On 19 August 2008, Levy Patrick Mwanawasa, the third President of Zambia, died in a French hospital after reportedly suffering a stroke. Twelve years later, Mwanawasa remains as vivid in death as he was in public life. He is widely regarded as one of Zambia’s most effective leaders, who secured debt relief, steered the country...

A few years ago, I closely followed a story where management decided to transfer the marketing manager (who reported to the Marketing and Sales Director) to another department. The decision was purely strategic but did not seem to go well with the individual involved. The following day, the Company Secretary received an instruction from the...

The Seventh National Development Plan (7NDP) which comes to an end in 2021 has been the primary guiding document underpinning Zambia’s development agenda since 2017. Since we are inching towards the end of the plan, it is important that a critique is conducted using the evidence that is currently obtaining on the ground. The pillar...

In April 1952, a 26-year old man stood before the Northern Rhodesia Chief Justice, who had been asked by the Attorney General to consider whether this young man was ‘a danger to peace and good order’ and whether he had been ‘inciting Africans against Europeans’. The judge was further asked to consider whether he found...

My view is that busy organisations want to bring on board busy people to join their rank as directors, but these individuals are just too busy to want to be engaged in another busy organization. The result is that individuals who are fully deserving to be directors are not easily available. They are already engaged...

I was at a corporate governance induction programme and as I prepared myself for the presentation, I scanned the audience to know who generated a tiny female voice. I know that some institutions bring in interns to training sessions to support with logistics, but these usually sit some distance away. I was inquisitive about this...

Introduction: The importance of an efficient and well-functioning financial system to a country's economic growth and development today is widely recognised and appreciated. The 2008 global financial crisis brought the world largest economies and other countries to undertake collective actions to safeguard the financial sector and bolster public confidence. The financial system plays an important...

In the past few weeks, the youths of Zambia have been making demands to be part of the national governance and development process. Salient among the demands have been high unemployment rate and the consequent right to be heard through freedom of speech. This has coerced the relevant authorities to lend a listening ear. One...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CRS) has over time become one of the standard business practices of profit-making organizations. A company’s commitment to the notion of shared value can be observed and measured by how much it gives back to the community and, ultimately, its people. Globally, companies have adopted CSR as a crucial component of strategy...

Every year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) holds bilateral consultative discussions with member states as per its mandate under Article IV of its Articles of Agreement. In line with this tradition, the IMF is scheduled to hold a virtual consultative meeting with Zambia from 22nd June to 1st July 2020. There are two key questions...