Infobwana Blog

This two part series on Zambia deliberately excludes Lusaka, Livingstone and game parks! It aims to help redress the imbalance of online coverage of Zambia. Incomplete? Certainly …. Inadequate?…

The Best of Zambia is entirely online. Without the internet we have no way of providing our services to our clients and nothing to offer them in the first place. That’s why we were interested when we…

Admit it, we all love a good celebrity story. If we were able to walk around in our favourite celebrity’s handbag or back pocket, we probably would! (Doubt that would be very comfortable though!)

Our continent should not be run like a classroom in rural Matebeleland, by petty tyrants who scorn their own people. All of us who have experienced the pain of being treated as subjects — ugly,…

On the 27th May, WordPress celebrated 10 years of existence. This event was marked by Wordpress meet-ups all over the word. According to Meetup.com, WordPress 10th anniversary parties took place in…

This year’s Kwilimuna Ceremony, promises to be a unique event with Her Royal Highness Chieftainess Malembeka introducing an innovative Community Awards scheme designed to promote the social, economic…

Until four years ago I had never been to business school. I learnt business by doing business, and making lots of mistake. I only went to business school when I was well into my forties to help me…

The construction industry is one of the fastest growing sectors in Zambia today. Investing in property is arguably one of the most valuable choices available.

My journalism career has been absolutely unconventional and I have fully embraced it. I am not a trained journalist which means I have never been to a school of journalism.

To everyone in Zambia who doesn’t live in Lusaka or Livingstone and doesn’t necessarily visit game parks, this one’s for you! Because the Best of Zambia is doing its er … best … to provide you with…

I moved back to Bulawayo to live with my parents where life was far from easy. Three square meals a day was a luxury, and we could not afford the basic consumer goods that we now hear about. We used…

There’s a lot of interest in Zambian traditional ceremonies but not too much information on them. The excellent book “Ceremony! Celebrating Zambia’s Cultural Heritage” by Tamara Guhrs and Mulenga…

I am Trevor Ncube, the first child of six and was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second largest city. For a good part of my life my parents were domestic workers of limited means. They were hard…

The very first ZedHair Show is over but memories and great lessons learnt still remain in my mind. I did the ‘Big Chop’ or ‘BC’ of my permed hair in August 2012, a month before my graduation…

We were recently invited to attend AMH Conversations, an event by our client,

Despite having had the privilege of living in different parts of the world, like a growing group of young Zambians in this situation, Twaambo Kapilikisha’s love for Zambia has remained strong. In…

This year, the first-ever Kariba Music Festival took place on the sandy beaches of Lake Kariba in Siavonga, Zambia. Creative writer Benny Blow shares a personal account of his experience at the…

Twitter is an amazing communication tool that I am just in love with. It is being used to build global relationships, facilitate international conversations, stimulate ideas and create ripples of…

I am neither a writer nor a woman. But on March 16th I found myself attending, for the first time, a forum of Zambian women writers at Lusaka city main library, located in the city’s busy central…

Hot on the heals of International Youth Day, The World Economic Forum recently announced it’s Young Global Leaders Class of 2013. We took a keen interest because that list of incredibly inspiring…

Yesterday was International Youth Day and we wanted to credit Zambian youth for standing up, getting good, and doing something, whatever the circumstance. Here’s our list of young Zambian movers and…

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2012 was the first edition of Amaka Arts Festival — Zambia’s first multi-disciplinary celebration that covered six disciplines; dance, fashion, film, visual arts and literary arts. Amaka’s goal is to…

Touting the words ‘Create + Connect ZAMBIA’, we knew we had come across a team with similar aspirations and values. Here’s how we came to work together and what our project entails.

In Zambia today, the number of people buying cars has increased dramatically. A car is no longer seen as a luxury but a necessity. One of the fastest growing car trends in Zambia is the efficient and…

On November 18th 2012 the Zambian Art and Design Show (ZADS), a much anticipated annual event, took place at the Lusaka Showgrounds within the Polo fields. ZADS offered an exciting opportunity to see…

Tonight, Lusaka city will experience a buzz of glitz and glam as the Zambian Fashion Week kicks off at 18:00 hours at the prestigious New Government Complex. The Zambian Fashion Week is one of the…

The balance of power between the so-called developed world and the developing world is beginning to shift. The time has come for our Zambian tour operators, safari camp and lodge owners to note that…