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The Dangote Petroleum Refinery, a $20 billion facility that is the largest single-train refinery in the world, has opened its Initial Public Offering to investors across Africa and beyond. With shares priced at just ₦525 (about US 0.40) each and a minimum subscription of only 10 shares, this is the most accessible entry point into Africa's biggest capital markets event.

When you look at a standard world map, Africa appears roughly the same size as Greenland. In reality, the continent is 14 times larger. This distortion comes from the Mercator projection, a 16th-century navigational tool that inflates landmasses near the poles and shrinks those near the equator.

A groundbreaking study has documented three African wild dog brothers travelling 4,126 kilometres across Zambia over eight months, the longest recorded dispersal of any African mammal.

Anthrax has struck Zambia again, this time in the Munyamadzi River area of Muchinga Province, where more than 50 wild animals have died, and a dozen people have been infected after consuming contaminated carcasses.

For more than a decade, Zone Fam existed mainly in old playlists, music videos and memories of a defining period in Zambian hip-hop. Now Jay Rox, Sam Sakala, Yung Verbal and Tim are together again. As ‘One Fight’ marks their return, we look at how they got here and why they disappeared in the first place.

Zambia's presidential inauguration is the moment power officially changes hands.

Chilu Lemba's Finding My Voice, Keith Hamusute's The Ghosts Came To Dinner And Never Left, and Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani's I Do Not Come to You By Chance are the kind of books that stay with you; they change something in how you see the world, and they make you want to press them into the hands of everyone you know.

Guy Scott has left us at 82, the man who wore the president's hat for just ninety days but left an impression that lasted a lifetime. He was a white Zambian and the fiercely loyal deputy to Michael Sata.

For the first time in the Lusaka Securities Exchange's history, a telecoms company has joined the same billion-dollar club as an energy supplier, a mining investment firm, and a sugar producer. Here's what got Airtel there, and what's likely to come next.

If you're new to Zambia or just curious about what all the fuss is about on the first Tuesday of July, here's the thing: Unity Day is an annual public holiday that recognises Zambia's diverse ethnic groups, united under the national motto "One Zambia, One Nation".

The Polygamist tells a story that looks familiar to many Africans, a man building wealth and status through conventional channels. But it's not about multiple wives. It's about a man using culture to hide infidelity, control and emotional abandonment.

Paramount Chief Mpezeni IV took an old harvest ceremony and turned it into one of Southern Africa's biggest cultural events. He walked the halls of power across eight presidential administrations without losing his authority or his culture.

They led liberation movements, built nations from colonial borders, and shaped the political futures of modern Africa. But behind every independence hero lies a more complicated story about power, democracy and legacy.

Kenneth Kaunda was the moral voice of a young nation finding its footing. On KK Day, we remember not just the history he made, but the man behind it.

From the 25th of April to the 3rd of May, the calendar is basically daring you to step outside, link up with your people, and make stories you’ll laugh about all year.

A new law just quietly changed how Zambia's criminal justice system works — and most people have no idea. Whether you think it's long overdue or a step too far, here is what the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act No. 4 of 2026 actually says, and what it means for everyday Zambians.