Ongwediva Mayor Naemi Amuthenu has launched the Mayor's Community Backyard Gardening Project aimed at improving food security and promoting self-reliance among residents of the town.

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has asserted that Africa holds the tools to drive its own economic transformation and must seize them.

Minister of Information and Communication Technology Emma Theofelus has called on public enterprises to work towards self-reliance in anticipation of a phased reduction in government subsidies over the next few years.

In its quest to reduce dependency on foreign aid, Zambia has for the first time presented a national budget of an equivalent of N$184-billion.