VICE-PRESIDENT Mutale Nalumango says Zambia is empowering its youths by ensuring that pregnant women get the right nutrition to guarantee strong babies and then seeing them through primary and secondary school for free before ensuring that they get tertiary training in relevant fields. And Kenyan President William Ruto says there is nothing as powerful as an educated, empowered young person with opportunity. The duo was speaking when they participated in a panel discussion on “what do we need to do to equip the youth with skills and ensure jobs’ during the just ended Africa Human Capital Heads of State Summit at Julius Nyerere International Conference Centre in Tanzania, Wednesday. “In Zambia, we attach a lot of importance to human capital....

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