EIZ President, Eng Henry Musonda - Inaugural Speech
From now onwards, I have the privilege of leading the Institution in the classic sense of leading EIZ members, individually and organizationally, for the next 12 months. As interesting as that would be, I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE OF LEADERSHIP. Not leadership in the context I just made reference to, but leadership by the profession in a public role in the theme areas of professional practice, infrastructure, Industry and environment. I would like to point out that to have an effective public role, engineers, as a profession, must adopt that role as integral to their profession. We have not done that yet, at least not to the extent other professions have. Read More
Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ) President Henry Musonda has thanked the 54th Council and the secretariat for the input they put for the betterment of the Institution.
Zambia’s construction of 120-MW hydro plant starts in July
Written by Bruce Kaunda
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
Zambia will start building a 120 megawatt (MW) power plant in July as the country upgrades its power generation capacity to meet rising demand and help boost supply in the region, a senior industry official said on Monday.
Project Director Robert Nsamba said construction of the $240 million power plant, which was initially planned to start in the first quarter of 2010, would now begin in July due to delays in securing the equity and debt to finance the project. Zambia, Africa's largest copper producer, needs to boost power generation capacity to meet fast rising demand, growing on the back of investment in the mining and tourism industries. "We have $120 million of the financing available and the contract for the project will be effective from July this year, we are hoping that by 2014 the power project should be completed and ready to generate electricity," Nsamba told Reuters. The Itezhi-tezhi hydroelectric project, about 260 km south of Lusaka, is being developed by the Itezhi-tezhi Power Corporation (ITPC), a company jointly owned by Zambian state power utility Zesco and TATA Africa of South Africa. India's Export and Import Bank (Exim) Bank in January agreed to lend Zambia $50-million to help develop the project and the southern African country is in talks with the European Investment Bank and the African Development Bank for additional funding.
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A Strategic Plan is a “road map” to guide and direct the operations of any organisation and plays a critical role in ensuring continuity in institutional development and functions. The Zambian economy has seen an upswing trend in growth. The government has come up with Vision 2030 to ensure Zambia attains middle income status by 2030.
From now onwards, I have the privilege of leading the Institution in the classic sense of leading EIZ members, individually and organizationally, for the next 12 months. As interesting as that would be, I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE OF LEADERSHIP. Not leadership in the context I just made reference to, but leadership by the profession in a public role in the theme areas of professional practice, infrastructure, Industry and environment. I would like to point out that to have an effective public role, engineers, as a profession, must adopt that role as integral to their profession. We have not done that yet, at least not to the extent other professions have.
