Egypt’s new Cairo taking shape
CHISHIMBA BWALYA Cairo EGYPT is reinventing Cairo by constructing its new administrative capital more than 1,000 years after the city was founded in 969 AD. It is an ambitious project,…
An intellectual giant: Essays in honour of Muna Ndulo
Title: An Intellectual Giant – Essays in Honour of Muna Ndulo Editors: Marja Hinfelaar, O’Brien Kaaba and Pamela Towela Sambo Pages: 318 Price: K540 Publishers: Gadsden Publishers Selling points: Gadsden…
Zambia Pursues Blended Financing to Unlock Water Investments, seeks $6 billion in water financing
CHISHIMBA BWALYA Lusaka Zambia was one of the Southern African countries that experienced drought last year which affected both food security and energy provision. According to a report by NASA…
Malaria still global health burden
Zambia alone reported over 7 million cases of malaria in 2021 MAYENGO NYIRENDA Kigali, Rwanda MALARIA remains a major global health burden, worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Africa bears 95…
IBA recounts 2024 events
- It was a year of resilience, progress characterised by triumphs, challenges JACK MWEWA Lusaka TAKING stock of its accomplishments and setbacks in 2024, Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) has described…
Alex Simalabwi to Lead Global Water Partnership’s Transformation
MARGARET CHISANGA Lusaka THE Global Water Partnership's (GWP) Steering Committee has unanimously selected Alex Simalabwi as Executive Secretary and CEO, effective 1 February 2025. As GWP Executive Secretary and CEO…
Liuwa: Wildlife changing lives
CHISHIMBA BWALYA Kalabo MUBIYANA Amulomba had been a teacher for 30 years before he decided to retire and venture into active farming in 2020. However, swapping a white-collar job for…
Twapia mothers turn to clean energy
LILLIAN BANDA Ndola IT IS late in the afternoon and Martha Mweemba, 38, a vegetable trader in Ndola’s Twapia Township, Copperbelt Province, is getting ready to prepare dinner for her…
Rain harvesting works wonders
- Mutama-Bweengwa community farmers avert drought, hunger MARGARET CHISANGA Pemba ON A four-hour drive from the country’s capital, Lusaka, to Pemba district in Southern Province, the sight of maize fields…
Repositioning Africa in global health
MONICA KAYOMBO, Lusaka TOMORROW Zambia will be playing host to one of the most important conferences, the 2023 International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA). This year’s conference will…