Thursday, November 21African Digital Business Magazine

Tag: Lusaka

Agriculture, Zambia News

Insurance has a crucial role to play in driving the sustainability of farming and give impetus to Zambia’s socio-economic development

With Zambia having recently commemorated Farmer's Day and the contributions and work made by farmers in the agricultural sector in the country, Hollard has highlighted the importance of ensuring the sustainability of farming in the country, by providing adequate disaster risk financing mechanisms as a means to protect farmers against natural and man-made disasters. Choolwe Sianyinda, Chief Operating Officer of Hollard says, “The long-term sustainability of the agricultural sector in Zambia and prospects for the country’s socio-development hinges on the adoption of adequate cover and protection to mitigate against the increasingly volatile and erratic weather patterns - which are largely attributed to climate change - placing an extra burden on food security.” The socio-economic developme...
Applications now open for Africa Fintech Summit’s 6th AlphaExpo Micro-Accelerator Cohort
Events, Fintech, Zambia News

Applications now open for Africa Fintech Summit’s 6th AlphaExpo Micro-Accelerator Cohort

LUSAKA, ZAMBIA: The Africa Fintech Summit, the largest bi-annual fintech event in Africa, announces the application for its 6th AlphaExpo Micro-Accelerator cohort.  The AlphaExpo is a program at the heart of the Africa Fintech Summit mission. This year the program will enable up to 15 African startups the opportunity to attend and exhibit at this November’s AFTS in Lusaka, Zambia on November 2-3, 2023 as a VIP delegate. Cohort participants will also take part in the AlphaExpo Pitch Competition on Friday, November 3rd, formally concluding this year’s AFTS festivities.  Industry events are great ways for early-stage entrepreneurs to kick-start fundraising, partnership, and business development conversations in addition to amplifying their company’s profile to a global audience. Oftentimes,...
Southern Sun Ridgeway celebrates 70 years of hospitality in Lusaka
Africa Travel, Zambia News

Southern Sun Ridgeway celebrates 70 years of hospitality in Lusaka

Southern Sun Ridgeway celebrates a milestone 70th anniversary in 2023, marking seven platinum decades of hospitality in Zambia’s capital, Lusaka. Originally known as the ‘Ridgeway Hotel’, it was one of the city’s first hotels to open in 1953. Over the years it has undergone various rebrands and refurbishments, and today is one of Southern Sun’s most renowned hotels. Southern Sun’s journey into Zambia began when the group signed a management contract with Anglo American Corporation (Central Africa) in 1994, and the hotel was converted into a Holiday Inn Garden Court, and subsequently upgraded to a Holiday Inn a year later in 1995. This involved a major refurbishment of the entire hotel together with the addition of 35 rooms, bringing the total to 154, which set the course for it to become ...
Fintech, Startups

Failing To Win

A new book from Burnet Media, Cape Town will inspire and guide the next generation of African entrepreneurs. Failing To Win by Mike Quinn is the authentic story of a uniquely African startup at the forefront of the continent’s fintech revolution. Inspired to become the “M-Pesa of southern Africa” after Kenya’s pioneering mobile money innovation, Zoona secured tens of millions of dollars in international investment and grew to serve two-million customers in Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique while processing $2.5-billion in transactions. This is an ideal read for anyone doing business or investing in Africa, and in particular for purpose-driven entrepreneurs and impact or venture capital investors. ABOUT THE BOOK In 2009, Canadian entrepreneur Mike Quinn packed his backpack and moved to Lu...
Agriculture, Startups, Uganda News

Creating a borderless agribusiness space in Uganda and across East Africa

Startup testimony Charles Bwanika, a new generation social entrepreneur Charles Bwanika is a new generation social entrepreneur, passionate about undertaking positive challenges to bring about positive impact people’s lives he’s a seasoned child rights activist, experienced and qualified Community development expert with aBA in Development   Studies (BDS) and a Diploma in Community Psychology from Ndejje University and Kyambogo University in Uganda respectively.  He also has numerous post graduate professional trainings in different fields including Research Methodologies, Child Protection, Civil Leadership, Project Planning and Management, Business and Entrepreneurship among others. Charles is the Founder & CEO of an agritech social enterprise - Farm Kiosk which is on a mission of ...
African News

CNBC AFRICA LAUNCHES ITS NEW BUREAU IN ZAMBIA

CNBC AFRICA, opened its eighth African bureau in Zambia as it continues to widen its African reporting footprint. The bureau, a joint venture with Zambia's national broadcaster, ZNBC, will be based in the Zambian capital, Lusaka and opened for business on the 25th of July 2012. It's the channel's second bureau this year following Mozambique where, the company also teamed up with the local national broadcaster, TVM. The other bureaus are in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Gabon. "The new bureau is continuing testimony to our vision to provide comprehensive coverage of Africa's growing markets. Zambia is one of the new groups of African economies expanding at more than 7% per anum whose story remains largely untold outside its borders," said Godfrey Mutizwa, CNBC Africa Chief Editor. ...