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hen you think about sport and recreation in Zambia, cycling probably isn't the first activity that comes to mind. Back in 2014 when Kansanshi Mining Plc – one of two Zambian operations run by First Quantum Minerals (FQM) –...
When President Hakainde Hichilema’s Government announced that, come 10 January 2022, education would be free for the country’s nearly 8 million children, it felt like a watershed moment to many Zambians, and a decision that would change the course...
Let’s take a moment to look back at one of the 2019 success stories that’s worth celebrating: The farmers following Kansanshi’s Conservation Farming Program who have turned their subsistence farms into profitable businesses!
When, in 2010, Kansanshi Mining PLC offered...
Malaria remains one of the leading causes of death in several countries around the world, with most malaria cases and deaths occurring in sub-Saharan Africa. The disease took the lives of 435 000 people in 2017, the year in...
It is undeniable that quality education is one of the key elements to unlock the African continent’s enormous potential for growth. Unfortunately, the quality of education is still lacking in most African countries.
According to the Africa-America Institute’s State of...
The foundations have been laid for Zambia’s first official polytechnic, Chapula Polytechnic, a new state-of-the-art training centre that’s being constructed and equipped with funding from Kagem Mining Limited (Kagem) at a cost of ZMW 52.5 million (USD 2.5 million)....
Emmanuel Chewe was forbidden from playing tennis as a boy, but ended up becoming champion of Mufulira Tennis Club for eleven years running. Tennis gave him all kinds of opportunities – it sent him around the world – so...
Bream is one of Zambia’s most sought-after fish, and is served in top restaurants and hotels. So a bream fish-farm is likely to be a money-spinner.
That’s exactly what Lubambe Copper Mine has done in a small village outside the...
Knowledge is power, and sometimes the best contribution one can make is to endow people with learning that will enable them to improve their lives.
Take FQM Kansanshi’s programme to teach farmers in Solwezi how to grow maize more efficiently...
We sat down to meet the charismatic person behind one of Mopani’s most important roles – Chief Services Officer, Senga Chitoshi – and found out how a “girl from Muf” ended up in the same industry as her father,...
