By ALICE NACHILEMBE Chawama Mini Hospital’s Youth Peer Educators have forged a partnership with the Ministers Spouses Association to launch a gardening initiative as part of their outreach efforts. This collaboration aims to provide sustenance and nutritional support to both patients at the hospital and the local community. Drawing inspiration from a similar project initiated […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE The Tachimbwa Lubilo Women’s Club, located in Nchanga Ward within the Nchanga Constituency of Chingola District, has achieved a remarkable feat through the successful utilisation of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF). By ingeniously leveraging village banking, the club has multiplied a K5000 grant received from the CDF to an impressive K33,000. Having […]
Official commissioning of three (03) rehabilitated staff houses at Sandangombe Primary School financed using the 2022 Ward Development Fund (WDF)
St. Charles Special School in Tumvwanganai ward has equally benefited from the 2022 Ward Development Fund through the construction of a 1X2 Classroom Block
Another complete 2022 Ward Development Fund (WDF) project is Kamatete Primary School staff house. His Worship the Mayor of Solwezi, Mr Remmy Kalepa, did the honours of handing it over to the Ministry of Education
COP28 President-Designate Dr. Sultan Al Jaber has addressed the nineteenth session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), sharing his vision and priorities for COP28, especially the need for adaptation financing and acceleration of the energy transition. A key partner to COP28, AMCEN unites environment ministers from across the continent and provides political […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE A-22-year-old Woman of Chingola’s Chiwepala area has been detainted by police to help with investigation in the murder of her husband. The case of a suspected Murder was reported on August 11, 2023 as Suicide. Copperbelt Police Commissioner Peacewell Mweemba said the victim Jackson Kaonga 29 is suspected to have committed suicide […]
Banking as a Service (BaaS) and embedded finance enabler Ukheshe has partnered with Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) to provide an innovative BaaS platform in East Africa. BaaS, the provision of banking products and services through third-party distributors, is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of a whopping 25% in some markets, and this new partnership will […]
The COP28 Presidency has announced that it will convene the Independent High-Level Expert Group (IHLEG) on Climate Finance in the UAE this week to drive progress on steps to reform international finance ahead of COP28. The two-day meeting from 15-16 August, held at the Abu Dhabi Global Markets (ADGM), will bring together world-leading economists, private sector leaders, the COP28 Presidency and UN Climate Change High-Level Champions. […]
By Mercy Chewe The North Western Province Development Council of Elders has bemoaned the lack of business opportunities for local suppliers at mining firms operating in the province. Local suppliers in the North Western and Copperbelt Provinces have been complaining of foreign cartels that are disadvantageous to local suppliers and contractors at mining firms especially […]
Alice Nachilembe
