Publish What You Pay Zambia

Publish What You Pay Zambia An Advocacy platform for transparency and accountabilty in Zambia's Extractive Industries for greater benefit of citizens of Zambia

Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Zambia Chapter was launched in June 2009, motivated by the fact that despite Zambia been endowed with a lot of natural resources, this sector does not benefit the lives of most ordinary Zambians. Natural resource revenues are an important source of income for Zambia inclusive which if properly managed, could serve as a basis for poverty reduction, economic growth and de

velopment. PWYP Zambia aims to contribute to a transparent, accountable and just management and distribution of natural resources for poverty reduction. PWYP-Zambia aims at attaining the following goals:

• To provide civil society with a broad and effective coordination and advocacy platform that is legitimate and representative to address issues concerning natural resource management in the extractive industries and in government;
• To ensure that PWYP members coordinate and work together in ensuring that the government and extractive industry operators adhere to and implement the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) standards in Zambia;
• To ensure that PWYP members have the relevant competence and skills to address issues concerning natural resource management in the extractive industries and in government;
• To ensure that PWYP members are actively engaged in evidence based rooted advocacy; and
• To ensure that local communities represented by its members are empowered to engage on natural resource management issues affecting them. This page will hence be used as a platform not only to advocate of accountability and transparency in Zambias Extractive Industry to form the basis of poverty reduction in resource rich Zambia, but will also be used to share relevant literature on the costs and benefits of the extractive industry in Zambia

𝗘𝗫𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗧𝗛 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 (𝟬𝟯) 𝟳 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵: 𝗭𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗘𝗜𝗧𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶...
07/08/2026

𝗘𝗫𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗧𝗛 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 (𝟬𝟯) 𝟳 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵: 𝗭𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗘𝗜𝗧𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲, 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 — 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆’𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵.
𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 — 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲.

𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 — 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦.

𝘗𝘞𝘠𝘗 𝘡𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺, 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘌𝘐𝘛𝘐, 𝘡𝘈𝘔𝘐, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦-𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘤𝘺.
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06/08/2026

𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗗𝗿. 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮 𝗠. 𝗞𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗮, 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 2026 𝘡𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘢 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘢, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘗𝘢𝘺 𝘡𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘢, 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 28 𝘵𝘰 30 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦 “𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦: 𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘡𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳.”

Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development-Zambia

06/08/2026

Transparency International Zambia has described the ZAMI 2026 Exhibition walkthrough as extraordinary and different from the usual indoor dialogue.

Held on Day 1 at East Park, the walkthrough gave the public a unique platform to learn about Zambia’s extractive sector. The 2026 Zambia Alternative Mining Indaba (28–30 July) ran under the theme “From Policy to Practice: Celebrating Value and Community Resilience in Zambia’s Mining Sector.”

This aligns with PWYP Zambia’s objectives of promoting transparency, accountability, and meaningful public participation so that mining delivers real benefits to communities.

05/08/2026

Today PWYP Zambia joins the Zambia Alliance of Women and partners at the two-day multi-stakeholder dialogue on gender justice in Zambia’s critical minerals sector (The Urban, Lusaka, 5–6 August).

ZAW’s research is clear: women in Copperbelt communities disproportionately bear the costs of mining expansion while remaining largely excluded from its benefits — low rights awareness, high GBV concerns, minimal economic participation and limited decision-making power.
These gaps echo findings in ZEITI reports, where gender-disaggregated employment data remains incomplete and rarely broken down by role. Zambia’s recent “very good” EITI validation score is progress; deeper gender-responsive disclosures and practice must follow.

As conveners of the Zambia Alternative Mining Indaba (ZAMI), we stand ready to support coalitions that turn dialogue into concrete commitments from government and companies — for gender-responsive policies, community rights, and inclusive growth in the critical minerals value chain.

05/08/2026

Zambia Land Alliance applauds the Exhibition walkthrough at ZAMI 2026, calling it a good idea and something new.

Held on Day 1 at East Park, the Opening Walkthrough focused on telling Zambia’s mining story while elevating grassroots perspectives and community priorities from provincial and district mining indabas.

The 2026 Zambia Alternative Mining Indaba (28–30 July) ran under the theme “From Policy to Practice: Celebrating Value and Community Resilience in Zambia’s Mining Sector.

EXTRACTIVE TRUTH: SERIES 02Out of 2,000+ mining licences…Only 10 mines pay 80% of the revenue. Zambia’s minerals power t...
05/08/2026

EXTRACTIVE TRUTH: SERIES 02

Out of 2,000+ mining licences…Only 10 mines pay 80% of the revenue. Zambia’s minerals power the economy — but do they power the people?

is fighting for transparency, fairer revenue sharing & community voice through EITI, ZAMI and evidences based advocacy.

EXTRACTIVE TRUTH – SERIES 01“Zambia has a lot to do for the country to realize any meaningful benefits from its ores — o...
04/08/2026

EXTRACTIVE TRUTH – SERIES 01

“Zambia has a lot to do for the country to realize any meaningful benefits from its ores — one of the dos is to have honest conversations.”
— Mr. Nsama Chikwanka, National Director.

03/08/2026

While Civil Society for Poverty Reduction-CSPR and Transparency International Zambia are busy castle-jumping, face-painting and handing out cotton candy at the Showgrounds, is busy making the actual news headlines.

We don’t do child’s play.
Stay glued: the next big one runs Wednesday to Friday (5–7 August).

03/08/2026

Zambia’s copper is helping to power the global energy transition – but who is really benefiting?

Read the full report: https://gwitness.org/4yw3qPB

Centre for Environment Justice just slid into the DMs with “My man my man.”Unfortunately for her, this August’s calendar...
01/08/2026

Centre for Environment Justice just slid into the DMs with “My man my man.”
Unfortunately for her, this August’s calendar is fully booked with actual extractive-sector transparency work — no budget line for Girlfriends Day.

We’re heads-down preparing the next big Publish What You Pay moment. Stay glued. Accountability first, romance later.

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