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nkwazimagazine.com ISSUE 44 | MARCH / APRIL 2020 52 SAMPA the GREAT A TRIUMPHANT RETURN 56 CONSERVE: BENSON KANYEMBO 62 FEATURE: NO BE FROM HIA 67 FEATURE: SANI PASS WWW.FLYZAMBIA.COM Stanbic Bank celebrates women with Anakazi Banking Access to Finance Access to Insurance Access to Knowledge Access to Convenient Banking To find out more, visit www.anakazibanking.com Registered Commercial Bank Showing the world we mean business Investment Best M&A Best Bank of the Bank in Investment Year 2019 Africa 2018 Bank in Africa 2019 African Banker Global Finance EMEA Finance Absa knows that Africa has what it takes to take on the world. It’s why you’ll find us getting big things done for big business, in 12 countries across the continent, and international too. So, whatever your vision, Absa Corporate and Investment Banking has the finance, the experience and the award-winning expertise to get it done. That’s Africanacity. That’s Absa. Corporate and Investment Banking absa.co.zm Absa Bank Zambia PLC (registered number 119710006444) is regulated by the Bank of Zambia. AFRICANACITY A new word for a longstanding attitude A celebration of Africa’s ability to turn every challenge into an opportunity here is a spirit across the continent that is plastic bags into items of use and value with only a few unmatched elsewhere. It is largely unspoken, knitting needles and pairs of scissors. Zambians are using a Showing the world a feeling and way of thinking that allows us to well-established knitting tradition to create a cleaner, less say with the greatest of confidence that Africa’s wasteful society. future is bright and that we can do anything we As Absa embarked on one of the continent’s most ambitious Tset our minds to. corporate rebranding programmes – changing our name from Barclays to Absa – we took a close look at our we mean business All too often, news headlines dwell on Africa’s macro business, our people, and the people we serve, determined challenges, overlooking its track record of creative, to forge a refreshed, fit-for-purpose bank that had meaning ingenious and often unique, home-grown solutions to and relevance in the lives of our customers and colleagues. problems. While Africa’s challenges remain true, we also have a remarkable ability to overcome obstacles in We also looked at our context and our continent for Investment Best M&A Best ingenious ways. As a Pan-African Bank committed to the inspiration. What is it that makes Africa unique? What do we Investment bright future of our continent, Absa is focused on finding do that no one else does? What is our essence, our driving Bank of the Bank in solutions. force, and the thing that will unlock our potential? Year 2019 Africa 2018 Bank in Africa 2019 A walk down any bustling African city – from Lagos to We believe that Africa has a unique way of getting things African Banker Global Finance EMEA Finance Nairobi, Johannesburg to Kampala – quickly reveals that done, a way that could inspire us as one of the continent’s Africa is a continent of doers, always going above and largest banking and financial services groups. But we didn’t beyond to get things done. have a word to describe this – so we created one: More recently, Robert Shimaingo, a fisherman in Zambia, Africanacity – the distinctly African ability to always find realised that refrigeration problems were hampering his ways to get things done. Absa knows that Africa has what it takes to take on the world. It’s community’s ability to get a fair market price for their fish. why you’ll find us getting big things done for big business, in 12 Shimaingo’s community did not have a source of electricity As an organisation, we are inspired by the spirit of and were moving large blocks of ice to the riverside, which Africanacity, which thrives on turning every challenge into countries across the continent, and international too. So, whatever quickly melted. A determined Shimaingo designed and an opportunity. We are inspired by people who challenge your vision, Absa Corporate and Investment Banking has the finance, built a floating, hydropower river turbine that generates traditional ways of thinking. Africanacity is the inspiration power to refrigerate fish onsite, keeping them fresher behind Absa. In defining this word, we commit to helping the experience and the award-winning expertise to get it done. for longer, and ultimately increasing his community’s people find a way to achieve their goals and to realise their competitiveness at the local market. But Shimaingo went a dreams. step further, using the turbine’s excess energy to power the once-powerless fishing village. We believe that everyone needs a financial partner who That’s Africanacity. That’s Absa. will help them realise their possibility. From our colleagues The Zambian Knitting Movement should serve as an and customers, to the continent at large, Africanacity is a inspiration to the bank and communities across the world: call to action for everyone. It’s a defined term to describe Corporate and Investment Banking with tonnes of plastic bags polluting drains and roads, a longstanding attitude. It’s what drives and inspires the Zambian government has banned plastic bags and everything Absa believes in, and, above all, it drives the their resultant waste. This is an admirable effort, but still beautiful continent we’re here to serve. leaves the problem of existing plastic bags that have not been properly disposed. This inspired the formation of the Zambian Knitting Movement, which turns such wasted Mizinga Melu is the Managing Director of Absa Bank absa.co.zm Zambia PLC Absa Bank Zambia PLC (registered number 119710006444) is regulated by the Bank of Zambia. CREDITS / THE TEAM PUBLISHING EDITOR Walid Nassar [email protected] DEPUTY PUBLISHING EDITOR Jolezya Adeyemo [email protected] DESIGN Elijah Katema [email protected] SALES MANAGER Musonda Chisenga [email protected] DISCLAIMER: While precautions have been taken to ensure the accuracy of the contents of our magazine, Silver Fox Publications Ltd. does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the quality, accuracy, completeness, legality, reliability or usefulness of any information, product or service represented within our magazine. Views in this publication are not necessarily those of Silver Fox Publications Ltd. COVER IMAGE: Sampa the Great's lyrics are bold and creative and the same can be said of her personal style. From her distinctive clothing to her intricately styled hair, Sampa is a style icon in the making. (Image by Barun Chatterjee) CONTRIBUTORS CONTRIBUTING Bryan Manda, Bwanga 'Benny Blow' PHOTOGRAPHERS PUBLISHING HOUSE Kapumpa, Chanda Mwenya, Chipo Kalichi Pictures, Eness SILVER FOX PUBLICATIONS LTD. Muwowo, Esnala Banda, Helena Opperman, Photography, Bahati +260 211 843 999 Imanga Kayama, Kapijimpanga Mulemba, Angolwishe, Johan [email protected] Karthik Jayaprakash, Leelee Ngwenya, Luwi Opperman www.silverfoxzambia.com Nguluka, Melanie Rosettenstein, Noxolo Kapela, Petra Chikasa, Simone Layton 4 nkwazimagazine.com WELCOME WELCOME ON BOARD PROFLIGHT ith the start of 2020, a new decade, it seems a fitting time to reflect on what can be achieved in ten years and to look back on the key milestones from the previous decades to give us pause W when planning for the next ten years. The decade 2000 to 2009 was an exciting one at Proflight as it saw the arrival of our first turboprop - the Jetstream 32 9J-PCS - which was ferried from Nashville, Tennessee to Lusaka, the start of our Copperbelt and Solwezi schedule flights, the introduction of e-ticketing and our participation in the GDS (Global Distribution System) and IATA BSP (Billing and Settlement Plan) and we flew our very first elephant, Zama. The decade 2010 to 2019 was equally as exciting with the introduction of the larger Jetstream 41 aircraft, the start of online bookings and acceptance of card and Pay Pal payments, the acquisition of our first Captain Preller Kopolo ‘Jubilee’ jet - the CRJ, the issuing of our first AOC (Aircraft Operators Certificate) and we flew another three elephants and a hippo! Proflight Zambia has been operating for 29 years and in the last two decades we have seen our staff numbers increase from under 20 to above 200 and we have introduced schedule flights to four regional destinations and twelve domestic destinations, of which we still fly to a total of 12 (three regional and nine domestic). Proflight has introduced four new aircraft types onto the Zambian register; the Jetstream 32, the Jetstream 41, the Bombardier CRJ 100, and the Bombardier Dash 8 Q300. We are extremely proud of what we have achieved and the above is just a snapshot of how far we have come. As we look to the decade ahead we are confident that we have the foundations to continue operating a sustainable and viable airline in Zambia and we intend to continue expanding our foot print across the country and the region. Without our customers, our agents, our suppliers and our employees this journey would not have been possible so we thank you for your support and ask that you continue to choose Proflight, choose Zambian and explore with us. Explore the Northern Province through the pages of this edition of Nkwazi. We take you on a journey exploring the nature, history and culture of the region. Also explore Lusaka through two of our feature stories, one on the Lusaka Collective and another offering recommendations for how to spend your layover in Lusaka. We also take you on a journey through the hiking trails of Joburg and the Drakensberg Mountains. Additionally we tell the stories of Zambian trailblazers in art, literature and music, making their mark at home and abroad.

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