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Zambia: The Good, the Bad and the Alarming - Hichilema's First 100 Days
African Arguments, 2 December 2021
The new president's first 100 days have seen a combination of promising steps and worrying tendencies. Read more »
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Zambia: Return of Zambia Airways to Break Monopoly
Times of Zambia, 3 December 2021
AT long last, Zambia has changed the narrative about having no national airline for more than two decades. Read more »
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Zambia: Wonderful Group - Making Zambia Regional Export Hub
Times of Zambia, 22 November 2021
From its initial establishment in 2012, Wonderful Group of Companies has grown as a Zambian industrial investment which has had an impact on both livelihoods of local people as… Read more »
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Zambia: Manganese Industry Has Potential to Drive Country's Economic Fortunes
Times of Zambia, 17 November 2021
A well organised manganese mining sub-sector has the capacity to turnaround the country's economic fortunes. Read more »
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Zambia: Civil Society Leader Laura Miti Weighs In On President Hichilema's First 100 Days
RFI, 13 November 2021
Nearly 100 days after Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema took power in August, he has been making advances in press freedom, curbing violence, and trying to unravel the… Read more »
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Zambia: A Peek Into Budgetary Allocations for Economic Affairs
Times of Zambia, 10 November 2021
Today, we want to delve slightly deeper the allocation towards the economic affairs in the 2022 National Budget. Read more »
How Zambia's Hichilema Spent First 100 Days In Office
When he took office 100 days ago, President Hakainde Hichilema pledged rapid transformation of the economy and the general way of doing business in government. After a decade and a half in opposition, the leader of the United Party for National Development defeated incumbent Edgar Lungu in elections on August 12, 2021, taking office 12 days later, writes Sishuwa Sishuwa for African Arguments.
Although Hichilema's government continues to face several economic challenges, he has developed a clear strategy aimed at fixing the economy and its debt crisis through better fiscal management and accountability. Meanwhile, the appointment of the well-regarded Situmbeko Musokotwane as finance minister, the internationally respected Denny Kalyalya as governor of the Bank of Zambia and the experienced Felix Nkulukusa as secretary to the treasury, strengthens the country's ability to secure an IMF package. Such a bailout would help Zambia attract foreign direct investment, reassure ratings agencies, and re-negotiate debt payments and more.
InFocus
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Zambia's new President Hakainde Hichilema, who recently defeated the incumbent Edgar Lungu with 59% of the votes, faces a few challenges in fulfilling his promises. These include ... Read more »
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Newly elected President Hakainde Hichilema fired Zambia Police Service Inspector General Kakoma Kanganja and all service chiefs and their deputies barely a week after his inau Read more »
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Zambia's President-elect Hakainde Hichilema, 59, will take office on August 31, 2021, following his landslide victory against incumbent Edgar Lungu. Hichilema won with over 60% o Read more »
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Zambian president-elect Hakainde Hichilema has told Zambians 'change is here' as opposition parties in neighbouring countries congratulated him on his victory. UPND supporters that ... Read more »
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Opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has been declared the winner of Zambia's presidential election, defeating incumbent Edgar Lungu, Al Jazee Read more »
Hakainde Hichilema, President of Zambia, arriving at the COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, November 1, 2021 (file photo).
