{"id":222,"date":"2023-04-13T22:34:20","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T22:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/foreignn\/?page_id=222"},"modified":"2025-10-03T07:38:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T07:38:26","slug":"about-zambia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/windhoek\/?page_id=222","title":{"rendered":"About Zambia"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"222\" class=\"elementor elementor-222\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-257adeb8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"257adeb8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-30ebfbcc\" data-id=\"30ebfbcc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a289ce8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a289ce8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.1 - 02-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Zambia<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15a0feb3 elementor-icon-list--layout-inline elementor-align-center elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"15a0feb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/foreignn\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/css\/widget-icon-list.min.css\">\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items elementor-inline-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Home<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">About<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3be219b2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3be219b2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a81a515\" data-id=\"7a81a515\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b580bdd animated-slow elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"3b580bdd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:100}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f09d138\" data-id=\"5f09d138\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-674ae26a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"674ae26a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Zambia<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15c2281d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15c2281d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.1 - 02-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15c2281d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15c2281d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><p>Zambia is a unitary republican state with the Executive, Legislature and the Judiciary operating as autonomous organs of government. The executive is the President who is deputized by a Vice President. The current president is Mr. Hakainde Hichilema.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d2e19cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d2e19cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><h4>Zambia at a Glance<\/h4><h4>The People<\/h4><p>Zambia has one of the lowest populations to land ratio\u2019s in Africa. Only about 14 million people in a country half the size of Europe. The employment opportunities in mining and associated industries have caused Zambia to be one of the most urbanized countries in Africa. About one-fifth of the population lives on the Copperbelt and an estimated 2 million plus people live in Lusaka \u2013 the capital. This has resulted in massive tracts of uninhabited land across the country.<\/p><h4>Culture<\/h4><p>Zambia\u2019s contemporary culture is a blend of values, norms, material and spiritual traditions of more than 70 ethnically diverse people. During the colonial period, the process of industrialization and urbanization saw ethnically different people brought together by economic interests, This, as well as the very definite influence of western standards, generated a new culture without conscious effort of politically determined guidelines. Many of the rural inhabitants however, have retained their indigenous and traditional customs and values. After Independence in 1964, the government recognized the role culture was to play in the overall development of a new nation and began to explore the question of a National Identity. As a result, Private and Public museums and cultural villages were established to promote the expression of artistic talents.<\/p><\/div><\/div><p><span style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"> some interesting areas in the tourism sector and business opportunities that exist in the country. The Mission provides consular information to serve Zambian nationals and indeed our valued travelers from other countries who plan to visit stable and peaceful Zambia and encourage Zambians in the diaspora to participate in the economic development of the country.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d2e19cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d2e19cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c918dd6 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"7c918dd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul 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elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6dd83ff7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fdf9285 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jkit_portfolio_gallery\" data-id=\"1fdf9285\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jkit_portfolio_gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div  class=\"jeg-elementor-kit jkit-portfolio-gallery on-hover jeg_module___6a24d9ca28314\" ><div class=\"portfolio-gallery-container\">\n            <div class=\"row-items\"><div class=\"row-item elementor-repeater-item-ddcac74 current-item\" data-tab=\"portfolio-gallery-tab-0\"><div class=\"row-item-info\">\n            <p class=\"info-subtitle\"><\/p>\n            <h3 class=\"info-title\">Mining<\/h3>\n        <\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-item elementor-repeater-item-951a4aa \" data-tab=\"portfolio-gallery-tab-1\"><div class=\"row-item-info\">\n            <p class=\"info-subtitle\"><\/p>\n            <h3 class=\"info-title\">Information Technology<\/h3>\n        <\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-item elementor-repeater-item-d9083d2 \" data-tab=\"portfolio-gallery-tab-2\"><div class=\"row-item-info\">\n            <p class=\"info-subtitle\"><\/p>\n            <h3 class=\"info-title\">Agriculture<\/h3>\n        <\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-item elementor-repeater-item-309678f current-item\" data-tab=\"portfolio-gallery-tab-3\"><div class=\"row-item-info\">\n            <p class=\"info-subtitle\"><\/p>\n            <h3 class=\"info-title\">Renewable Energy<\/h3>\n        <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n            <div class=\"gallery-items\"><div 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