By Kachepa Mtumbi
What is China thinking on Rio?
Written By Tshepo Magagane I would be eyeing Escondida if I were them – Stake at holdco is let us say about 10bn greater than Q&D NAV of 30% of Escondida – so you get that 30% in Escondida! And that 10 you say, give us Oyu…and go Glencore, we will give you a marketing […]
Davos 2026: The Intersection of Intelligence and Infrastructure
Shared Experiences By Ceaser Siwale The World Economic Forum (WEF) and INSEAD 56th Annual Meeting in Davos, held from January 19–23, 2026, marked a decisive pivot in the global energy narrative. Under the theme “A Spirit of Dialogue,” the focus shifted from long-term climate ambition to the immediate, physical realities of energy security, industrial competition, and the resource-intensive nature of the AI revolution. Highlights […]
U.S. Withdrawal from UN Agencies: A New Risk Factor for EM Sovereigns
Mutisunge Zulu Chief Risk Officer | Global Executive PhD Cand. Business Mgt, AI & Strategy at ESCP Business School | Global Executive MBA (Manchester) | Advanced Management Program (Harvard) January 9, 2026 What looks like a diplomatic retreat is shaping up to be a balance-sheet shock for vulnerable sovereigns. In a dramatic shift in U.S. […]
Zambia Completes Its IMF Programme. Now the Hard Part Begins
By Savior Mwambwa January 8, 2025 Zambia’s Ministry of Finance just released an important statement on the IMF programme. The headlines are since reading all sorts of manner including “Zambia ends IMF programme” , “Zamba abandons IMF programme” or something equally misleading. So hopefully this article will offer some clarity and context.What’s happening is more […]
2025 Reflections: Change the World O’clock – When the Apex Becomes the Trough
Mutisunge Zulu Chief Risk Officer | Global Executive PhD Cand. Business Mgt, AI & Strategy at ESCP Business School | Global Executive MBA (Manchester) | Advanced Management Program (Harvard) | December 31, 2025 Reflections on leadership, risk, humanity and reinvention in a volatile world Leadership Is Forged Under Pressure As 2025 draws to a close, […]
Chipolopolo: A bitter bullet to bite.
On Monday night, I watched Morocco dismantle my…OUR beloved Chipolopolo 3-0, and instead of blaming the referee like a normal person, I had an existential breakdown on my couch. I watched something disturbingly familiar unfold. After getting pummelled like nshima at matebeto, our boys scrambled for Hakimi’s jersey with the same enthusiasm they should’ve brought […]
Can we stop looking at other men’s wives?
There a lot of theories out there. Kenneth Kaunda died with the coordinates to where Zambia has oil fields and diamond deposits. Nkana FC is a football club. But none is more ridiculous than the one where you can deduce a man’s success simply by looking at his wife. Ati if you want to assess […]
Do men have a side of the story?
No lube, let’s go. Our tendency to absorb atrocities means we end up as the bad guy in the workplace, relationship, marriage, as a parent or any contentious situation. Societal encouragement to be strong and suffer in silence has us here today. Where nobody hears our side of the story. There are men who were […]
Zambia and SADC 2026 Outlook: The Green Metal Renaissance and the Path to Structural Recovery
By Pangaea Holdings | December 2025 As we approach 2026, the economic narrative for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and Zambia, in particular, is shifting decisively. We are moving from the era of acute crisis management and debt restructuring into a period of strategic repositioning. While the global economy faces “multidimensional polarisation” and trade fragmentation, SADC finds itself […]
When the network drops, men suffer the most.
[“Can you hear me now?” Everyone’s complaining about dropped calls, network congestion, poor signal strength and interference among a glut of issues. This seems to affect everybody but no more than it does the average Zambian man. ] Over a lifetime, a man builds his own network. The childhood friends he grows up with in his […]