The Current State of Livingstone International Cultural and Arts Festival
A festival can generate two very different things — headlines and results — and they are easy to confuse. Every cultural event announces itself as a success; far fewer can show what actually changed. For the Livingstone International Cultural and Arts Festival, the...
The Current State of Livingstone International Cultural and Arts Festival
A festival can generate two very different things — headlines and results — and they are easy to confuse. Every cultural event announces itself as a success; far fewer can show what actually changed. For the Livingstone International Cultural and Arts Festival, the...
What Success Would Look Like in Zambian Languages in the Digital Age
It is easy to describe how Zambian languages could fail in the digital age. Describing success is harder, and more useful. A country does not steer toward a warning; it steers toward a picture of where it wants to be. So set the picture for 2031: what would it...
The Four-Year Shift in Zambian Languages in the Digital Age
Progress in language technology is easy to announce and hard to verify. A single published dataset can be described as a breakthrough or as a modest first step, depending on who is speaking and what they are selling. For Zambian languages in the digital age, the...
What Music, Festivals and Zambia’s Live-Entertainment Economy Could Mean for Zambia by 2031
Forecasting a cultural economy is really a bet on institutions, not on talent. Zambia already has the talent, the catalogue and, increasingly, the audience. What will decide where its live-entertainment sector stands by 2031 is whether the unglamorous machinery,...
The Current State of Livingstone International Cultural and Arts Festival
Weighing LICAF’s 2022 to June 2026 progress in Livingstone — separating measurable gains in tourism and the arts from announcements still awaiting figures.
What Success Would Look Like in Zambian Languages in the Digital Age
What success looks like if Zambia makes language technology part of cultural sovereignty and digital inclusion — with indicators to track toward 2031.
The Four-Year Shift in Zambian Languages in the Digital Age
A 2022-2026 audit of Zambian-language technology: real open datasets for Bemba and others, but few finished tools and thin coverage still ahead.
What Music, Festivals and Zambia’s Live-Entertainment Economy Could Mean for Zambia by 2031
Two scenarios for Zambia’s music economy by 2031, and the rights, data and regional-export indicators that will decide which one arrives.
Cabanga TV is live: watch how Zambian coffee found a new market
A Boer goat farm, a microloan start-up, local entrepreneurs taking on the chains and a Malawian nurse turned farmer are among the stories now free to watch. LUSAKA, 17 October 2026 - Zambia is only beginning to scale its coffee, and it has already found a fast-growing...
Reading the 2022-2026 Evidence on Music, Festivals and Zambia’s Live-Entertainment Economy
A 2022-2026 audit of Zambia’s live-entertainment economy: real gains in reach and festivals versus sponsorship pledges and a persistent data gap.
The Next Frontier in Zambian Film and the Rise of ZAMIFF
Three scenarios for Zambian film to 2031: a festival without an industry, a domestic industry, or a regional content exporter, and the indicators to track.
MUSIKA launches a Managed Sourcing Desk for Zambian Businesses
Agricultural, construction and industrial buyers can submit requirements for South African supply and coordinated fulfilment. Musika launches today for Zambian businesses sourcing goods from South Africa. The platform combines a catalogue with a procurement desk that...
Before You Hand Over a Gate Key, Verify the Record
Zambian homes still hire cleaners on a relative’s word and a phone number. How to turn that guess into two checkable steps that protect both household and worker.
Zambian Film and the Rise of ZAMIFF Between 2022 and June 2026: What Changed
A 2022 to June 2026 audit of ZAMIFF and Zambian film: separating measurable institutional gains from announcements still awaiting delivery.
Five Signals That Will Determine the Future of Traditional Ceremonies as a National Cultural Network
Five measurable signals will decide whether Zambia’s coordinated national ceremony calendar strengthens identity and spreads tourism income by 2031.
Nigeria’s sovereign cloud turns data infrastructure into economic policy
Nigeria’s sovereign-cloud initiative links data control, public-sector computing and local infrastructure investment, making cloud policy part of the country’s industrial strategy.
Mozambique’s data rules target transparency in mobile markets
Mozambique’s communications regulator is building a tariff-management system that could make mobile data pricing, validity and consumer conditions easier to compare and verify.
What Zambia Has Achieved Recently in Traditional Ceremonies as a National Cultural Network
A 2022 to 2026 scorecard on Zambia’s traditional ceremonies: renewed attendance, political visibility and tourism promotion, gains versus announcements.
Building the Next Decade of Likumbi Lya Mize and the Makishi Tradition
Forward scenarios for Likumbi Lya Mize and the Makishi tradition to 2031: custodian-led safeguarding, youth livelihoods and the indicators to track.