Yearly Archives: 2025

Just beyond the city limits of Lusaka, the Chunga landfill sprawls across 24 hectares. It’s more than a final resting place for the city’s trash; it’s an active source of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas seeping into the atmosphere. Most people look away. But Barbara Nöst, co-founder of Zamkanda, looked closer and wondered: what if the very waste creating this problem held the key to solving it? That question sparked a journey that began not in a boardroom, but with a group of volunteers and […]

Recently in Lusaka, the Zambia Alliance for Agroecology and Biodiversity (ZAAB) hosted a public meeting to discuss the global advance of artificial intelligence (AI) and biodigital technologies and their impact on Zambia and Zambian farmers in particular. The programme featured expert insights from Jim Thomas, AI and Market Power Fellow with the European Artificial Intelligence & Society Fund, and Esther Mwema, a digital inequalities practitioner and Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity. Attendees included farmers, academics, CSOs, faith organisations, traditional leaders, and government representatives. […]

In a quiet community in Mazabuka, near the Kafue Flats in Zambia’s Southern Province, an exciting transformation has taken root. The community of Itebe, with support from Tweende implementation partners Solidaridad Zambia and the Grassroots Trust, has made the powerful decision to look backward in order to move forward in a way that respects the environment, people, and culture. Historically characterised by vast grasslands with limited tree cover, Itebe has in the last few decades faced significant challenges due to climate change and poor land […]

In the cattle-rearing heartland of Namwala, Southern Province, the Ila people have long lived in harmony with their environment. For generations, their identity, food, and livelihoods have been rooted in the rich plains and floodwaters of the Kafue Flats. Today, these landscapes are shifting. Manmade dams and climate change have led to poor rainfall and even fewer floods. For a district that is renowned for having a cattle population that exceeds its human population and one where agriculture, primarily cattle ranching, is the backbone of […]