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M5 Road (Zambia)
The M4 road is a road in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia. The road connects the city of Ndola (Capital of the Copperbelt) with the town of Mufulira and extends to connect Mufulira with the city of Kitwe. As it is a v-shaped route, the M4 road starts and ends at a junction with the T3 road. It is the only route that connects the rest of the Copperbelt Province to the town of Mufulira and to the Congo Pedicle road (which is a shortcut to Luapula Province via the Congo Pedicle). Route The M4 begins at a roundabout by Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in the city of Ndola. It begins at a junction with the T3 road (Luanshya Road; Ndola-Kitwe Dual Carriageway). The M4 begins by going north-west to the town of Mufulira. At Kamalasha, north of the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium roundabout, the M4 meets a road which goes eastwards and crosses the near border with DR Congo, with the town of Sakania on the other side of the border. It is one of the two borders which provides access to the Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ndola
Ndola is the third largest city in Zambia in terms of size and population, with a population of 627,503 (''2022 census''), after the capital, Lusaka, and Kitwe, and the second largest in terms of infrastructure development after Lusaka. It is the Industrial city, industrial and Commerce, commercial center of the Copperbelt, Zambia's copper extraction, copper-mining region, and capital of Copperbelt Province. It lies just from the border with DR Congo. It is also home to Zambia's first modern stadium, the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium. History What is now Ndola was first inhabited by the Lamba people (Zambia), Lamba people led by Senior Chief Chiwala, the Lamba people migrated from the Luba-Lunda kingdom around 1600 and the town of Ndola was under Chief Mushili for some time but now it is under Chief Chiwala who came to the Lambaland during the slave trade from Malawi. The name Ndola is derived from the river, which originates in the Kaloko Hills and drains in the Kafubu River (Zambia), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mokambo
Mokambo is a town on the Congo Pedicle road in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the border with Zambia Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa. It is typically referred to being in South-Central Africa or Southern Africa. It is bor .... As of 2012, it had an estimated population of 23,663. References Populated places in Haut-Katanga Province Democratic Republic of the Congo–Zambia border crossings {{HautKatanga-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mufulira District
Mufulira District is a Districts of Zambia, district of Zambia, located in Copperbelt Province. The capital lies at Mufulira. As of the 2022 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 200,182 people.2022 Census of Population and Housing - Preliminary Report (PDF) It is divided into three constituencies, namely Mufulira (constituency), Mufulira, Kantanshi (constituency), Kantanshi and Kankoyo (constituency), Kankoyo. /ref> References Mufulira District, Districts o ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Situmbeko Musokotwane
Situmbeko Musokotwane (born 25 May 1956) is a Zambian politician and economist serving as the Minister of Finance of Zambia since 2021; he is also the Member of Parliament for Liuwa. Prior to his appointment he served as Minister of Finance from 2008 to 2011 under Rupiah Banda. Education and career Musokotwane is PhD holder in Monetary Economics obtained from the Konstanz University in Germany. In 1988 he founded an agri-business one of Zambia’s largest dairy farming operations. He has also acted as an alternate Governor at the IMF, African Development Bank, and the World Bank. He introduced the central bank in Zambia to Open market operations and the re-introduction of Treasury Bills and Government securities auctions in Zambia. As Finance Minister during Rupiah Banda's presidency, he was active in the promotion of Zambia as an investment destination which brought a 7.6% growth in Zambia’s economy and generated US$6 billion over a 3 year term. After being assigned as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M3 Road (Zambia)
The M3 road is a road in northern Zambia that connects Kasama in the Northern Province with the Congo Pedicle border at Chembe in the Luapula Province via Luwingu and Mansa. The road contains two tollgates between Kasama and Mansa. The south-western section of the M3 road is the first section of a shortcut that exists between the Luapula and Copperbelt provinces of Zambia, as the area in-between the 2 provinces is part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At the Chembe Bridge, the M3 becomes the Congo Pedicle road to the Copperbelt, which is a road maintained by Zambia on Congolese Territory. Route The M3 road begins in Kasama (Capital of the Northern Province), at a junction with the M1 road in the city centre next to the Kasama Golf Course. It goes westwards for 24 kilometres, bypassing Kasama Airport, to reach a junction with the D20 road, which provides access to the Chishimba Falls and the town of Mporokoso in the north-west. From the D20 junction, the M3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mopani Copper Mines
Mopani Copper Mines PLC (also known as Mopani) is a Republic of Zambia, Zambian company that produces and sells copper and cobalt to the international market, being one of the biggest mines and exporters in the world. After being owned by ZCCM Investments Holdings, ZCCM Investment Holdings since its founding, the company had a 51% stake sold to International Resources Holding (IRH) in March 2024. History Mopani Copper Mines Plc was originally part oZambia Consolidated Copper Mines Limited(ZCCM), and was state-owned until its privatisation in 2000. On 1 April 2000, Mopani purchased the ZCCM assets at Mufulira and Nkana, consisting of the underground mine, concentrator, smelter, refinery and cobalt plant, from the government. Following privatisation the Zambian Government retained a stake in the mining industry through ZCCM Investments Holdings Plc (ZCCM-IH) which is an investments holdings company, quoted on the Lusaka, London, and Euronext stock exchanges. The majority of its i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Milupi
Charles Milupi is a Zambian politician. He is the current Minister of Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development of Zambia since September 17, 2021 and is a nominated member of parliament. He is the president of the Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) and the chairperson of the UPND Alliance. Political career Charles Milupi stood as an independent member of parliament (MP) for Luena constituency at the 2006 general election and won the seat. On 14 May 2010, Milupi established his own party known as Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) and thus could no-longer be an independent candidate. A by-election was held for the Luena MP seat, with Milupi contesting as the candidate for his newly-formed political party. He won the by-election and retained his parliamentary seat up until the end of the term in 2011. He participated in the 2011 general election as the presidential candidate for his party and got the fourth-highest amount of votes in a field of ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concession (contract)
A concession or concession agreement is a grant of rights, land, property, or facility by a government, local authority, corporation, individual or other legal entity. Public services such as water supply may be operated as a concession. In the case of a public service concession, a private company enters into an agreement with the government to have the exclusive right to operate, maintain and carry out investment in a public utility (such as a water privatisation) for a given number of years. Other forms of contracts between public and private entities, namely lease contract and management contract (in the water sector often called by the French term ''affermage''), are closely related but differ from a concession in the rights of the operator and its remuneration. A lease gives a company the right to operate and maintain a public utility, but investment remains the responsibility of the public. Under a management contract the operator will collect the revenue only on behalf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public–private Partnership
A public–private partnership (PPP, 3P, or P3) is a long-term arrangement between a government and private sectors, private sector institutions.Hodge, G. A and Greve, C. (2007), Public–Private Partnerships: An International Performance Review, Public Administration Review, 2007, Vol. 67(3), pp. 545–558 Typically, it involves private capital financing government projects and services up-front, and then drawing revenues from taxpayers and/or users for profit over the course of the PPP contract. Public–private partnerships have been implemented in Public–private partnerships by country, multiple countries and are primarily used for infrastructure projects. Although they are not compulsory, PPPs have been employed for building, equipping, operating and maintaining schools, hospitals, transport systems, and water and sewerage systems. Cooperation between private actors, corporations and governments has existed since the inception of sovereign states, notably for the purpose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Province, Zambia
Central Province is one of Zambia's ten Provinces of Zambia, provinces. The provincial capital is Kabwe, which is the home of the Mulungushi Rock of Authority. Central Province has an area of . It borders eight other provinces and has eleven districts. The total area of forest in the province is , and it has a national park and three game management areas. The first mine in the region was opened up in 1905 making the then Broken Hill town the first mining town. In 1966, the town's name was reverted to its indigenous name - Kabwe (Kabwe-Ka Mukuba) meaning 'ore' or 'smelting'. As of 2022, Central Province had a population of 2,252,483, comprising 11.5% of the total Zambian population.2022 Census of Population and Housin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serenje
Serenje is a town in Serenje District, Central Province, Zambia, lying just off the Great North Road and TAZARA Railway. Serenje has a railway station on the TAZARA railway. Serenje is approximately 191 km from Kapiri Mposhi on the Great North Road. Mkushi is the district west of Serenje. The Mulembo Falls lie near the town. Economy The inhabitants of Serenje district engage in subsistence agriculture. Though the area has rich soils and thick forests, economic development appears to have eluded this Zambian rural outpost. Society Serenje is home to the Lala people whose primary language is ciLala. The Lala language, like most languages spoken on the Copperbelt and Central provinces of Zambia, is classified as belonging to the Bemba language group. The Lala people, like most ethnic groups in central and northern and northwestern parts of Zambia, are said to have descended from the Luba-Lunda Kingdom in present-day Congo DRC. Serenje district is constituted by a numbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kapiri Mposhi
Kapiri Mposhi is a Zambian town and the seat of the Kapiri Mposhi District in Central Province. Located north of Lusaka, it stands on the Great North Road and is significant for the railway connection between the Zambia Railways line from Kitwe to Lusaka and the western terminus (New Kapiri Mposhi) of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority from Dar es Salaam since 1976. Geography Location The town lies in the middle of Zambia, next to the boundary with Copperbelt Province. The town is approximately 60 km north of Kabwe and 110 km south of Ndola. It is surrounded by 8 districts, namely, Kabwe District to the south, Chisamba District to the south-east, Luano District on the east, Mkushi District on the north-east, Masaiti District to the north, Mpongwe District to the north-west, Ngabwe District to the west and Chibombo District to the south-west. Transport It is situated at the junction of the T2 road ( Great North Road; which connects south to Kabwe and Lusaka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
