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Paratus Zambia delivers Starlink connectivity to thousands of children in Family Legacy schools

eriinfo.com1 day ago05 mins

Connecting more than 10,000 children to new learning opportunities through reliable Starlink connectivity. Paratus Zambia completed Starlink installations in 18 Family Legacy Lusaka schools to provide high-speed, reliable internet access for more than 10 000 vulnerable children. The connectivity roll-out, completed within approximately two weeks, replaces a previously unstable connection that was unreliable and affected…

Paratus Zambia brings Starlink to 18 Family Legacy schools

eriinfo.com3 days ago06 mins

Paratus Zambia has completed Starlink installations at 18 Family Legacy schools in Lusaka, giving more than 10 000 vulnerable children high-speed, reliable internet access. The roll-out, completed in about two weeks, replaces a previous connection that was unreliable and affected by frequent outages and limited infrastructure. Traditional connectivity options are often constrained by distance from cellular…

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Africa: Tough Outing for Zambia At TotalEnergies CAF Futsal Africa Cup of Nations

eriinfo.com5 days ago05 mins

Hosts Morocco continued their impressive march towards a fourth successive TotalEnergies CAF Futsal Africa Cup of Nations title with a 7-0 victory over Zambia in Rabat on Wednesday, securing their place in the semi-finals with a game to spare. The defending champions were simply too strong for the Southern Africans, who had made an encouraging…

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Africa: Zambia General Election Tensions – Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa Calls for Prayer and Peace

eriinfo.com2 months ago08 mins

Following tensions surrounding the recent General Elections in Zambia in August, the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA) has issued a statement and a call for prayer and peace. Signed by the Most Revd Thabo Makgoba (the Metropolitan Archbishop and Primate of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa) on behalf of the African Primates,…

Zambia elections: Hakainde Hichilema re-elected president as main rival goes into hiding over alleged threats

eriinfo.com2 months ago04 mins

Zambia has a record of peaceful transfers of power. Since the return to multiparty democracy in 1991, presidential transitions have occurred through the ballot box. It is unclear if the opposition will challenge the election result. Mundubile had earlier alleged there had been discrepancies between polling-station results and those officially announced and claimed military involvement…

Zambia election: Vote counting resumes after pause over alleged attacks on polling staff

eriinfo.com2 months ago03 mins

Zambia’s electoral commission has resumed the counting of votes from Thursday’s presidential, parliamentary and local elections after it was halted over alleged attacks on polling staff. The authority paused the process nationwide expressing concern about reports of violence that had “resulted in the theft of marked ballot papers in ballot boxes”. President Hakainde Hichilema is…

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Africa: How CAF’s Head-to-Head Rule Dumped Zambia Out, Sent Malawi to WAFCON Quarters

eriinfo.com2 months ago06 mins

If you thought Kenya’s Group A was the real “Group of Death” at WAFCON 2026, think again. Group C, featuring Nigeria, Zambia, Malawi, and Egypt, just delivered a final-day plot twist so chaotic, so confusing, and so mathematically dramatic that it left fans, pundits, and even the players themselves utterly baffled. Wednesday night marked the…

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Africa: Tax Data Can Be Mined to Shape Better Policies. South Africa, Uganda and Zambia Show How

eriinfo.com5 months ago012 mins

Bilateral aid to Africa fell by nearly a quarter in 2025, the largest annual decline in the history of official development assistance. Meanwhile, sovereign debt interest payments now consume on average 27% of government revenues across the continent, up from 19% in 2019. The pressure to fund development from within has never been greater. But…

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Africa CDC Backs Zimbabwe, Zambia Over U.S. Health Deal Dispute

eriinfo.com8 months ago03 mins

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has expressed support for Zimbabwe and Zambia’s stand in the new US government health cooperation framework, citing serious concerns over transparency, data governance and national sovereignty. Jean Kaseya, the head of the continental health agency of the African Union established to support public health initiatives of member states,…

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Africa: Ghana – Zambia Deepen Diplomatic Ties

eriinfo.com8 months ago09 mins

IN international relations and diplomacy, foreign policy programmes of countries play very pivotal roles in their developmental programmes and shape their international relationship with the outside world. Countries adopt different foreign diplomatic programmes in alliance with other countries and the international community driven by various factors and objectives. One key influence and objective for which…