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 …Silavwe says the Microsoft Azure Stack Hub is but one of many initiatives Infratel has planned under the cloud strategy campaign named CLOUD 9 that has the capacity to enable Apps and Azure services accessible by customers right from the Infratel Data Centre. By Francis Maingaila Lusaka (25-08-22 - Zambia24) - Infratel Corporation Limited has officially launched the Microsoft Azure Stack Hub which will act like a vehicle created to accelerate adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) through provision of shareable digital and ICT infrastructure services. Speaking when he graced the launch Minister of Science and Technology Felix Mutati expressed happiness that Infratel come up with Microsoft azure stack, a cloud computing service operated by Microsoft for application management via Microsoft-managed data centers. Mutati said the government is particularly happy that Infratel has taken a direction that will ensure that data services provisi...

... As Caritas Zambia advises the government to incorporate agroecological policies and strategies into the nation’s food system saying this will help to conserve the country's biodiversity and attain food security By Francis Maingaila Lusaka (15-08-22 - Zambia24) - Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) Association, a network of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) working with Small-scale farmers in East, Central, and Southern Africa to promote the indigenous seeds and sovereignty food is convinced beyond all doubts that the whole world has put eyes on agroecology for not only for food security but also providing solutions to the environmental and economic pressures the agriculture industry is facing today. PELUM Country Director Wamunyima Muketoi told Zambia24 in an exclusive telephone interview that not only is agroecology the foundation of sustainable agriculture president Hakainde Hichilema recommended rec...

 … As Mwanamambo says the use of organic fertilizer can sustain and optimize crop production while minimizing the environmental impact. By Francis Maingaila Lusaka (7-08-22 - Zambia24) - A consortium of Civil Society Organizations (CSO) advocating not only for indignant seeds but also sovereignty food security and nutrition have outlined the need for farmers to use organic fertilizer as a measure to enhance soil fertility, sustain plant growth and optimize crop production while minimizing the environmental impact. The CSOs severally, collectively, and individually told Zambia24 in separate interviews that advancing food security and environmental sustainability in farming systems requires an integrated soil fertility management approach that maximizes crop production while minimizing the mining of soil nutrient reserves and the degradation of the physical and chemical properties of soil that can lead to land degradation, including soil erosion. For instance...

...Mushinga said among the measures undertaken so far is advocating for the total cancellation of loans attached to the debts aimed at serving money towards debts repayment By Francis Maingaila  Lusaka (11-08-22-Zambia24) The Ministry of Finance has outlined measures the Zambia government is taking to address the unsustainable debt the country is facing. Acting director for Investment and Debt Management  Musitala Mushinga told a public discussion at the National Stakeholders Indaba on Zambia's Public Debt organized by the CSO Debt Alliance and partners at Mulungushi  International Conference Centre that among the measures undertaken so far is advocating for the total cancellation of loans attached to the debts aimed at serving money towards debts repayment. Mushinga explained that the government has also undertaken the debt sustainability analysis to gain credibility ahead of the debt restructuring exercise. According to Mushinga this exercise require the stamp of authen...

...NDI legal consultant advice president Hichilema to send back the bill to the minister of justice to address the concerns identified which are inimical to the interest of the people that feel debt accumulation by the government is unsustainable.  By Francis Maingaila  Lusaka (11-08-22-Zambia24) - The National Democratic Institute (NDI) legal consultant Chisenga Phiri has unreservedly criticized the proposed public management Bill for lacking clauses that provide for transparency and accountability. Phiri told a public discussion at the National Stakeholders Indaba on Zambia's Public Debt organized by the CSO Debt Alliance and partners at Mulungushi  International Conference Centre that president Hichilema should send back the bill to the minister of justice to address the concerns identified which are inimical to the interest of the country that feel debt accumulation by the government is unsustainable. Chisenga proposed that President Hakainde Hichilema should consider...