In my previous opinion piece, I argued that Zambia urgently needs to strengthen its tobacco control policies – by removing the 75% excise tax exemption for locally produced cigarettes, passing the long-delayed Tobacco Products Control […]

There is a quiet group of people moving through Zambia every day, people you pass in a queue, sit next to on a flight or greet in an office corridor, whose lives are shaped by […]

Lusaka, Zambia, 28th November 2025 – Yango Zambia, through their partners have launched an exciting new driver-empowerment campaign called the ‘’Win A Car Bonanza’’, aimed at recognising and rewarding the performance, commitment and excellence of […]

Nandi had decided it was not healthy to keep tolerating Moonga whenever he sent her a text saying he was missing her. It had been three months since the big disappointment. Someone had inboxed her […]

In light of KCM’s recent Copper Tech transfer, CEO of the Zambia Chamber of Mines, Sokwani Chilembo is optimistic about KCM being listed in the world’s deepest capital markets. “The biggest institutional aggregators and investors […]

There is a version of me from childhood that I return to every World Diabetes Day. Not because I want to rewind life to a time before Type 1 diabetes, but because she reminds me […]

Lusaka, Zambia, November 13th, 2025 – Yango Zambia, part of the global tech company Yango Group has hosted a Driver Platform & Safety Education event for partner drivers in Lusaka. The event brought together partner […]

Introduction The previous instalment unpacked the fragmented nature of Zambia’s ESG environment and the costs of piecemeal regulation. This continuation outlines practical reforms to achieve coherence and enforcement. Regional lessons and institutional coherence Building on […]

Opening social media in the hope of catching up and connecting with friends, one cannot help but notice that it is often flooded with “beef” (arguments). And now that we are nearing an election year, […]

Decades ago, foreign rulers and then post-independence governments reshaped what we eat. In Zambia and India particularly, colonial edicts and food-policy decisions turned maize, white bread and rice into staples of survival and identity. These […]