Category: Weekly Column

CHALLENGES AND REFORMS: ZAMBIA’S QUEST FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SECTOR DEVELOPMENT

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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Zambia’s Debt Crisis: What are the Prospects for Restructuring Zambia’s Debt?

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: Understanding the Complexities of Creditor Composition and its Impact on Debt Restructuring.

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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An Introspection of Practical Measures to Flood Risks Reduction.

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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Value Chains and Structure of the Zambian Economy: Invigorating Odds to Drive a Local Private Sector Led Economy

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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The Public Debt Management Act: A Solution to Zambia’s Debt Crisis? PART II

In last week’s Monday Opinion, we introduced the discussion leading up to the enactment of the Public Debt Management Act (the “PDMA”) by highlighting some of the weaknesses of its…
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THE IMF MANAGING DIRECTOR’S VISIT TO ZAMBIA:EXPECTATIONS FROM THE ZAMBIA TAX PLATFORM (ZTP)

In this week’s Monday opinion, we focus on the Zambia Tax Platform’s (ZTP’s) expectations from the IMF managing director’s visit to Zambia. On 16 June 2022, the International Monetary Fund’s…
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UNDERSTANDING GOVERNMENT’S PLANS FOR DOMESTIC RESOURCE MOBILIZATION IN 2023.

In this week’s Monday Opinion, we focus on understanding the plans that Government has for Domestic Resource Mobilization (DRM) for the fiscal year 2023. DRM is often discussed in the…
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Mapping Zambia’s progress towards domesticating the WHO framework Convention on Tobacco Control -Part 2

Even though tobacco has continued to kill approximately 7 million people annually, the tobacco industry still exerts a relentless push to sell close to 6 trillion cigarettes per year. To…
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MAPPING ZAMBIA’S PROGRESS TOWARDS DOMESTICATING THE WHO FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON TOBACCO CONTROL (FCTC) – PART 1

“The increasing tobacco consumption remains the leading cause of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) in Zambia. Tobacconomics reports that while countries around the world are seeing a decrease in smoking, Zambia is…
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