Chipokota Mwanawasa

Chipokota Mwanawasa
Born	(1988-11-25) 25 November 1988 (age 36) Lusaka, Zambia
Alma mater	University of Kent University of Cape Town London School of Economics & Political Science University of Bordeaux
Occupation(s)	Lawyer, entrepreneur
Employers	University of Zambia Konkola Copper Mines

Chipokota Mayamba Cindy Mwanawasa (born 25 November 1988), is a Zambian lawyer, farmer and entrepreneur. She is the daughter of Levy Mwanawasa, the third president of Zambia, and lawyer and politician Maureen Mwanawasa. ^[1]

Early life and education

Mwanawasa spent her early childhood in Ndola on the Copperbelt in Zambia. Moving to Lusaka, she attended Nkwazi Primary School (then a Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Trust School) between 1994 and 2001, and Chengelo Secondary School in Mkushi from 2002 to 2006. Between 2007 and 2009, Mwanawasa attended Concord College to study her A-levels and, and became the first African head girl of the school.^{[ citation needed ]}

Mwanawasa attended the University of Kent in the United Kingdom between September 2009 and June 2013, where she studied for her LLB in English and French law. She then pursued an LLM master's in commercial law from 2014 to 2016 at the University of Cape Town, graduating with a distinction. Having been awarded a Chevening Scholarship, ^[2] she then went on to study for a Master of Science in public policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science from 2019 to 2020. ^[3]

In 2012, Mwanawasa did an Erasmus year studying for a certificate in French law at the University of Bordeaux Faculty of Law and Political Science.^{[ citation needed ]} From September 2020 to April 2021, she attended the Advanced Course in Natural Resource Governance and Development: Policies and Practice at ETH Zurich.^{[ citation needed ]}

Career

Mwanawasa is a law lecturer at University of Zambia. Prior to that, she worked as an executive assistant and then legal officer at Konkola Copper Mines. She has also worked as a researcher in the United Kingdom, Kenya and South Africa.

Ahead of the 2016 Zambian general election, Mwanawasa spent a year working as a political strategist for unsuccessful presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development.

In 2017, Mwanawasa co-authored the discussion paper "Elections in Africa: Preparing a democratic playbook". ^[4]

Other activities

Mwanawasa has been involved in a number of businesses, including Chibombo District based Cattle Wealth Management Firm. The ranching company sells cattle to clients and then rears them on their behalf. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

References

1. "Mwanawasa Family, Friends To Launch Levy Mwanawasa Foundation". 24 August 2010.
2. Chanda, Ernest (21 August 2019). "Academic excellence guides British higher institutions of learning – Cochrane-Dyet". Archived from the original on 21 August 2019.
3. "Reforming law and policy to increase participation of girls in Secondary School in Zambia". 21 July 2020.^{[ dead link ]}
4. "Chipokota-Mayamba Mwanawasa: Lawyer and communications expert in Zambia". The Brenthurst Foundation. 11 July 2017.
5. Tayali, Chilufya (7 April 2015). "Stella Sata - Entrepreneurship, yes but you're out of touch with reality".
6. "FARMING KEY-MWANAWASA". 17 October 2018.
7. "Chipo Mwanawasa; young lawyer passionate about ranching". 6 April 2019.
8. "CWMF Board Of Directors". 21 July 2020.