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By Friday Phiri Combating Desertification And Drought Jennifer Handondo, a small scale farmer of Choma district in southern Zambia, plants food crops such as maize mostly for her family’s needs. Because of uncharacteristically high temperatures and low rainfall during the rainy season in March, the divorced mother who single-handedly supports her three children, has not been […]
...Thomas Daum, University of Hohenheim Africa has the youngest population of any continent – 60% are under age 25. While this has evoked both hope and fear, it is clear that jobs are needed for the 12 million people entering the workforce every year. Agriculture is best suited to provide a great many jobs as […]
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By Chris Zumani Zimba* Corruption is frequently cited as one of the top concerns holding back economic growth in Africa, but it is often less clear how we can measure it. For example, when we are seeing more arrests and more prosecutions, is that a sign that corruption is deepening or that enforcement is attempting […]
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By Sunday Chilufya Chanda* The recent unspeakable tragedy that took place in Christchurch, New Zealand has raised urgent new questions about the balance between freedom of expression and public safety. A lone, radicalised gunman not only went on a shooting spree which killed 50 people and injured scores more, but also this rampage was live-streamed […]
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Travel & Tourism You know that friend who has traveled to all corners of the world and had tea with the Dalai Lama? Well, chances are he or she hasn’t been to Zambia. In the center of Africa’s southern prong, landlocked Zambia has never had the kind of public transportation or low-cost accessibility that has […]
...Zambia is a landlocked country in south-east Africa with a population of 17.1 million (2017). It has a reputation for political stability but faces challenges, particularly rural poverty. Per capita GNI is US$1,300 but nearly 58% of the population live under the poverty line. In 2017, 53% of the employed population worked in farming, but […]
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Zimbabwe and Zambia have offered 2,000 and 132 hectares of land respectively around the Victoria Falls area── which borders the two countries── for the construction of the Wakanda One Village. The project will serve as the first of the project in the Southern African region and will comprise a 100-bed teaching hospital, a university and […]
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Africa is making headway in the area of robotics and Zambia is on the forefront. Let’s meet these young ambitious ladies and gentlemen who are bound to make Africa proud. Sela Kasepa attended her first semester at Harvard University in August last year. Just months prior, the 21-year-old was mulling over her education, uncertain of […]
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Chinese firms in Africa could reach revenues of $440 billion in 2025 by aggressively expanding in both existing and new sectors on the continent. This forms part of the findings of McKinsey & Company’s latest report, “Dance of the Lions and Dragons,” in which the global consulting firm takes a closer look at the Africa-China […]
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