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Economy

Cash for work initiative gets K68.5 million, as domestic debt service gulps 31 billion

The government has allocated K68.5 million to the Cash for Work initiative, aimed at providing financial support to viable but vulnerable citizens impacted ...

By Bumba MulengaSeptember 9, 20240

Economy

Central bank moves to modernize Zambia’s payment infrastructure, with digital economy project

The Bank of Zambia (BoZ) has initiated a 24/7 digital economy project aimed at enhancing the country’s payment systems and supporting the digital ...

By Bumba MulengaSeptember 9, 20240

Tech

WhatsApp to enable cross-app messaging, calls by 2027

Meta, the developer of WhatsApp, has announced plans to comply with the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), which mandates interoperability between Meta-owned ...

By Bumba MulengaSeptember 8, 20240

Economy

Govt backs SMEs in industrial yards with financing, training

Subeta Mutelo, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprise Development, has stated that the government is providing financial support ...

By Bumba MulengaSeptember 8, 20240

Project Aliyense

Licensing online media in the era of constrained democratic space, by Lillian Mkandawire

The media landscape in Zambia has faced uncertainty since the country restored democratic governance in the early 1990s. Despite promising initial steps to ...

By Bumba MulengaSeptember 8, 20240

International

Equatorial Guinea tops Africa’s bribery risk rankings —Report

Equatorial Guinea has been ranked as the African country with the highest bribery risk according to the latest TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix released ...

By Bumba MulengaSeptember 7, 20240

Tech

Female engineers lament male dominance of tech sector, call for gender balance

The Zambia Women in Engineering Section (ZWES) has expressed concern over male dominance in the development of emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence ...

By Bumba MulengaSeptember 7, 20240

Economy

Economist warns exchange rate instability, load shedding threaten Zambia’s investment climate

Economist, Rita Mkandawire, has expressed concerns that Zambia’s economic instability, particularly in the exchange rate and persistent load shedding, is deterring investment in ...

By Bumba MulengaSeptember 7, 20240

Lifestyle

Ambitious Platnumz aims to be among world’s top billionaires

Bongo Flava award-winning artiste, Diamond Platnumz, during the launch of the Wasafi Festival 2024, expressed his aspiration to become the richest man in ...

By Bumba MulengaSeptember 6, 20240

ZM Index

Kwacha strengthens as increased supply meets foreign exchange demand

Thursday’s market session saw a bullish performance by the Zambian Kwacha against the United States (US) dollar, driven by increased supply-side inflows that ...

By Bumba MulengaSeptember 6, 20240

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