[TechCrunch] Union54, the first Zambian startup backed by Y Combinator, has gotten another major venture capital firm on its term sheet: Tiger Global.
Posts published in October 2021
[Times of Zambia] To promote greater gender equity in the education sector, reducing or providing free education alone may not reverse the trend of early marriages and teenage pregnancies among girls.
[The Herald] In the pursuit of ridding the continent of the remaining vestige of colonisation and apartheid and to safeguard the sovereignty and territorial integrity of member states, it is imperative to decolonise the mind of African people.
[Times of Zambia] 'Death trap' appears to be the best way to describe the Great North Road these days as it claims more and more lives.
[Premium Times] The agreement sets in motion the quest to broaden Access Bank's presence in the Southern African country to 70 branches and agencies, customer base to 300,0000 and total assets with a value in the neighbourhood of $1 billion through the...
[State Department] On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Zambia on the occasion of your Independence Day. Zambia's unshakeable commitment to democratic ideals is an inspiration to all who seek the freedom, prosperity, ...
[The Conversation Africa] In Zambia's mining industry, wages and working conditions have consistently declined for 30 years. This is primarily because of changes to labour laws. Strikes have been banned, the subcontracting of workers has become easier,...
[Cosafa] Zambia coach Bruce Mwape has named a 29-member provisional squad for this month's 2022 Africa Women's Cup of Nations (AWCON) qualifier against Malawi.
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Outdoor spaces is what most people have been craving during the Covid-19 pandemic, when a series of lockdowns across the world forced countless people indoors. And these enforced restrictions on our movement have reignited many...
[CAF] Madagascar earned their first victory in the qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup with a hard earned 1-0 victory over DR Congo on Sunday evening to revive faint hopes of battling for a ticket to the quadrennial showpiece.
[Cosafa] Zambia and Malawi will complete the semifinal line-up at the 2021 COSAFA Women's Championship after the Copper Queens won their final Group C clash against Uganda at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Tuesday.
[Nairobi News] Keroche Breweries heiress Anerlisa Muigai has left Zambian men drooling over her beauty.
[Times of Zambia] TAXES, world over are an important component of development in a country.
[WHO] An effective response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic requires the understanding and use of social and behavioural data alongside biomedical data. Recognizing this need, the Behavioural Insights and Sciences Unit of the World Health Organi...
[Daily Maverick] After a hair-raising journey, Barbara and I arrived in Zambia in October 1968 to a warm, friendly, if bureaucratic, welcome -- and a job with the 'Times' and 'Sunday Times of Zambia'. We soon started planning to settle in that country ...
[Times of Zambia] Around this time last year, Times of Zambia published a touching story of a Lusaka-based teacher, Maria Mulenga, who sacrificed one of her kidneys to save the life of her husband Benjamin Mowa.
[Times of Zambia] World Teachers' Day is held annually on 5 October to celebrate all teachers around the globe. It commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers, which sets benchmar...
[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- The government said yesterday that discussions were in progress to end the stalemate involving hundreds of lorries from Tanzania that had been seized in Zambia over illegal logging.
[Times of Zambia] The 'new dawn' government's attempt to lean towards a green economy does not only bring hope, but lays a foundation on which the future generations can diversify the Zambian economy without burning it out.
[UNFPA] As a high school student, Christabel Mwewa had always been ambitious and sociable. She loved to learn, particularly history, and had an affinity for making friends. Everything changed when, at age 16, she learned she was pregnant. Suddenly the ...