Guest Diggers
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Village Chicken Rearing in Zambia: A Hobby or Business?Currently, there is inexplicable hype for village chicken rearing in Lusaka and other urban areas. What are the drivers behind this hype? Is it because everyone is doing it or the profits involved? Are village […]
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Reducing Food waste: Don’t buy more than you can consume!The recent cyclone Idai which affected Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi left almost 2 million people needing emergency help, killed over a thousand people and left damage worth billions of dollars. These occurrences should make the […]
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Keep it simple!We use big words in business but the bottom-line remains that a business exists to make money. A plane is a plane. We have single engine planes that fly and we also have the Airbus […]
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An encounter with Henk Mulder, ZANACO bossI had met him a few times before when he came to officially open training programmes in which my company, Bridges Limited, was involved. However, last week gave me an incredible long encounter with Henk […]
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Why Farmers and MPs Prefer The E-voucher: The Case for Full RolloutIn 2018, CUTS found that 58% of e-voucher users prefer the e-voucher to the traditional FISP; last week we met with farmers who confirmed that they believe the e-voucher to be the future. Over the […]
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Why Farmers and MPs Prefer The E-voucher: The Case for Full RolloutIn 2018, CUTS found that 58% of e-voucher users prefer the e-voucher to the traditional FISP; last week we met with farmers who confirmed that they believe the e-voucher to be the future. Over the […]
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Timely payment of suppliers defines your business reputationIn 2017, a couple of months after my arrival from my assignment at the International Monetary Fund, Steven Din, the Chief Executive Officer of Konkola Copper Mines at the time, invited me for a meeting […]
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Public Order Act must goThe Public Order Act must go. Offensive sections to the freedom of assembly, association and speech had been struck down by the Supreme Court of Zambia in 1996 for they were more a hindrance to […]
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Unresolved theft scandals worsening donor confidenceThe recent statement by the British High Commissioner- Fergus Cochrane- Dyet that all direct funding from the UK government to Zambia, remains suspended following the allegations of misuse of funds for social cash transfer, is […]
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There’re 4 types of entrepreneurs, business acumen is key for allAccording to my own understanding, there are four types of entrepreneurs. The FIRST category involves natural entrepreneurs. They possess a certain enterprising gene. They are pro-active people and use a lot of initiative. From the […]
