African Engineering Services (AES) and Eagle Metal Fabrication (Eagle) have agreed to join forces with effect from 4th of August. The collaboration enables an expansion of the operation with new services delivered from the Solwezi-based workshop.
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Live Clean has serviced over 500,000 toilet visits since its inception
In 2019, Live Clean’s toilets were used 198,000 times. In 2020, that number was reached already in October – a testament to Live Clean’s growth.
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Working to Improve Public Health – Live Clean Opens Second Public Toilet Site in Lusaka
On Tuesday 7th February, 2019, Live Clean officially opened their public toilets in Lusaka’s Buseko Market. This marks another important step towards improving health, community wellbeing, and a clean environment in Lusaka by providing access to clean, hygienic and safe public toilets. Live Clean is developed with the support of the UK Department for International […]
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BBM Launches “Keep Solwezi Clean”
Encouraging Youths to Keep Their Communities Clean On the 30th March, Bresmar Building Materials (BBM) organised a “Keep Solwezi Clean” initiative, covering the Kajoba Village area of Solwezi, North Western Province. The initiative was launched with a day of focusing on the collecting of rubbish around the Kajoba Village, the area in which BBM operates, […]
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DotCom was awarded eLevy Contract from Ministry of Local Government in May 2020
The Ministry of Local Government and Lusaka City Council (LCC) charge a fee from marketeers and vendors who sell in markets around Lusaka, but revenue collection has always been inefficient. LCC wanted to employ a more transparent solution and raise more revenue, but needed help. Between 2018 and 2019 DotCom developed a pilot solution to […]
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Kukula Seed facilitated 10X Path to Scale boot camp for Zambian entrepreneurs
Kukula facilitated a 2-day workshop for CEOs and senior executives in early stage and growth businesses. 20 members from various sectors attended the workshop which was held on 3rd and 4th of March 2020. The focus was on growth constraints, tools and technique for leaders to build the right foundations for scale. During the workshop, […]
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Women’s Day at Kukula
On 8th March, 2020, Kukula and its portfolio companies celebrated International Women’s Day by having a “Woman Power” lunch with 41 ladies from all the portfolio companies. International Women’s Day is a time to reflect on the women of our organisation and their determination, by celebrating acts of courage, change in the workplace and gender […]
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Eagle-Coded Welder Training
A grant from PEPZ (DFID’s Private Enterprise Programme) was offered to SMEs in the North Western province, through a training program for companies in the mining sector, to help employees grow their skills through formal certification. At Kukula, we place great emphasis on training and upskilling and were very happy that Eagle Metal Fabrication was […]
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38,000 trees planted at BBM
BBM is determined to limit its impact on the environment. One of the initiatives to do so, is to plant twice the amount of trees we have to cut down in our operations. In January 2020, another 20,000 pine trees were planted. For the tree planting, people, predominantly women, from the surrounding community are engaged […]
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Women’s Workshop at BBM
In October 2019, BBM director Brenda Kunda and Emma Hudson from Kukula collaborated with Sylva Foods of Lusaka, the pioneers of drying vegetables in Zambia and exporters of preserved vegetables to the United States. This event was a BBM-sponsored two-day workshop attended by 50 women from the Kapijimpanga community. Solwezi District Commissioner, Rosemary Kamalonga who […]
