Representing the SADC
Cape Town — Lakshmi Moore, program director for Girls First Fund Girls First Fund is the first and largest donor collaborative of its size that is solely dedicated to funding efforts to end child marriage. I’m joined here today by a panel that I hope will inspire you all. Together with Girls Not Brides, Vow … Read More “Africa: End Child Marriage – ‘Ensure Perpetrators Are Blamed and Shamed, And Not The Girl’” »
Nairobi — The national men’s rugby 15s team began their Victoria Cup campaign on a no-nonsense note with a 36-12 win over Zambia at the Kyadondo Grounds in Kampala on Wednesday evening. Ephraim Oduor opened proceedings at the first whistle, dotting over the whitewash with Kabras Sugar RFC’s Jone Kubu converting. Joel Inzuga made a … Read More “Kenya: Simbas Tear Apart Zambia in Muddy Victoria Cup Opener in Kampala” »
PRESIDENT Dr Samia Suluhu Hassan has revealed that the decision by Tanzania to allocate a 20-hectare-land at Kwala Dry Port area in the Coast Region specifically for consignment destined for Zambia is aimed at promoting the people centric economic development endeavor. Zambia will be facilitated with a longer storage period of up to 45 days … Read More “Tanzania: Kwala Dry Port – Why Zambia Deserve Slot” »
Tanzanian government has allocated 20 hectares of land at the Kwala Dry Port in the Coast region in Coast Region that will be dedicated for consignments destined for Zambia to ease business between the two SADC member states. President Samia Suluhu Hassan declared this when gracing the 59th Anniversary of the Independence of Zambia in … Read More “Tanzania Offers Special Gift to Zambians” »
A cross section of Rwandan stars including Bruce Melodie, Jolly Mutesi, comedian Patrick Rusine, and singer Kenny Sol, are among Africans that have been nominated for Zikomo Africa Awards 2023, which will be held for the third time, on November 18, in Lusaka, Zambia. The annual awards recognise exceptional achievements across 69 categories in various … Read More “Rwanda: Bruce Melodie, Jolly Mutesi, Rusine Among Rwandans Nominated for Zambia’s Zikomo Awards” »
Cape Town — Joshua Volz, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe, Eurasia, Africa, Middle East in the US Department of Energy, is in Cape Town, South Africa, for Africa Energy Week, and his first stop is Critical Minerals Africa 2023. allAfrica‘s Juanita Williams finds out how Volz and the department mean to partner with Africa’s leaders, … Read More “Africa: U.S. Wants to Support Decarbonisation and New Energy Access in Africa – US Dept Energy’s Volz” »
Special Report — Malawi has announced a new level of protection across its Nyika, Kasungu, Nkhotakota, Majete Vwaza, Liwonde and Elephant wildlife reserves: drones. Until recently, the protection of animals in the reserves relied heavily on forest guards. The guards usually patrol boundary lines separating animals from their human neighbours, checking for people encroaching on … Read More “Malawi Looks to Drones to Protect Its Wildlife” »
Nairobi — Zambia polo team captain Niels Bojsen admits a tinge of pain after a narrow 3-2 loss to Kenya in their 9-Goal Polo Tournament at the Nairobi Polo Club on Sunday afternoon. Bojsen said they would have loved to return to Lusaka with victory but for the excellence of the hosts who he conceded … Read More “Kenya: Zambians ‘Slightly’ Sorrowful After Loss to Kenya in 9-Goal Polo Tourney” »
In what will likely be the world’s largest mass translocation of rhinos, conservation groups are planning to move 300 rhinos a year for the next 10 years to locations across South Africa and elsewhere on the rest of the continent. Conservation groups in at least four African nations (Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Kenya) have offered … Read More “Africa: Four African Nations Line Up to ‘Rewild’ Massive Herd of ‘Homeless’ South African Rhinos” »
Seychelles’ health authorities have agreed to expedite the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Zambia to facilitate the recruitment of Zambian health professionals to work in the island nation. In a press statement on Thursday, the Ministry of Health said that Minister Peggy Vidot and her Zambian counterpart Sylvia Masebo made the agreement … Read More “Zambia: Seychelles’ Health Authorities to Expedite Signing of MOU With Zambia for Recruitment of Doctors” »
