LUSAKA, Zambia: The Zambia’s Road Development Agency (RDA) says that most of the tarred road infrastructure in the country has been negatively affected by climate change, particularly the rising global temperatures. This is because many roads were originally constructed to withstand much lower temperatures than what is currently being experienced. By Alfonso Kasongo Speaking in a separate interview with ASHENEWS in Chisamba District, Central Province of Zambia, during a media tour of sections of the Lusaka-Ndola Dual Carriageway, RDA Engineer Emmanuel Zulu said the new road is being constructed with rising temperatures in mind to prevent the softening of bitumen…
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LUSAKA, Zambia – Smallholder farmers who effectively communicate their needs and demonstrate the impact of their projects are more likely to attract funding and partnerships for climate-smart agriculture (CSA) initiatives. By Alfonso Kasongo This was emphasized by Bobby Shabangu, Communication and Knowledge Manager at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), during a side interview with ASHENEWS at the launch of the second cohort of the AICCRA Zambia Agribusiness SME Accelerator. Shabangu highlighted that visibility and the ability to clearly articulate project outcomes are critical for smallholders to gain access to financing. “Farmers must showcase their value and potential. Many funders…
LUSAKA – Debate continues to intensify across Zambia following the recent amendment to the Cybersecurity and Cyber Crimes Act, with the United States Embassy in Lusaka issuing a security alert to American citizens living in or traveling to the country. By Alfonso Kasongo The embassy’s alert cautions that the new law permits the interception and surveillance of all electronic communications in Zambia, raising concerns about privacy and freedom of expression. In response, the Zambian government, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, rejected the embassy’s interpretation, stating that the law does not mandate proactive interception of communications or…
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Last week, in response to mounting, difficult-to-controvert, empirically impregnable accusations that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu disproportionately favors his Yoruba ethnic group in consequential federal appointments, the presidency circulated a list of Tinubu’s appointments to countermine the firmly fixed national narrative of Tinubu’s unexampled ethnocentrism but was compelled to withdraw it because it was embarrassingly error-ridden and factually inaccurate. Sunday Dare, the President’s Media Adviser on Media and Public Communication, tweeted on April 10 that the presidency had “noticed a number of errors in the list of appointments tweeted,” said they were “sorry,” and that they would “provide an updated list…