Question 1

What is the best news site in Zambia?

Accepted Answer

In short, the best Zambian news site is the one that respects your time and reports straight. Kwacha News is built for exactly that — plain coverage of Zambia’s business, markets, politics, technology and courts, with fast pages and deliberately minimal advertising.

Question 2

Where can I read breaking news in Zambia?

Accepted Answer

Breaking news in Zambia runs on the Kwacha News homepage, newest-first, with a headline strip that updates as stories land. The free morning briefing then distils the day’s most important Zambia news headlines into a single email.

Question 3

What does Kwacha News cover?

Accepted Answer

Kwacha News covers Zambian business and the economy, markets and finance, technology and AI, politics and the courts, health, local news and sport, with standing coverage of Africa and the wider world. Each beat has its own section that gathers every story in one place.

Question 4

Is Kwacha News free?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Kwacha News is free to read, with no paywall. The publication keeps advertising minimal and favours local sponsorship over intrusive programmatic adverts, so the reading experience stays clean and fast.

Question 5

Who owns Kwacha News?

Accepted Answer

Kwacha News is owned and operated by Mind Hack, Inc., a United States company with Zambian ownership. The newsroom is editorially independent and unaffiliated with any political party or the state.

Question 6

Is Kwacha News independent?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Kwacha News is editorially independent. Commercial decisions, including advertising, are kept separate from the newsroom, and the publication’s published standards apply regardless of who advertises or sponsors.

Question 7

How is Kwacha News different from other Zambian news websites?

Accepted Answer

Kwacha News is built reader-first: plain reporting, fast pages, and deliberately little advertising, in clear contrast to the pop-up-heavy, ad-cluttered experience common elsewhere. It favours local advertisers over anonymous programmatic networks so the news stays the point.

Question 8

Where is Kwacha News based?

Accepted Answer

Kwacha News is based in Lusaka, Zambia, and reports the country from the inside while setting each story in its African and global context.

Question 9

Is Kwacha News reliable?

Accepted Answer

Kwacha News is built for reliability: it sources its claims, attributes data to named institutions such as the Bank of Zambia and the Zambia Statistics Agency, separates reporting from analysis, and corrects mistakes in the open. Its editorial standards and corrections policy are published for readers to hold it to.

Question 10

How often is Kwacha News updated?

Accepted Answer

Kwacha News publishes throughout the working day, with breaking news in Zambia surfacing on the homepage as it happens and a free briefing each weekday morning. The pace follows the news rather than a quota — accuracy comes before speed.

Question 11

Does Kwacha News cover the 2026 election?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Kwacha News runs standing coverage of Zambia’s general election on 13 August 2026 in its Elections 2026 hub — the presidential race, the parliamentary and local contests, the government’s record and the issues that will decide the vote, reported plainly and fairly.

Question 12

What does “Kwacha” mean?

Accepted Answer

In ciBemba and ciNyanja, “kwacha” means dawn. It was the rallying cry of Zambia’s independence movement and the name of the national currency. The publication takes it as a statement of a clearer new day for Zambian news.

Question 13

How do I contact Kwacha News or report a correction?

Accepted Answer

Reach the newsroom at editor@kwachanews.com, or send a confidential tip to tips@kwachanews.com. To flag an error, use the corrections page — Kwacha News corrects mistakes promptly and in the open.

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