers 60 used condoms in drainage. According to the man, who shared his story on social media, he was surprised since he is not always at home and never used condoms while getting intimate with his wife. However, the rubbers were found in the drainage after it experienced blockage. “I was told the toilet suddenly stopped flashing...

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March 16, 2022

“I discovered my son-in-law, wife were sleeping in different rooms few months after their wedding, says a Lusaka woman!”

A LUSAKA woman has shocked many after she narrated how her son-in-law, an engineer, and his wife deserted their matrimonial bed and relocated to different rooms few months after their flashy wedding. Maria Tembo, 55, said that her daughter Stellah Banda deserted her matrimonial bed after her husband Christopher Phiri failed to satisfy her in bed during the first five months of their marriage. Maria Tembo said the situation left her son-in-law in ‘mental stress’ as their relationship was tittering close to failure. She discovered they were sleeping in separate bedrooms after paying a visit to the married couple’s home....

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