I don't know why, but every time I spend time in nature here in Zambia, I feel like I can finally breathe again. There's something special about the fresh air. 🌿🇿🇲
#Zambia#FreshAir#Nature#Peace
Sometimes I wonder if we're really using our phones... or if they're using us. The line between convenience and addiction gets thinner every day. 📱💭
#DigitalDetox#PhoneAddiction#ScreenTime
Bank of Zambia Governor Dr. Denny #Kalyalya has stressed the importance of maintaining Zambia’s foreign #reserves, saying they are critical for emergency response.
The Power of Passing It On: Building Bankable Businesses in Our Communities
There is a profound, unmatched joy in demystifying business for the people in our communities. Equipping our citizens with core business principles is about more than just sharing knowledge, it is about building true economic resilience and bankability.
When we take the time to teach the mechanics of a strong business plan, the importance of operational skills, and how to prove real commercial viability, we change the trajectory of local enterprises. We empower founders to transition from hoping for a lucky break to legitimately accessing capital. Whether from commercial banks, angel investors, or institutional grants, capital flows to readiness. By teaching these principles, we help our people open doors on the sheer strength of their merit.
A Call to Action for Zambian Professionals:
To every knowledgeable Zambian, whether you are a seasoned executive, a thriving entrepreneur, or a financial expert, our young people need your guidance.
Do not keep your hard-earned experience to yourself. Step up and mentor the youth in your community. The insights you share could be the exact catalyst a young founder needs to turn a raw idea into a viable, funded, and scalable business.
Let’s build Zambia’s economic future together, one mentorship at a time. Step up and start mentoring today.
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KITWE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COLLEGE STUDENTS ENDORSE HICHILEMA
Students from Kitwe Vocational Training College have expressed support for President Hakainde Hichilema following a formal engagement with the National Council of Students Union (NACOSU), citing government initiatives aimed at expanding access to education, skills training and youth empowerment.
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It's good to see more young people talking about education and skills instead of politics. Opportunities like these can really change lives. 🇿🇲 #Zambia#Youth
I believe Zambians are wise enough to remember who delivered and who didn't. Actions always speak louder than campaign speeches. 🇿🇲
#Zambia#Hichilema#Leadership
They looted and squandered public resources with the full protection of State House while the country watched. Now that one of the architects of that era wants power again, hoping to return to those days. Not on our watch. 👎
President Hakainde Hichilema says the construction of an international airport in Mongu District has already started, with works beginning through the extension of the existing runway at Mongu Airport.
Personally, I don't expect perfection from any leader. I just want someone who keeps their promises and genuinely cares about improving people's everyday lives.
#TheZambianVote#ElectionDataPlug#Leadership#Elections
I’m not trying to deviate attention from elections, but I’ve heard complaints from people in Kalingalinga and surrounding areas that they have never seen anyone working on this building. But it keeps changing every often, and, they wake up tired each morning 😂 #HappyFriday
The Paradox of Visionary Leadership: Why History Rewards the Hard Choices
There is a profound paradox at the heart of political leadership, the decisions that make a leader most unpopular in the present are often the exact same decisions that cement their legacy as visionary in the future.
Human nature craves immediate relief and quick fixes. But national transformation requires structural surgery, and surgery hurts before it heals. When we look back at history, the leaders we revere today were rarely universally loved while they were doing the heavy lifting.
The Verdict of History
Consider Harry S. Truman. When he left the US Presidency in 1953, his approval rating was a dismal 22%. He was heavily criticised for massive foreign aid spending (the Marshall Plan) and the agonising economic transitions following WWII. Yet today, historians rank him among the greatest presidents. He didn’t play for the next election, he played for the next generation. The world order he funded laid the foundation for decades of unprecedented global prosperity.
Similarly, look at Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore. In the early years of his tenure, many of his policies such as mandating English as the working language, strictly regulating labour unions, and forcing disparate communities into integrated public housing, were fiercely resisted. They were bitter pills. But because he stayed the course, Singapore transformed from an impoverished, resource-lacking island into a first-world economic powerhouse within a single generation.
These leaders understood a fundamental truth: You cannot harvest a crop in the same season you plant it.
The Zambian Context: Planting the Seeds
This historical lens is crucial when evaluating the tenure of President Hakainde Hichilema.
When President Hichilema took office, he did not inherit a thriving enterprise, he inherited a nation in default, crushed by unsustainable debt, with a fractured economy. Fixing a structural collapse is not a job for populists who want to be cheered every day. It is a job for a pragmatist willing to endure the boos while fixing the foundation.
President Hichilema has had to make deeply difficult, often unpopular decisions. Removing unsustainable subsidies and navigating the painful, complex labyrinth of sovereign debt restructuring have caused immediate friction. To the everyday citizen, this transition period is undeniably difficult.
But look at the seeds being planted...
1. Massive Debt Restructuring
Freeing future generations of Zambians from an unpayable financial noose.
2. Decentralisation
Exponentially increasing the Constituency Development Fund (CDF), taking money out of the capital and putting it directly into the hands of local communities.
3. Human Capital
Reintroducing free education and hiring thousands of teachers and healthcare workers, ensuring the next generation is equipped to compete globally.
The Case for the Harvest...
True economic turnaround takes time. The risk Zambia faces today is the temptation to pull up the seeds just to see if the roots are growing.
President Hichilema deserves a second term not as a reward, but as a necessity for national actualisation. The first term of any transformative leader is about stopping the bleeding, clearing the wreckage, and laying the foundation. The second term is when the building actually goes up.
If Zambia stays the course, history will look back on this era not by the temporary discomfort of the reforms, but by the permanent stability those reforms created.
Generations from now, Hakainde Hichilema will be celebrated not because he took the easy road to popularity, but because he took the hard road to prosperity. Great leaders don't just win elections, they secure the future. Let’s give the visionary the time he needs to finish the job.