Musonda Mukuka

The Zambian kwacha's appreciation to around K18–K20 to the dollar this year has been one of the more striking economic stories on the continent.

Across Zambia’s cities, a new generation is emerging. These young people are deeply Zambian yet shaped by global influences through education, media and diverse social environments. Often moving comfortably between cultures, they represent what some describe as an “74th Tribe.”

In Zambia’s relationship-driven professional environment, reputation matters long before opportunities arrive. Building a personal brand is about shaping the kind of person you are becoming and ensuring that your actions, values and online presence reflect that identity.

This Women’s Month, as we celebrate the strides toward gender parity, the numbers remind us how far we still have to go: women hold just about 5% of CEO positions across sub-Saharan Africa. Yet in Zambia, a new blueprint for leadership is being written.

Prices may be reducing, but many feel their groceries are shrinking too. Consumers are noticing smaller quantities at the same cost — a practice known as shrinkflation.

Zambian music is entering a new era. From Afro-house commanding international dance floors to rap that blends local languages with global polish, and genre-defying artists redefining Zamrock for a new generation, a fresh sound is emerging.

After months of load-shedding, many Zambians are adjusting to longer hours of electricity, but surprisingly higher bills. While rumours of secret tariff increases circulate online, the explanation may be simpler: how much power we now use.

Along the banks of the Lwitikila River in Mpika, grass blades hold an ancient secret: salt. For generations, the people of Chibwa village have harvested Kasemembe Mpango grass, extracting salt from dew-soaked stems through a production method so old its origins are unknown.

A historic visa-waiver agreement between Ghana and Zambia should have been the headline. Instead, President Mahama's traditional fugu sparked a social media firestorm that revealed deeper tensions about cultural identity, colonial hangover, and what "professionalism" really means in post-colonial Africa.

As a founding force behind Zamrock, Zambia's electrifying answer to psychedelic rock, Ililonga fused African rhythms with Western influences to create a sound that became the heartbeat of post-independence Zambia.

From the producer who brought us Mpali's gripping polygamy drama, comes The Light—a shattering story. The Light is a mirror held up to Zambian life, unflinching and heartbreaking.

They called her a mystical woman. In a time when kingdoms rose and fell by the sword, she forged an unprecedented weapon: an army of women.

Lusaka's caught the craft bug hard. Beyond the Instagram-worthy results, science says crafting does what meditation promises: lower stress, sharper focus, genuine calm.

In a country where power cuts are the new normal, every Zambian becomes an unwilling athlete in the ultimate test of endurance: the Great Load-Shedding Olympics. From the desperate midnight ironing and brutal device Charging Decathlon to the suspicious contents of a powerless fridge.

My father speaks in Bemba proverbs and believes skirts should fall below the knee. I move through Lusaka in shorts and dresses that would make him wince, living by lessons learned from burnout, not tradition.

In 2019, a cache of Twa leather cloaks was studied by the Women's History Museum of Zambia in a Swedish storeroom: lechwe hide, etched by hand, with each motif a record of life in northern Zambia.