Zambia’s inflation declines to 9.1%
by Sanday Chongo Kabange on May 27, 2010
By Sanday Chongo Kabange
Zambia’s inflation rate has recorded a steady decline from 9.2% in April to 9.1% in May, representing a meager 0.1% reduction.
According to the latest Central Statistical Office (CSO) monthly bulletin, the declined has been attributed reductions in the prices of food, household goods and furnisher.
CSO Director, Elfreda Chulu however told reporters Thursday [...]
Blacks still waiting for better life: Vavi
by Arno Landner on May 22, 2010
Most black South Africans are still waiting in vain for the better life they have been promised, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Thursday.
“The structures of domination and exclusion continue to find expression in our democratic dispensation,” he told the National Union Mineworkers’ central committee meeting in Boksburg, according to a copy of [...]
UK gives Malawi K55 billion to fight abject poverty
by Chancy Namadzunda on May 18, 2010
By Chancy Namadzunda
The British government has set aside K55 billion (about 225million pounds) to end poverty in Malawi which has 40 percent of its population of 13.1 million living below the poverty line of less than $1 a day.
The aid, shown in the Department for International Development (DFID) five year plan ending in December 2011, [...]
African Travel Association Annual Congress opens in Banjul
by Kemo Cham on May 18, 2010
The African Travel Association (ATA), on Monday, opened its 35th Annual Congress in the Gambian capital, Banjul. The four-day confab, which brings together participants from across Africa and the United States, is centered on the theme: “Sustainable and Responsible Tourism in Africa.”
Over 200 delegates from the participating countries are in attendance, including leading executives from [...]
Zambia invest in airports upgrade
by Sanday Chongo Kabange on May 17, 2010
By Sanday Chongo Kabange
After the world’s remarkable recovery from the grilling effects of the global economic crunch, the movement of people and cargo from one destination to the other is also picking up. Zambia which has had no national airline since the demise of loss-making Zambia Airways in 1995 has had a fair fluctuation in [...]
Zambia opts for green energy
by Sanday Chongo Kabange on May 17, 2010
By Sanday Chongo Kabange
Fluctuations in the prices of crude oil on the global market are persistently upsetting infant economies such as that of Zambia. These sky-rocketing prices of crude are a quandary that Zambia and other non-oil producing countries have to overcome year in-year out.
In 2008, US$60 for a barrel of crude oil was something [...]
GOOGLE vs. JITLA Philosophy and Quotations
by Arno Landner on May 17, 2010
JITLA
• We have a mantra (mission statement): THE GOLDEN RULE. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you…Starting with NO PORN. Which is to say we will do the best things we know how for our users, for our customers, for everyone in a way that defines right action in a massive way. – [...]
Africa Forex Trading
by Thomas on May 17, 2010
The Forex trading industry
With a daily turnover of over $3.2 trillion, as estimated by The Bank of International Settlement, the Forex market has quickly become the world`s biggest and most liquid financial market. Nevertheless, it is a market that has up until now allowed very narrow access to private traders, since it customarily uses terminology [...]

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