Globally, there has been a trend towards adopting improved frameworks to promote responsible land-based investment, but many African countries, including Zambia, still lag in this area. Large-scale land-based investment, particularly…
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Despite the widelu known health risks associated with tobacco consumption, the use of tobacco continues to increase in Zambia. By 2025, the world health organization (WHO) estimaes that there will…
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Access to affordable and clean energy is crucial in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries like Zambia, where cost is a significant barrier. To achieve universal electrification by 2030, estimates suggest the…
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This week’s Monday Opinion aims to shed light on the challenges faced by Zambia’s energy sector, which is of critical importance to the country’s economy and people.
In this week’s Monday Opinion, we are looking at the impacts of climate shocks and among them is flood events. We are discussing the implications floods on livelihoods, risk reduction…
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This week’s Monday Opinion aims to shed light on the challenges faced by Zambia’s energy sector, which is of critical importance to the country’s economy and people. The sector plays…
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Discussions aimed at finding a solution towards a process of restructuring Zambia’s debt have protracted due to the intricate nature of the country’s creditors. The complexity of the creditor composition…
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Zambia’s debt crisis has been widely publicized since it became the first African country to default on its debt payments during the Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic worsened the country’s pre-existing…
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In last week’s opinion, we looked at floods and their implications on the livelihoods of communities by contextualising the impacts on local communities, actions devised to ameliorate flood risks as…
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We talk about value chains and the makeup of the economy in this Monday Opinion. We address a few industries and areas that urgently need government attention, as well as…
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