The 2009 Pan African Competition for Entrepreneurship in Education has been launched! The top prize for the competition is 10,000 USD and there are 1,000 USD prizes for the best entries from every country. What are you waiting for? See below :2009 Pan-African Awards for Entrepreneurship in Education [view entry]

That depends on your comparator. According to the recently released 2009 Legatum Prosperity Index, Zambia is not very prosperous globally (89/104), but slightly better regionally (7th in Africa).The good:Social Capital - Ranked 21st : Just 12% of all Zambians feel they can trust their fellow citizen, placing Zambia amongst the... [view entry]

Another wondeful video about Northrise University focusing on the impact on Ndola. Previous video here.. [view entry]

Its certainly not this ignorant and condescending reason put forward by Booker Rising :It could be that African journalists and academics skew Marxist, and thus are loathe to consider such a pro-capitalist book. Racial issues could be an issue as well. Some black folks do believe that "the white man's... [view entry]

Current reports by some news sources around the world concerning the unprecedented incidence of crime and xenophobic sentiments in South Africa have got me pondering whether there is anything we can do in Zambia to save ourselves from experiencing a similar situation.At present, government leaders in Zambia seem to be... [view entry]

The true cost of the Task Force was revealed this week via this Justice Ministry press release. It turns the Task Force gobbled up a staggering $13.5m in legal fees and in excess of $10m on security and other meaningless tasks. The fight against plunder in the end turned out... [view entry]

Times of Zambia surpassed my expectations late last week when they penned this fantastic editorial on maize exports :Zambian Consumer Association (ZACA) executive secretary, Muyunda Ililonga has obviously missed the point in calling on the Government not to export maize after the country’s bounty harvest.According to 2009 crop forecast, the... [view entry]

Water accounts for 20% of our land mass, but fisheries only accounts for 1.3% of GDP. A new World Bank paper discusses the potential of fisheries industry in Zambia for poverty reduction. [view entry]

Reports last week that a UK firm intends to invest around $240m in Agriculture over next five years, in what has been touted as the largest single agriculture investment this year. In the long term it is argued this could surpass ZAMBEEF PLC :A British company intends to invest an... [view entry]

A useful ILO / UNICEF report on children's work in Zambia. Abstract :The report provides an overview of the child labour phenomenon in Zambia – its extent and nature, its determinants, and its consequences on health and education. The report also addresses the national response to child labour, and policy... [view entry]