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Treasury Management, AI-Generated Fraud, Cybersecurity, Agentic AI
A single convincing forgery of a voice, a face or an email can now move millions. Zambia records the fastest growth in deepfake attempts in Africa, yet its payment controls still trust what people see and hear. Agentic AI could help, but only under the right conditions.
Author: Karen Kapika, BSc, MSc · · 7 min read
Heavy Metal Polutants
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Authors: Patrick M. Mwansa BSc, MPH; Chrisborn Mubamba BVM, MTrVSc, PhD · · 6 min read
Antimicrobial Resistance, Genomic Surveillance, Public Health
Drug-resistant infections kill more than a million people a year, yet do most clinicians in Zambia prescribe without knowing what they are fighting? Portable DNA sequencing could close that gap, but only if the right conditions are in place.
Patrick M. Mwansa, BSc, MPH · · 7 min read
Corporate Governance, Boards, Assurance
Why directors need evidence the executive did not compose, and what it will take to give it to them safely.
Emmanuel Mwanakatwe, BSc, MSc, RIS Lead Researcher · · 7 min read
Copyright, Intellectual Property, Emerging Technologies
Piracy has outpaced the courtroom. Fingerprinting, cryptographic provenance and smart contracts now offer creators a fighting chance, if we build them with fairness in mind
RIS Contributor · · 5 min read
Taxation, SME, AI
Why automated tax accounting must be tested for accuracy, trust and authority acceptance before SMEs stake their filings on it
Editorial · · 6 min read
Tech Law, Legal Parctice
Generative AI is entering Zambian law offices faster than the rules governing it. CCET examines what courts abroad, local digitisation and Zambia's evolving Tech Law mean for legal practitioners today.
Editorial · · 4 min read
Education, Skills, 4IR
Why universities must equip every discipline to test what emerging technologies can really solve.
Emmanuel Mwanakatwe, BSc, MSc, RIS Lead Researcher · · 3 min read
AI & Society
When children stop speaking their mother tongue, a culture begins to die. AI can help Zambia break that silence, if communities, not algorithms, lead the way.
CCET Commentary · · 8 min read
Emerging Technologies, Developing Econnomies
How digital tools can transform the lives of poor Zambians: from cash transfers to farm subsidies, Zambia's own successes prove that technology works when it is built for local realities.
Emmanuel Mwanakatwe, BSc, MSc, RIS Lead Researcher · · 7 min read