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 […]
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 […]
There’s a certain Zambian man who no longer exists.
There was a time a man would never leave the house without a handkerchief. He would also be at the table when it was time for the family to eat what he had worked hard to put on their plates. There were things that were non-negotiable for a certain type of man. A man, it […]
Sample si lema.
Ever noticed how doing something wrong is so easy? How heavily incentivized you are to not do the right thing? The life of a man has been modified to reward short cuts publicly and hard, diligent work privately. That’s why ‘sample si lema.’ You may not be familiar with street parlance so I’ll explain what […]
The Forgotten Half: Why the 2025 Exam Results Are a Wake-Up Call for the Boy Child
By Ceaser Siwale, Vice-Chair BCAZ Lusaka, Zambia — The release of the 2025 national examination results by Education Minister Douglas Syakalima was more than just an annual academic ritual; it was a siren. For the first time in recent memory, the government explicitly flagged a “shocking” trend: the Zambian Boy Child is significantly lagging. While we celebrate […]
Africa 2025: When Politics Test Markets – And Markets Test Institutions
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 11, 2025 Why Risk Premia Are Repricing Capacity, Not Headlines Markets have long priced political noise in Africa, but 2025 is forcing something deeper: […]
Op-ed: The Scramble for Africa’s Minerals Continues. This Time, Africans Must Write the Rules.
The US-DRC deal and Lobito Corridor represent a historic moment. Whether it becomes a turning point depends on choices African governments make now. By Savior Mwambwa December 9, 2025 The ink on the US-DRC Strategic Partnership Agreement signed last week in Washington is barely dry, but its implications will reverberate across the continent for decades. […]
Why You’re Shooting Blanks!
We all go to the same war. Discover what we’re good at, get better at it, apply it somewhere to make enough money that we can save to help our family bury us with dignity. Ok, this opening was dark. Sorry about that.But the point I’m making is that while we’re all pursuing a respectable […]