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I draw your attention to SI No. 68 of 2025 which comes in effect on 1st January 2026. This will force mines to buy from local manufacturers. Mines will have to reserve at least 20% of their annual procurement budget for Zambian owned companies.
Last year cabinet approved the establishment of Zambia Minerals Investment Corporation (ZMIC) which will allow GRZ to trade minerals directly. Unlike the old model (ZCCM-IH) where GRZ got a dividend when mines declared a profit, ZMIC will take a percentage of the physical copper produced by all the mines and sell it on the open market.
ZMIC is tasked with entering into joint ventures specifically focused on value addition. ZMIC will also have the right to acquire substantial stakes (up to 30%) in new mining projects.
Zambia, DRC and USA also signed an MOU to create a regional value chain for EV batteries in 2022. This was followed by the Transboundary Battery and Electric Vehicle Special Economic Zone agreement in 2023.
A pre-feasibility study carried in 2023 confirmed that the project is technically and financially viable. It found that manufacturing battery precursors in Zambia and DRC would be significantly cheaper than in the US or China. This project is supported by Afreximbank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), and the US government
Things are happening, but we all seem to be preoccupied with politics to notice all of this. Any one interested in learning more about the Transboundary Battery and Electric Vehicle Special Economic Zone can follow the links below
uneca.org/stories/eca-and-af….
uneca.org/stories/zambia-and….
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My parents asked me to have a look at this IPO, so I visited the company's website to check out the prospectus...apparently, it's coming "soon". If any of you are applying for this offer, what are you basing your decision on considering the prospectus hasn't been published?
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@OneSquareK1 Opens its IPO offer today, signaling its coming to list on the Lusaka Securities Exchange Plc. The window for investing has been opened. Be part of history for this “once in a lifetime” occasion.
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The team wanted sliders for dinner, so I used the opportunity to try out the Shokaz spice that I recently received from Zed. Right off the bat, the aroma of the shokaz is fantastic.
I used it as a rub on a 1kg piece of pork leg with a little apple juice and put it in a low oven at 140°C for 5 hrs...basically pulled pork.
I also made some slaw to go with the pulled pork. The sliders were sensational, to say the least. Give them a try..
Zed coffee is really underrated. If you really want to appreciate coffee, use freshly ground beans. When you do, you'll never drink instant coffee EVER again..
If you have never had pickled pig trotters, you are missing out. Very easy to make...just simmer them with any flavourings of your choice. I used celery, onions, garlic, habanero chillies and bay leaves.
After an hour, put them in a pickling jar with some veggies of your choice. Then add the brine mixture of equal quantities of water and vinegar, black pepper corns, bay leaves and garlic cloves.
Place in your refrigerator and they will be good to go after 5 days.
I honestly didn't know what to expect, but the way the sausages have turned...I'm on to a winner here. The beef and rape sausage is wild. If you have a Zambian palate, Imagine the taste you get when you tobela a piece of beef into rape. I should have done this a long time ago. Just check out the juiciness of the sausage in F1.
As for the tilapia smoked sausages, it is almost impossible for me to describe the taste and smoky aroma. I have just discovered another way to enjoy tilapia.
I kept the sausages in the refrigerator overnight to develop the flavours. Now, I'm smoking the tilapia sausages.I am not using my electric smoker because I wanted to show that this can be done on a kettle bbq. So far, I'm loving the smoke colour on the tilapia sausages. Just a couple more hours to go and it will be time for the taste test. Can't wait..
I kept the sausages in the refrigerator overnight to develop the flavours. Now, I'm smoking the tilapia sausages.I am not using my electric smoker because I wanted to show that this can be done on a kettle bbq. So far, I'm loving the smoke colour on the tilapia sausages. Just a couple more hours to go and it will be time for the taste test. Can't wait..
Today, I was looking forward to having fried tilapia and veggies with my cassava bwali. Unfortunately I couldn't find whole tilapia, so I just bought the fillets not knowing what I would do with them.
As for veggies, the closest alternative for rape that we is Gai Lan a.k.a Chinese broccoli. My daughter came up with an interesting solution. She was like, "since you love making sausages, why don't you make fish sausages and find a way to use the gai lan in the sausages." Challenge accepted.
I'm going to make fish sausages as well as beef and gai lan sausages. This will be interesting. I'll let you know how it goes.
Today, I was looking forward to having fried tilapia and veggies with my cassava bwali. Unfortunately I couldn't find whole tilapia, so I just bought the fillets not knowing what I would do with them.
As for veggies, the closest alternative for rape that we is Gai Lan a.k.a Chinese broccoli. My daughter came up with an interesting solution. She was like, "since you love making sausages, why don't you make fish sausages and find a way to use the gai lan in the sausages." Challenge accepted.
I'm going to make fish sausages as well as beef and gai lan sausages. This will be interesting. I'll let you know how it goes.
Fish sausages are done. Since tilapia is very lean, I added pork back fat to keep the sausages moist. You can leave out the fat, but your sausages will be dry. I also used some cooked rice as a binder.
The other ingredients are salt, garlic powder, black pepper, curry powder and freshly chopped parsley. Since, I'll be smoking the first sausages, I added curing salt #1 (sodium nitrite). Curing salt inhibits growth of harmful bacteria during the smoking process.
If you are not going to smoke your fish sausages, you can omit the curing salt. Just put the sausages in your refrigerator overnight for the flavours to develop.
Beef & rape sausages done. What I did was to cook the vegetables individually, that way I could control the water content. I blanched the gai lan and squeezed out all the water. Then in two separate pans, I cooked the tomatoes and onions without any oil to concentrate the flavours. The only other ingredients are salt, garlic and black pepper. I don't anything to mask the flavours of the vegetables.
Now the sausages will rest in refrigerator overnight for the flavours to develop. Now..on to the fish sausages
Today, I was looking forward to having fried tilapia and veggies with my cassava bwali. Unfortunately I couldn't find whole tilapia, so I just bought the fillets not knowing what I would do with them.
As for veggies, the closest alternative for rape that we is Gai Lan a.k.a Chinese broccoli. My daughter came up with an interesting solution. She was like, "since you love making sausages, why don't you make fish sausages and find a way to use the gai lan in the sausages." Challenge accepted.
I'm going to make fish sausages as well as beef and gai lan sausages. This will be interesting. I'll let you know how it goes.
According to my BMI results...I'm overweight!! Ati the ideal weight for my height is 55kg - 73kg...are you kidding me??
1/ The 2025 report is out and I have used an AI skill that I created in ChatGPT Astra to distill the report and break it down in short clips
