This rural electrification project in Zambia is part of a wider energy strategy aimed at addressing chronic loadshedding ...

Following the motion to reintroduce the debt swap for civil servants, I have continued to receive a wave of messages and calls regarding the ...

Zambia could tap into solar power to light up its rural areas, but this potential has yet to be exploited. So far, only 3.23% of its installed electricity generation capacity is solar based.

Zambia has one of the world’s youngest populations, with 48 percent aged 14 or younger. In rural areas, over 80 percent of children live in poverty, compared to 60 percent nationwide.

The research team aims to find approximately 2,000 children with developmental disabilities in Zambia and 2,000 of their matched siblings, for a total of 4,000 children. They will collectively ...

To study how the African malaria mosquito homes in on its human targets, researchers built an enormous “flight cage.” in rural Zambia. By Emily Anthes For a bloodthirsty, global health threat ...

Just 4% of households in rural Zambia use piped water. As a result, there’s limited evidence on how much and in what way piped water can improve the lives of Zambians living in remote villages.

The Communications Authority of Zambia has raised more than 14 billion kwacha (US$4 million) for rural information and communication technology, according to a government official.

In a small, rural village in Zambia, Ruth earns an income by collecting fresh vegetables from local community gardens and bringing them to market. Tending and collecting the vegetables by foot is time ...

A new program, called Rural Energy Powered ICT Service (REPRISE), was detailed last week by Minister of Communications and Transport Dora Siliya, speaking at an open-house event at the Zambia ...

Medical volunteers have been a common sight in African countries like Zambia since the colonial era. Engraving from The Illustrated London News, volume 96, No 2654, March 1, 1890/Getty Images ...

For farmers in rural Zambia, payday comes just once a year, at harvest time. This fact impacts nearly every aspect of their lives, but until now researchers hadn't realized the true extent.