The African Regional Organization of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) is pleased to announce the 14th edition of the New Year School (NYS), scheduled for March 19-22, 2024, in Lusaka, Zambia. Under the theme “Advancing Africa’s transformation agenda : Mobilizing for (…)

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa: https://www.ituc-africa.org/) urgently asks both official and private creditors, including the World Bank and IMF, to swiftly prioritise and execute the restructuring of Africa’s debt. Events in Zambia (…)

This research shows the importance of putting forward SDG centred, partlicularly SDG 8, recovery and resilience strategies based on an analysis of government responses to the pandemic in three countries: Ghana, Nigeria and Zambia.

The assumption that a significant scale-up of investments is required to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is the foundation of the growing role of the private sector in development cooperation. Blended finance is the prominent financial modality in this respect.

The first cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the Republic of Zambia on March 18, 2020. This involved a Zambian couple who had returned from holiday in France. One week later on 25th March 2020, 10 more cases were detected among a group of Zambians of Pakistani origin who had returned from a (…)

Key messages:  Dangers of natural resource-backed Chinese credit  Qualify of FDI  Role of private sector on development  Accountability and transparency in private sector development  Enabling environment for the growth of private sector  Mechanism for ensuring that blended finance (…)

REPORT in PDF / The role of the private sector in development 26 - 27 march 2019 - Lusaka_Zambia

The African Trade Union Development Network (ATUDN) is holding its General Meeting in Lusaka, Zambia, on 27-28 March 2019. A major focus will be placed on the work of trade unions around the Sustainable Development Goals, notably in relation with the increasing use of blended finance in (…)

The TUDCN is organising a two day seminar on the involvement of private sector in development programmes in Africa. The first day will be dedicated to the major trends and new developments in this area, and the second day will focus on blended finance and the development effectiveness agenda.

The xenophobic attack in Zambia: a sad reminder that much more needs to be done to address accountability and human rights deficits STATEMENT in PDF The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) received with utter shock news (…)

The Zambian government has emphasized that the take over is not nationalism, but due to non compliance with labour laws, safety and environmental standards and non payment of royalties at the previously state-owned coal mine. There has been frequent industrial unrest at Collum Mine that has (…)