Infobwana Blog

A blog about marketing and ecommerce in Zambia — challenges, trends, guides, collections and successes of interest

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The Importance of Registering your Business in Zambia

Sara Drawwater
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about 11 years ago
The world is moving at a fast pace towards the private business enterprise model, a system with its own rules and regulations for promoters. Many, if not all Multi-National Corporations (MNCs) the…

An Introduction to Eating Healthy: on skipping meals and portion sizes

Sara Drawwater
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about 11 years ago
Why do we eat? It is true that we eat for energy, growth and repair but mostly, we eat because we enjoy it. But eating healthy is important too. We need to make sure we get a good range of foods. The…

My natural hair journey in Zambia, and tips on sulfate free shampoos

Sara Drawwater
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about 11 years ago
This weekend I spent a little over two hours chatting with my cousin

Meet the Duke of Edinburgh Award Ambassadors in Zambia

Sara Drawwater
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about 11 years ago
Last week we

How to treat a peptic ulcer — naturally

Sara Drawwater
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about 11 years ago
It’s Fitness Friday again and this week we look at a common ailment suffered by many — peptic ulcers. Our passionate health contributor Juanita Pretorius from

Convention on Cluster Munitions: Over 100 Governments meet in Zambia

Sara Drawwater
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about 11 years ago
I’ll be honest, I didn’t know what cluster munitions were. Gilbert Nsamba, a member of our team, alerted us to the fact that there was an important event going on in Zambia right now. So we started…

The Duke of Edinburgh International Award for Young People

Sara Drawwater
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about 11 years ago
Founded in 1956 by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award is the world’s leading youth achievement award, bringing together practical experiences and…

Stress management: How to beat lifestyle stress

Sara Drawwater
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about 11 years ago
Welcome to Fitness Friday and the high demands of urban life, where people work around the clock and fail to pay attention to their basic needs of life. In order to cope with stress, most people take…

#BlueAndWhiteChronicles misadventures on public transport in Zambia

Sara Drawwater
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about 11 years ago
Seasons come and seasons go.

The Lusaka International Film and Music Festival

Sara Drawwater
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about 11 years ago
We were excited when we caught wind of the Lusaka International Film and Music Festival that started on Friday 30th August and is on till Friday 6th September. The festival is an annual 8 day film…

Women of Zambia, from Mums to entrepreneurs, Corporate Heelz is for you

Sara Drawwater
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about 11 years ago
You can’t really ignore a name like Corporate Heelz can you? Well, we took notice. There was something about this group that made us dig a little deeper. We interviewed Janice Matwi, the business…

The History of Zambia’s Tourist Capital: Livingstone Town

Sara Drawwater
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about 11 years ago
Livingstone began as a small European settlement at Old Drift, a site on the north bank of the Zambezi River about ten kilometres upriver of the Victoria Falls (now within Mosi-Oa-Tunya National…

Introducing Wezi: A fresh breath of Zambian afro-soul music

Sara Drawwater
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about 11 years ago
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Are you really what you eat? Food Lover’s Market explains about nutrition

Sara Drawwater
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over 11 years ago
We’ve often heard the saying “You are what you eat” and while this isn’t exactly true, what you eat does have a major effect on your general wellness, as the foods you consume will determine the…

2013 Barefeet Festival in Zambia — from car park performance to 2,000 festival performers

Sara Drawwater
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over 11 years ago
Yesterday we published the definitive

2013 Barefeet Festival Zambia — event guide

Sara Drawwater
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over 11 years ago
The 2013 Barefeet Festival starts this Saturday the 24th of August in Lusaka, Zambia. Roar runs from the 24th — 31st August 2013. This is your definitive guide. Use this guide to plan your 2013…

Meet the Lusaka Global Shapers — young Zambian leaders

Sara Drawwater
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over 11 years ago
Many will not know it but Sunday the 11th of August 2013 was an exciting day for Lusaka. The first ever group of

Kwilimuna 2013 — a Zambian traditional ceremony

Sara Drawwater
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over 11 years ago
The 19th and 20th of July 2013 marked this year’s Kwilimuna Cultural Ceremony. It was held at Chipembwe Ceremony Grounds in Ibenga, in Zambia’s Copperbelt Province. 2013 is the sixth year of this…

Not feeling well? Are you sick? Or just thirsty?

Sara Drawwater
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over 11 years ago
I want you to imagine that I came to your house today and we had a wonderful breakfast together. Afterwards we put the dishes aside. We continued catching up, then had a lovely lunch together. Again…

The Best of Zambia nominated for 2013 World Summit Award

Sara Drawwater
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over 11 years ago
The World Summit Award examines almost 500 of the world’s best e-content websites and ICT projects from 168 countries. We’re excited to announce that thebestofzambia.com has passed the first round,…

Advocates of African Festivals — The Fest Gurus

Sara Drawwater
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over 11 years ago
I noticed that Twitter name from the get go.

Return of the elephant: a conservation initiative

Sara Drawwater
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over 11 years ago
The Sumbu National Park is the only remaining intact Itigi-Sumbu Thicket habitat in Africa, a unique assemblage of combretum species. Although it makes visual sighting of wildlife extremely…

Chisenga Muyoya — emerging African female leader

Sara Drawwater
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over 11 years ago
This blog celebrates Chisenga Muyoya, Co-Founder of the

Celebrating 100 years: The Story of Lusaka Hotel

Sara Drawwater
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over 11 years ago
first opened its doors to guests in 1914. It was initially owned by a Canadian couple Mr. and Mrs. Counsell. During this time Lusaka was experiencing an economic boom. Lusaka’s first hospital was…

Global Shapers Lusaka (from the World Economic Forum)

Sara Drawwater
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over 11 years ago
Lusaka Global Shapers came to our attention via Twitter. We knew we were on to something that was good for Lusaka, something that was good for the people who got involved. So we dug a little deeper.

Zone Fam: Zambia’s number 1 hip-hop group

Sara Drawwater
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over 11 years ago
Wow — so much has happened since we last interviewed you in 2012! Tell us about the journey from then till now.

The life and times of Zambia’s top hip-hop group: Zone Fam

Sara Drawwater
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over 11 years ago
This week we will be featuring an exclusive interview with one of the most popular Zambian hip-hop bands on the scene “Zone Fam”. But before that we thought it would be pretty cool to give you…

The Shocking Truth about Food Wastage in Zambia: Part 2

Sara Drawwater
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over 11 years ago
Zambia and the rest of the world are campaigning against food wastage under the theme “Think, Eat, Save” which is an anti-food waste and food loss campaign.

The 2013 Siavonga Canoe Challenge: EMIT AGNOVAIS

Sara Drawwater
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over 11 years ago
Some say he tired of the city and permanently moved to Siavonga. Others say he traded his soul for a speedboat and is still lost out on Lake Kariba. What is known for sure, is that Benny Blow left a…

The Shocking Truth about Food Wastage in Zambia: Part 1

Sara Drawwater
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over 11 years ago
Food loss occurs mostly at the production stage, or during harvesting, processing and distribution, while food waste typically takes place at the retailer and consumer end of the supply chain.