We need the government to empower women by developing their capacity and providing them with opportunities to acquire leadership skills. - Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika

A portion of the economic growth resulted from improved management of financial resources. This enabled Zambia to reach the completion point for the HIPC (Heavily Indebted Poor Countries) Initiative for debt relief, thanks to greater transparency within the Ministry of Finance and more effective management of budget allocation and spending.

I was brought up by politicians, and my parents were active in the politics of the country. My mother did a lot of work with women and trying to improve the lot of women. She demonstrated her own participation in public life, first of all by going to school--and not only to primary school, but to a higher school, which was very rare in those days. And then she also was a professional woman. She was a teacher. She was a founding member of YWCA in Zambia. She was the first woman in Northern Rhodesia--that's what Zambia was called before--to register as a voter, the first African woman to do that.

Yes, tourism is one of the quickest ways to create jobs. Zambia has 19 game parks, and we even sell lions! Tourism also builds connections and fosters friendships, with some tourists eventually becoming investors.