Ten-Year Marks and Madrid: Inside Zambia’s Trademark Overhaul
A trademark that had to be renewed every seven years, could only cover one class at a time, and stopped at the national border was a system built for a smaller, slower economy. Zambia has replaced it. The new Trade Marks Act overhauls the mechanics of brand...
Ten-Year Marks and Madrid: Inside Zambia’s Trademark Overhaul
A trademark that had to be renewed every seven years, could only cover one class at a time, and stopped at the national border was a system built for a smaller, slower economy. Zambia has replaced it. The new Trade Marks Act overhauls the mechanics of brand...
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...
Livingstone International Cultural and Arts Festival Across the Decades
Livingstone was built to be passed through. Laid out in the colonial era as a railway and river town at the edge of the Victoria Falls, its whole purpose was movement — of goods, of travellers, of empire heading north and south. A place designed as a gateway has to...
Service Marks Arrive: Zambia Opens Classes 35–45 Under the New Trade Marks Act
For years a Zambian advertising agency, law firm or security company could build a reputation but not formally register the mark that carried it. The country's trademark system protected goods, not services. That gap has now closed. Zambia's Trade Marks Act No. 11 of...
Ten-Year Marks and Madrid: Inside Zambia’s Trademark Overhaul
Zambia’s new Trade Marks Act extends renewal from 7 to 10 years, allows multi-class applications, and domesticates the Madrid Protocol for filings via PACRA.
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.
Livingstone International Cultural and Arts Festival Across the Decades
How the Livingstone International Cultural and Arts Festival turned a colonial-era gateway town into a regional cultural crossroads across the decades.
Service Marks Arrive: Zambia Opens Classes 35–45 Under the New Trade Marks Act
Zambia’s Trade Marks Act No. 11 of 2023 became operational for services in Feb 2026, opening Classes 35-45 so service providers can register service marks.
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 Fuel-Tax Trade-Off: US$200m and What It Signals for Zambian Business
Zambia’s Musokotwane says suspending VAT and excise on fuel cost US$200m, illustrating the relief-versus-revenue trade-off and the risk to fiscal consolidation.
What Could Derail Zambian Languages in the Digital Age?
Language technology can marginalise Zambian languages that lack datasets and standardisation. The winners, the excluded and the reforms Zambia needs.
The Investment Map for Zambian Languages in the Digital Age
A commercial map of Zambia’s language-technology opportunity — speech recognition, translation, local-language media, edtech and AI services worth pricing now.
From 0.5% to 7.5%: The Step-Up Clause Sovereign Investors Are Watching
Zambia’s 2053 notes carry a step-up clause lifting the coupon from 0.5% to 7.5% if an IMF indicator improves, potentially adding over US$100m in annual
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.
KYC Under Pressure: Why K146bn in Illicit Flows Falls on Zambia’s Banks
Zambia’s FIC recorded K146.18bn in illicit flows (2022-24), mostly from commercial activity and tax evasion, raising the KYC compliance bar for banks.
Before the Current Boom: Reconstructing Zambian Languages in the Digital Age
Zambia’s languages carry its oral history and knowledge, yet stayed absent from digital tools until open Bemba speech datasets began to close the gap.
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.
Forward-Looking: The IMF’s Warning to BoZ on Calibrating Rates
The IMF urged the Bank of Zambia to calibrate rates carefully using forward-looking inflation forecasts and to coordinate with fiscal policy amid fuel-price
Cheaper Money, New Risks: What 13.5% Means for Zambian Lenders
The Bank of Zambia cut its policy rate to 13.5% in February 2026 on a 6-8% inflation outlook. Cheaper credit can spur lending but raises asset-bubble risk.