Since the virus emerged late last year, COVID-19 has largely been a disease of the Global North. Its worst and deadliest effects have been felt in Europe, East Asia, and North America. But that is likely to change. As the pandemic reaches its peak and begins to slow in these places, epidemiological models suggest it...

Football House disputes may be on the way to resolution now that Sports Minister Emmanuel Mulenga has proposed an emergency meeting where the Football Association of Zambia, stakeholders and the aggrieved parties can air their grievances. According to the minister, all parties have agreed to hold an emergency meeting which will be final, to avoid...

Dear Your Excellency, Honourable Minister This letter is written by people who have held top economic management positions at various times since 1991. We have all been privileged to be part of the various leadership teams that achieved some of Zambia’s most significant economic successes. We hold different opinions on a range of issues affecting...

On 9 April 2020, the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA), Zambia’s broadcasting regulator, cancelled the broadcasting licence of Prime TV, the country’s most popular and leading independent television station, established eight years ago. In a letter to Prime TV Executive Director Gerald Shawa, IBA Board Secretary and Director General, Josephine Mapoma, stated that the action has...

On 13 March 2020, the Judiciary’s Acting Chief Registrar, Prince Boniface Mwiinga, announced that prominent constitutional law expert John Sangwa would no longer be allowed to appear before any court in Zambia. In a notice to all judges of the Supreme Court, Constitutional Court, Court of Appeal, High Court, Registrars and Magistrates, Mwiinga stated that...

The dawn of the new decade promises positive strides for financial sector development in Africa. On 20th January 2020, the UK Government revealed a 5-year £320 million aid package to growth in the sector across the continent. The package will be released to the Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) Network, a nine-member alliance of financial sector...

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After failing to halt rolling electricity blackouts that have added to the country’s economic woes, Eskom suffered another blow on Friday, 10 January 2020 as the state-owned enterprise lost its chairman of the past two years. Jabu Mabuza resigned two weeks into renewed electricity rationing (known as load shedding), as the utility failed to keep...

President Trump entered the history books in a new category Wednesday: He is the third president in U.S. history to have been impeached by the House. The two votes on impeachment bring to an end the House’s months-long inquiry into whether Trump improperly pressured Ukraine to conduct investigations that would benefit him politically. The House...

Huawei Zambia pledged to foster a value-sharing platform and robust business ecosystem with local partners, for ICT industry development and social economic goals achievement in Zambia. The leading global ICT solutions provider said so at its supplier conference under the theme “Sustainable Supply Chain and Ecosystem for Value Creation”. The event attracted over 30 Huawei’s...