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Rising above the Storm: Zambia’s Economic Performance in 2024

In 2024, Zambia faced one of its most challenging years, marked by a severe drought that disrupted key sectors, particularly agriculture and energy. Inflation...

A new beginning is possible if Lungu retires

By Amos Chanda Following the Constitutional Court judgement of 10 December 2024 which barred former president Dr. Edgar Lungu from running for high office again,...

Can Transmission Interconnectors Save Zambia’s Power Sector Out of Crisis?

Zambia’s endowment with abundant natural resources, including rivers offering significant hydropower potential, requires no further elaboration. Despite this, the country continues to grapple with...

An Overview of Zambia’s Electricity Sector: The Players

Zambia’s electricity sector was liberalized in 1995 amidst the wide-ranging economic reforms begun by the new government of the Movement for Multiparty Party democracy...

The Kaumba Brothers

By Dickson Jere I received a call from a longtime colleague working for the US-based Human Rights Organization. He was profiling the case of the...

An Overview of Zambia’s Electricity Sector: Power Generation Assets

By Mwaala Mwenzo The Beginning—Mulungushi and Victoria Falls In 1906, a small thermal power plant was set up in Livingstone, marking the introduction of electricity in...

The Games They Play: Jay Jay Edition

I most times wish I lived in a world without politics. At least politics as I have seen and experienced them. Then again, do...

Why is Zambia’s Power Sector in a Bind?

By Mwaala Mwenzo Why is Our Power Sector in a Bind? As our airplane descended to make its landing in Zambia’s capital, something was different. I...

When Cosmo Mumba, Dan Pule and Bowman Lusambo are your potential ministers, run!

Lawyer Dickson Jere the other day asked a very pertinent question following the unveiling by Tonse Alliance of former president Edgar Lungu as...

Lungu: The Shameless EnigmaGUEST OPINION

Former president Edgar Lungu can be an enigma—a person from whom, if his handlers loved or respected him, they should hide the microphone. He makes...

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