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Zain Zambia sheds 96 jobs

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Zain Zambia, the largest mobile telecoms company in the country, has announced that it is implementing structural changes to align it with the Group’s new operating model. Similar changes are being carried out at all Zain operations in the Middle East and Africa. The new method of operation will involve centralisation of capabilities across all of Zain’s 23 operations in order to maximise economies of scale and realise significant efficiencies and cost savings.

“Zain has undertaken a review of its operation to ensure it is best able to deliver improved services and quality to its customers, and to make sure we can do this as efficiently and as cost-effectively as possible,” said Zain Managing Director, Mr. David Holliday.

“The goal of the revisions was to make sure Zain had the right structure in place across all its operational areas to address market challenges in Zambia going forwards, and to align itself with the recently announced ‘Drive 2011’ group-wide plans for greater efficiency”, he added.

As part of these changes Zain Zambia is shedding 96 jobs with immediate effect. Zain Zambia expects the reduction in the number of staff to be achieved through a combination of redeployment, non-renewal of contracts, and redundancies. 58 of the staff affected were ‘permanent’ employees, and 38 were ‘casual’ employees.

“We will be working closely with employees to assist with this transition and will ensure that any impacted employees are treated with respect and dignity consistent with our values.”

Since 2005 Zain has invested more than US$ 12 billion in Africa, and in excess of US$500 million in Zambia. This year alone Zain will pump in more than US$ 1 billion of investments in its networks in Africa as part of the Company’s drive to bring the latest world class technology to its customers .

25 COMMENTS

  1. Zain has literally held Zambians ransom with “Talk Time.” People dont even say mulishani when they call, its straight to the point because talk time is expensive and everyone is addicted to cellphones

  2. Cell phone communication in Zambia is very expensive the government should seriously look into this matter. Too bad Dora has resigned.

  3. Multi national companies attached to the western money system are shedding jobs across the world, this is what happens when suddenly people this capitalism will solve all problems entrust such organisations with the responsibility of employing people or creating jobs. Zamtel must take over the telecoms sector in Zambia to reduce cost for users otherwise the country is making companies like ZAIN rich when that money does not even stay in the country. Local Zambian businesses must be supported to expand as a way of safe guarding the economy and creating stable jobs for local people not this situation.

  4. Too bad for the victims. One must have at least 3 jobs these days (multi-tasking) just in case the main job dissapears.

  5. We might as well call them highly infectious and Malignant Investors, additionally sadists that cause pain, and misery to the Zambian citizens and they enjoy it …….We need good leaders to curtail this seemingly order of the today in Zambia. People losing jobs all in the name maximizing profits , where is the human face ,if I may ask?

  6. Its all down to government’s wealth creation policy really. All these matters are interrelated. When the mines shed jobs, the customer base for all other businesses shrinks, leading to closures and job shedding. As more jobs are lost, the tax base narrows further, crippling the treasury’s revenue. Further on, funding for development programmes dwindles, leading to government programmes stalling. Poverty escalates, social security crumbles, prostitution and crime increases, HIV/AIDS rates rise and On and On the cycle goes.

    The huge manpower resource that is idle should be harnessed and redirected into the Agric Sector. The FSP programme needs to be supplemented with a government led farm mechanisation programme. Government can provide district Tractor and Irrigation equipment hire…

  7. #9 miners,
    I agree with you brother on a number of issues except one because I think:
    1- We have high electricity tariffs in Zambia because ZESCO doesn’t have a competitor.
    2- I have observed that most of the locally produced goods are far much expensive that the imported one, take for instance, did you know that locally produced mineral water was more expensive than the imported fuel per liter. Now, which one of the two is costly to produce?
    3- At this time, if you have taken an economical study of ZAMTEL tariffs, you would discover that they are more expensive that the other two. Now, if this can happen when there are two competitors, what would happen if they remained alone?
    We need more competitors in business if the consumers are to enjoy the benefits of technology.

  8. Ba Zain maningi ubupuba… for the last 2 weeks all my text messages sent are not reaching Zambia!!!!

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    Very sad, but following “As part of these changes Zain Zambia is shedding 96 jobs with immediate effect. Zain Zambia expects the reduction in the number of staff to be achieved through a combination of redeployment, non-renewal of contracts, and redundancies. 58 of the staff affected were ‘permanent’ employees, and 38 were ‘casual’ employees., atleast this appears to be a better strategy of laying off workers.
    Zambians, I urge us all who can manageto become enterpreneurs so that we can employ our fellow Zambians. The foreginers will never develop Zambia for us and we have to starting doing the real development by ourselves.

  10. #19. You will just waste your money. Firstly the govt will heavily tax you coz you are local investor (no tax rebate unless u are foreigner) and secondly you will have no market since most businesses in Zed prefer foreigners

  11. Sad for the affected. However, we all just have to accept that the global economic melt down has not spared them. They can use all the syntax and semantics but the bottom line is that the company is seriously affected by the said ‘DEVIL.’ Its better for them to accept that things are difficult than hiding behaved sweet phrased language of trying to improve what and what. ‘ Am going back to Kenya my country home.’ How many remember that song?

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