Zambia exported 1,876.7 tonnes of cobalt against 1,401 tonnes produced from 2019-24. The gap exposes by-product dependence, re-exports and the beneficiation
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Dr. John Alpha Arufandika: Why Africa Needs AI That Speaks Its Own Languages
Dr John Alpha Arufandika, founder of Aptiva AI and winner of the 2025 LIST Emerging Technologies Impact Award, is building secure, private AI in fourteen Southern African languages. African businesses are adopting artificial intelligence at speed, and most of it is...
US$10 Billion In: How Mining Capital Is Chasing Zambia’s 3 Mt Copper Target
Mines Minister Kabuswe says US$10bn in mining investment flowed into Zambia from 2022–26 toward a 3 Mt copper goal by 2031; 2025 output hit 890,346 tonnes, up
Five Questions Before You Start Selling the Detergent You Clean With
A cleaning firm sells labour; a shop sells stock. Before a cleaning business in Zambia starts selling the products it uses, five questions decide whether the move deepens margins or drains cash.
The cleaning supply chain is far bigger than detergent
Detergent is only one corner of it. Professional cleaning rests on four supply markets, and in Zambia each – chemicals, equipment, consumables, protective wear – is its own opening.
Six cleaning services you can start before buying a single machine
You do not need a truck-mounted extractor to start cleaning for money in Zambia. Six labour-led services that earn before you ever spend on heavy equipment.
Discipline or Disruption: Zambia Warns Africa on Energy-Shock Budgets
At the IMF–World Bank Spring Meetings, Zambia’s Musokotwane warned a conflict-driven energy crisis could hit global markets, urging fiscal discipline and
Lusaka’s uncollected waste is a service market waiting for takers
Lusaka dumps over a million kilograms of unsorted waste a day, much of it outside formal collection. The gap is a health crisis – and a market for small operators.
End of Raw: How Zambia’s US$5bn Beneficiation Bid Reframes Its Exports
Commerce Minister Mulenga says Zambia aims to attract over US$5bn for energy and mineral beneficiation, shifting from raw-mineral exports toward local