Kitwe is the third largest city in terms of infrastructure development and second largest city in terms of size and population in Zambia. With a population of 517,543 Kitwe is one of the most developed commercial and industrial areas in the nation,alongside Ndola and Lusaka. It has a complex of mines on its north-western and western edges.
The University of Zambia (UNZA) is a public university located in Lusaka,Zambia. It is Zambia's largest and oldest learning institution. The university was established in 1965 and officially opened to the public on 12 July 1966. The language of instruction is English.
Peter Marvin William Daka is a Zambian politician. He served as a Member of the National Assembly for Msanzala from 2003 to 2021.
Mark James Mwandosya is a Tanzanian CCM retired politician and a former Member of Parliament for Rungwe East constituency,who is currently serving as the chairman of the Board of Directors of Ewura Tanzania and the chairperson of the Energy Regulators Association of East Africa Annual General Assembly.
Hakainde Hichilema is a Zambian businessman,farmer,and politician who is the seventh and current president of Zambia since 24 August 2021. After having contested five previous elections in 2006,2008,2011,2015 and 2016,he won the 2021 presidential election with 59.02% of the vote. He has led the United Party for National Development since 2006 following the death of the party founder Anderson Mazoka.
The Copperbelt University is a public university in Kitwe,Zambia. It is the largest public university in Zambia. The language of instruction at the university is English.
Simon Giw D'Ujanga is a Ugandan electrical engineer and politician. He is the current State Minister for Energy in the Ugandan Cabinet. He was appointed to that position on 1 June 2006. In the cabinet reshuffle of 16 February 2009,and that of 27 May 2011,he retained his cabinet post. On account of his ministerial position,he is also an ex-offico Member of Parliament (MP).
Petikirige Dayaratna is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was elected to Ampara electorate in 1977 as a Member of Parliament from the United National Party.
Guy Lindsay Scott is a Zambian politician,who served as interim / caretaker President of Zambia from 2014 to 2015,and was the Vice President from 2011 to 2014.
Catherine Namugala a Zambian politician. She was the First Deputy Speaker of the Zambian Parliament until 2021. She was nominated to that position by President Edgar Lungu,on 18 September 2016. She is the former Minister of Tourism,Environment and Natural Resources in the Zambian Cabinet. She also served as the Member of Parliament (MP),representing Mafinga in the Zambian Parliament from 2001 until 2016.
Irene Nafuna Muloni is a Ugandan electrical engineer,businesswoman and politician and also a Senior Presidential Advisor to Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. She was previously Cabinet Minister for Energy and Minerals in the Ugandan Cabinet until December 2019,serving from 27 May 2011. She retained her position in the new cabinet after the 2016 national elections. She served as the elected Member of Parliament for Bulambuli District Women's Representative,from 2011 until 2016 when she lost her seat to Independent candidate;Sarah Wekomba. She again regained her seat after the 2021 general elections.
Edgar Chagwa Lungu is a Zambian politician who served as the sixth president of Zambia from 26 January 2015 to 24 August 2021. Under President Michael Sata,Lungu served as Minister of Justice and Minister of Defence. Following Sata's death in October 2014,Lungu was adopted as the candidate of the Patriotic Front in a Convention of the Patriotic Front in Kabwe,for the January 2015 presidential by-election,which was to determine who would serve out the remainder of Sata's term. In the election,he narrowly defeated opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema and took office on 25 January 2015.
Inonge Mutukwa Wina is a Zambian politician who served as the 13th vice-president of Zambia from 2015 to 2021. She was the first woman to hold the position,which made her the highest ranking woman in the history of the Zambian government.
George Lwandamina is a former Zambian footballer and head coach of Kabwe Warriors.He had a brief playing career with Zambia and won several trophies as a defender with Mufulira Wanderers.
Andrew Ndanga Kamanga is a Zambian football administrator and current president of the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ). Previously,he was chairman of Kabwe Warriors F.C. and was elected president during the 2016 FAZ Annual General Meeting replacing Kalusha Bwalya on 19 March 2016.
Kulman Ghising is the current managing director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA). He is known for solving the load-shedding problem,whereby,for decades,the country had power outages of up to 18 hours daily,within two months of taking office.
Likando Kalaluka,State Counsel,is a Zambian legal practitioner who served as Attorney General under the government headed by President Edgar Lungu. He is a lawyer and advocate of the High Court for Zambia. Kalaluka is currently serving as the Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education (ZIALE) board chairman. As Attorney General,Kalaluka was an assistant cabinet member and assistant legal adviser to the Zambian Government.
Globally,women are largely under-represented in STEM-related fields;this under-representation is especially prevalent in Africa where women represent less than 20% of the workforce in these fields. African women in engineering and STEM related fields are more susceptible to discrimination and to be devalued in African countries.Regardless of this lack of representation in STEM-related work,there are many important female engineers from across the continent. Furthermore,a number of organizations within and out of Africa are working towards minimizing the disparity within the workforce.
Dora Siliya is a politician in Zambia. She is the former member of parliament for Petauke Central and the former Minister of Communication and Broadcasting.
Robert Ngosa Simbyakula is a Zambian diplomat,the current and 17th Permanent Representative of the Republic of Zambia to the United Nations and a former ambassador to the United States of America in Washington DC,he succeeded Palan Mulonda,who served starting in 2013.
