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Zambia

Hakainde Hichilema (HH)

Date of Birth: 4/06/1962
Place of Birth: Monze


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Arusha comes to the rescue

The drought has led to a major drop in water levels at Zambia's hydroelectric power plants in response to which President Hakainde Hichilema's government plans to import electricity from Tanzania...

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Inching towards the end of the tunnel

President Hakainde Hichilema has more than two years – the next national elections are in 2026 – to conclude an IMF programme and boost copper output and the economy...


A debt deal redux

Investor confidence has grown since the United Party for National Development led by President Hakainde Hichilema won a landslide win in August 2021 but finding a resolution to the country's crippling debts has been slow...


Can mega discovery end debt impasse?

After its two year-long attempt to restructure US$4 billion in dollar bonds fell apart last November President Hakainde Hichilema's government has been turning to its mining industry to bolster investor confidence...

Copperbelt sources are more circumspect about the qualities of Zambia's Mines Minister Paul Kabuswe who was the government's star turn at the Cape Town Mining Indaba appearing on four or five panels a day once President Hakainde Hichilema had flown back to Lusaka...


Public's patience is running short

Despite surging into government on a wave of popular relief at the departure of President Edgar Lungu's haphazard venal government in August 2021 Zambians still await with dwindling patience the fulfilment of the election promises of President Hakainde Hichilema and his United Party for National Development (UPND)...


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Debt deal teeters on the brink of collapse

Praising President Hakainde Hichilema's government for its role in brokering the agreement the International Monetary Fund had previously said it would use the deal as a template for other nations such as Ethiopia and Ghana that are also seeking debt restructuring under the G20's Common Framework...

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Hichilema hails 'mission impossible' deal

3 billion of Zambia's foreign debt gives President Hakainde Hichilema much of what he was looking for – a resolution after almost two years of tortuous negotiations and a sharp cut in debt service obligations worth an estimated $5...

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