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 By Linda Mupemo The ICT Hub has boosted digital literacy among girls at the learning institutions. Anne Chisanga moves the mouse from left to right as she skillfully designs a colourful pinkish pie chart on her computer.  She later fills it with various percentages representing sample data.  “I am practicing how to design a visual representation of data using a pie chart,” she confidently tells this Reporter.  The 15-year-old girl is a grade nine pupil at Chisamba Secondary School.  Anne reveals that she is taking advantage of the free internet connectivity in the computer laboratory at her school to build up on what she learns in class.  “Knowing how to operate a computer has improved my studies . I now use the internet to research further and add on to what I learn in class,” she says.  Next to her is Faith Sengula who is practicing how to enter figures in an excel sheet.  Faith says she has learnt how to type, design cards using word publisher...

 By Linda Mupemo Republican Vice President Mutale Nalumango (L) and Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Han Jing (R) make a toast during the 75th anniversary celebrations of the founding of the People’s Republic of China - Picture by Royd Sibajene Five days after gaining independence from its colonial masters on 24th October 1964, Zambia with  founding President Kenneth Kaunda at the helm of power established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.  The international cooperation was the first of its kind in the region, making Zambia to have been the first country in Southern Africa to establish diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China.  Over the years, the two countries have continued to hold each other's hands on their paths to modernisation and weathering underdevelopment storms along the way.  Noteworthy is that Zambia is one of the countries that stood with the People's Republic of China at a time it needed friends.  For instance, ...

By Linda Mupemo A field of organic vegetables at Loctaguna Organics - Picture by PELUM Zambia Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) Zambia has commended government for embarking on the development of the first ever national agroecology strategy which is set to promote the adoption of sustainable agriculture practices in the country. PELUM Zambia Communications Officer Rebecca Botha said the agroecology strategy will feed into the national agriculture policy thereby attracting funding to the sector.  ZANIS reports that Ms. Botha said this during a Food Jam recently held at Loctaguna Organics, in New Kasama, which was aimed at equipping Journalists with practical knowledge on sustainable agriculture methods such as agroecology.  She noted that promoting the adoption of sustainable agriculture practices calls for concerted efforts from various stakeholders adding that Journalists have a vital role to play in raising awareness through disseminating information ...