Top news items in major Zambian media outlets
Xinhua, November 22, 2016 Adjust font size:
The following are news highlights in Zambia's major media outlets on Tuesday.
-- Zambia has commissioned its first-ever mini-hydro power grid under a program aimed at electrifying rural areas.
The 8.7-million-U.S.-dollars mini-hydro power grid to be constructed in a remote area of northwest Zambia will have the capacity to produce 640 kilowatts of electricity to cover 12,000 people. (Zambia Daily Mail)
-- Ten Swedish companies have expressed interest to invest in Zambia's agriculture sector.
The companies were part of a Swedish delegation that visited Zambia this year during a Swedish-organized business visit. (Times of Zambia)
-- Over 1,000 inmates have successfully completed training in various fields of study while incarcerated under a program introduced in Zambia's prisons aimed at empowering the inmates with life skills.
The program was aimed at helping the inmates look for employment once they are released from prison so that they will not fall back into their old habits. (Daily Nation) Endit