David Watson Mwabila III

Redefining Development, Business and Economics @Yale

[David Watson Mwabila III @MwabilaDavid]

🇿🇲 appreciates the support, & thank you Commissioner @JuttaUrpilainen for the fruitful exchange. Indeed together we can achieve more. #EDD21

[Jutta Urpilainen @JuttaUrpilainen]

Our visit to Zambia comes to end with a meeting with Civil Society Organisations and activists, key ingredients of open societies!

We end on a high note: 🇪🇺 Delegation in Zambia will establish a #YouthSoundingBoard!

Median age in 🇿🇲 is 17 – youth voices need to be heard!

[Achim Steiner @ASteiner]

Deeply concerned about the escalating crisis in Eastern #DRC. Violence is disrupting livelihoods, schools & health services, putting hard-won dev gains at risk.

@UNDP remains committed to supporting communities & fostering resilience.

➡ My statement: https://t.co/SiKLpvf1mM

[UNDP Zambia @UNDPZambia]

🧑‍🤝‍🧑Person first — everything else after.

Disability inclusion is key to #sustainabledevelopment, ensuring that all Zambians are empowered. The upcoming Disability Mainstreaming Guidelines ensure that we #LeaveNoOneBehind in the development & implementation of policy & programming

[UNDP Zambia @UNDPZambia]

Together with @ZiparInfo and @unicefzambia, we launched the Development Finance Assessment (#DFA) Report yesterday! 🎉

This milestone will support Zambia's #SustainableDevelopment by helping to optimize financial flows and strengthen private sector contributions. #SDG17

[Human Development @HDRUNDP]

.@UNDP’s #HDR2024 finds that uneven development progress is leaving the poorest behind, exacerbating inequality, and stoking political polarization globally. The result is a dangerous gridlock that must be urgently tackled through collective action.

https://t.co/CAFe7nYBow

[UNICEF Zambia @unicefzambia]

#NewsHighlight! 📰 Ms. Lois Mulube, PS at @mofnpzambia launches DFA reports, shining a light on development opportunities in Katete District with support from @UNDPZambia and @unicefzambia. A beacon of hope for the community, especially vulnerable #children. #UNpartnerships

[David Watson Mwabila III @MwabilaDavid]

Happy to see the collaboration of @UNDPZambia, @SwedeninZM and @zamstats on the 2024 Household Budget Survey. Indeed together we can achieve more.

[Ambassador of Sweden to Zambia @SweAmbZam]

👉🏼 The 2024 Household Budget Survey - hugely important for policymaking as well as for budget allocations.

👉🏼 Proud that 🇸🇪 supports 🇿🇲 through the collaboration between @zamstats and @SCB_nyheter

👉🏼 Great seeing data collection live today in Mungwi District!

[UNDP Zambia @UNDPZambia]

Pleased to launch #HDR2024 today in Zambia 🇿🇲, which canvasses the landscape of our polarized world & explores paths forward that reimagine cooperation!

Read the Press Release 👉 https://t.co/DBnhtKBRce
Download the full report  👉 https://t.co/SQHbla8W0t

[UNDP Zambia @UNDPZambia]

Global challenges are becoming increasingly complex & intertwined. We need intersectional &interconnected solutions to effectively respond to them.

Tomorrow, 🇿🇲preps for the National Launch of #HDR2024 unpack crucial information & data needed to understand and Break the Gridlock

[UN Volunteers @UNVolunteers]

1⃣@UNDP
2⃣@UNICEF
3⃣@UNFPA
4⃣#UNRCO
5⃣@UN_Women

are the TOP 5⃣@UN entities hosting the UNVs with disabilities.

But behind these numbers are real volunteers - each a symbol of resilience & hope. Uncover the 77 inspirations behind #DiversityMosaic book🔗https://t.co/TO8912NsyB

[David Watson Mwabila III @MwabilaDavid]

@diamondtvzambia @HHichilema @JitoKayumba @ZambiaMGEE for your immediate attention.

[UNDP Zambia @UNDPZambia]

Pleased to celebrate 🇿🇲’s youth with the President, H.E. @HHichilema, @UNZambia Resident Coordinator, @MutaliBeatrice and the UN Country Team at the National Youth Indaba and the launch of the National Youth Policy!

Zambia@60 #BeTheChange

[Ahunna Eziakonwa @ahunnaeziakonwa]

Inequalities between countries are dangerously rising again

@UNDP’s 🆕 #HDR2024 shows many African countries have not yet recovered from #COVID19 & subsequent crises

In our increasingly polarized 🌍, collective action is critical to break the gridlock
➡️ https://t.co/FnmnZiClr5

[UNDP Zambia @UNDPZambia]

🥳Exciting News! Today we unveiled the new ZAPD strategic plan for 2023-2026 w/ the Zambia Agency for Persons with Disabilities #ZAPD & @MCDSS_ZAMBIA.

The new strategic plan is set to empower persons w/disabilities that face inequalities in all areas of development in Zambia!

[United Nations @UN]

“At the Summit of the Future in September, we have a chance to shape multilateralism for years to come.”

@antonioguterres sees dynamic effort to build a more effective, inclusive & renewed multilateralism tuned to the 21st century. https://t.co/ukoZDbIN9n

[Zambia Daily Mail @zadama24]

UNDP spends $1m on #CBU innovation hub

United Nations Development Programme says it has invested $1 million in the establishment of a Unipod, an innovation and technology hub, at the Copperbelt University. The Unipod is one of 13 such facilities set up by the UNDP across #Zambia

[James Wakiaga @wakiaga]

Paid a courtesy call on H.E. Ambassador Ali Alkahtani of Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in #Zambia & shared on our partnership to promote sustainable development in #Zambia #LeaveNoOneBehind #SDG17

[Kristoffer Tangri @K_Tangri]

Thrilled to launch our documentary series "Borderlands." The 12-episode series unfolds in the borderlands of Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda, Nigeria, Niger, Benin, & Cameroon & tells extraordinary stories of community resilience & innovation. Watch here: https://t.co/XNZCTfbyL2

[David Watson Mwabila III @MwabilaDavid]

@david7zoe @CMukora

[UNDP Africa @UNDPAfrica]

In the East & Southern Africa context,
several countries are experiencing various forms of Constitutional transitions.

How can we enhance governance to creatively respond to the challenges in the region while leveraging on emerging opportunities?

Join: https://t.co/DPK8Uh6Gdp