Lobito Corridor will transform Africa’s economy – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says the Lobito Corridor is a once in a generation project which, when utilised effectively, can dramatically change Africa’s economy. And United States President Joe Biden’s Senior Advisor Amos Hochstein says the Lobito Corridor will break ground in 2026 and be operational before 2028. Speaking during the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and…...
News Diggers! ePaper Edition 1666 Friday February 9, 2024
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ZICTA fines Airtel for poor service
THE Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) has fined Airtel Networks Zambia Plc for the outages experienced on the network recently that affected its subscriber base. ZICTA says the service provider has been fined for failing to adhere to Section 67(1)(a) of the Information and Communications Technologies Act No. 15 of 2009 as well…...
U17 girls off to Tanzania
UNDER-17 women’s national team has jetted out of the country ahead of its second World Cup qualifier against Tanzania this weekend. Coach Carol Kanyemba flew to Dar es Salaam with 20 players yesterday aboard Air Tanzania. The Copper Princesses thrashed the Serengeti girls of Tanzania 5-0 at the Nkoloma Stadium, courtesy of a Blessing Zulu…...
Let’s wait for Grant to express himself – Mwila
VETERAN coach Fred Mwila has given Chipolopolo gaffer Avram Grant a benefit of doubt over scathing comments he allegedly made in Israeli media, regarding FAZ’s handling of the team’s travel arrangements prior to the AFCON tournament. Debates on various platforms went awash on Monday when the 68-year-old was quoted as having given an interview with…...
We’ll overturn defeat to Mozambique – Futsal coach
FUTSAL national team coach Andrea Cristoforetti is confident that his team will overturn the 3-2 defeat suffered against Mozambique in the 2024 Morocco Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Zambia suffered a 3-2 away defeat to Mozambique and will play the return fixture at the Automotive Indoor Futsal Arena in search of an AFCON slot this…...
Athletics clubs petition LPAB for fresh elections
SIX clubs have petitioned the Lusaka Province Athletics Area Board (LPAB) executive for failing to circulate the required documents for its Elective General Meeting, which was scheduled for December 16. But LPAB General Secretary Teddy Simushi has described the petition as null and void, stating that those who signed were not members. The six clubs…...
Mwali, Kayonde to represent Zambia at All-Africa Games
THE Chess Federation of Zambia (CFZ) has named four players to represent the country at the forthcoming All-Africa Games set for Accra, Ghana, from March 8-28. The men’s categories will feature International Masters Chitumbo Mwali and Andrew Kayonde, while Women’s categories will include Women Fide Masters Constance Mbatha and Portiah Mututubanya. CFZ president Leslie Chikuse…...
How will govt ensure that Zambians benefit from mining bonanza?
NEWS from the Mining Indaba in South Africa is that KoBold Metals, a California-based mineral exploration company backed by billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, has discovered a vast copper deposit in our country. A spokesperson for KoBold Metals says the Mingomba copper project in Zambia will be one of the world’s biggest high-grade…...
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