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GRZ will require all parastatals to list on stock exchange(LuSE), in a move designed to "enhance capitalisation and afford Zambians a chance to own stock". In theory this could help invigorate the small equity market and bring greater transparency. But as we have seen with ZCCM-IH that wont necessarily lift the cover of darkness. Presumably those that can't list will die. Let us not forget the hapless Daily Mail &Times of Zambia are parastatals. Mr Chikwanda's statement is embedded below.
Alexander Chikwanda - Listing on the Lusaka Stock Exchange July 2012
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Op-ed submission by Project 21 Benjamin Jealous, the president and CEO of the NAACP, heartily embraces the absurd assertion of the left that asking someone to simply prove their identity in order to participate in the sacred honor of casting a ballot is thinly-veiled voter suppression and an assault on civil rights. At the NAACP's [...]
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Early this year, the Board of Advisors had a discussion on improving freelancer skills where the decision was made to start up iHub Consulting, an initiative to help build soft skills such as communication, delivery and quality in the community. Through this initiative iHub will connect the community to larger client projects which freelancers may [...]
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What are we doing? We're turning the iHub into an Olympics village! For the next two weeks the iHub will be screening the games live throughout the day. We'll also host Google+ hangouts with the Kenya team in London as well as some influential people who'll be dropping by Kenya House. On August 12th we'll celebrate the [...]
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Techies, make some space this Friday, the Creatives are taking over the iHub. On Friday 3rd August we're opening up the iHub space exclusively to the creative community. Whether or not you're an iHub green member, come and spend the day using great internet, interacting with other cool people, and thinking through how to apply tech solutions to creative [...]
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"All that matters in the race is the amount of training each person has been putting into the event and how fast they go on that day," says U.S. Paralympics gold medalist Josh George.
George, along with other U.S. Paralympians, is teaming up with the U.S. State Department to take part in the 2012 Hours Against Hate campaign. The Olympic-inspired campaign's goal is to use sport as a catalyst to change perceptions.
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This interesting new book A Labyrinth of Kingdoms, 10,000 Miles through Islamic Africa by Steve Kemper looks well worth a read. A Labyrinth of Kingdoms: 10,000 Miles through Islamic Africa You've heard of Burton, Stanley, and Livingstone and their Victorian-era adventures in Africa. But you probably don't recognize the name of Heinrich Barth. His five-year, 10,000-mile journey through North [...]
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The words 'AIDS-free Generation' followed us all week throughout Aids 2012. What does it mean? Clearly the notion of an AIDS-Free Generation within our reach is a powerful one. Is the meaning it inspires powerful enough to attract and keep the attention of national policy makers, already burdened with competing priorities in a tight economic environment? Clever enough to conquer the growing apathy of the American public, who may be eager to move on? Inspirational enough to counter the disbelief of public health professionals, weary from decades of battle? Most of us at the conference certainly hope so, because so many lives depend on it.
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DESIGN-BUILD CAMP, INTERNSHIP & GAP YEAR IN AFRICA! This internship programme will be of interest to students and graduates of architecture, arts and design. The Nka Foundation is pleased to announce that following the successful pilot design-build residency at SangArtsVillage in Ghana, the second edition, art+architecture camps will starts in September 2012. If you are searching for an internship [...]
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Once again Salisu Suleiman on Nigeria:
I have 40 million countrymen with no jobs, no present and no future. My youths in the North have become terrorists and those in the South, kidnapers. Those who stay at home die of terror; those who flee abroad die of thirst in the Sahara and survivors drown in the Mediterranean. Future mothers strut shady clubs in the dead of night and the runaways crawl the cold cobbles of Rome and Amsterdam. I am harried and heartbroken, please transform me...My judges are all for sale, but only members of Tribe of Thieves can pay their price. So justice is bought and sold in court chambers and under the tribe's gold-decked umbrellas. I want a judiciary with a conscience and judges with souls, shame and sense, please transform me.
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