Agriculture Permanent Secretary Songowayo Zyambo has urged farmers to plant crops that are drought resilient. Mr Zyambo says the country has a challenge of climate change which has caused dry spells especially in the Southern part. He says farmers must prove that they can develop a variety of crops apart from maize like Cassava and […]
Ministry of Commerce and Industry Permanent Secretary Kayula Siame has urged the private sector to ensure they add value to agricultural products. Ms Siame said this through Ministry of Commerce Economist Njaame Mwila during the Solidaridad Sugar Stakeholders meeting in Lusaka. The Permanent Secretary said that Government has facilitated the development of farming blocks to […]
The World Bank has invited Zambia to become one of the pilot locations for the human capital project, an initiative aimed at scaling-up access to quality education, health, and skills development. The move has been welcomed by Minister of Finance Margaret Mwanakatwe and her counterpart Minister of National Development Planning, Alexander Chiteme. The project is […]
Cristiano Ronaldo marked his return from injury with a precious away goal as Juventus drew 1-1 with an excellent Ajax in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal in Amsterdam on Wednesday. Ronaldo subdued the 50 000 home fans in the Johan Cruyff Arena when he headed Juventus in front on the stroke of halftime […]
Manchester United face an even tougher task to turnaround the 1-0 deficit from the first leg of their quarterfinal with Barcelona than their miraculous comeback away to Paris Saint-Germain in the last 16, coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admitted on Wednesday. United became the first side to ever overcome a 2-0 first leg defeat at home […]
Mansa District Electoral Officer Sombo Kaela in a speech at the ECZ briefing for uniformed Staff has said that there were no recorded incidents of electoral violence in Mansa District. The Briefing which was Officially opened by Luapula Province Electoral Officer Mr Anusa Zaza was attended by Zambia Police Service Officers who were led by […]
Zambia is set to become a top provider of clean energy via solar in southern Africa, second only to South Africa. This is as a consequence of a more than 100-megawatt power boost to the grid in partnership with Development Bank of Germany known by its acronym KFW said Zambia’s Ambassador to Germany Anthony Mukwita. […]
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