Zambia youth shift to motorbike courier business to make ends meet

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Zambia youth shift to motorbike courier business to make ends meet

STORY: Zambia youth shift to motorbike courier business to make ends meet DATELINE: July 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:09 LOCATION: Lusaka CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the riders 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinyanja): STEVEN HANG'ANDU, Vice-Chairman of the Downtown Bikers 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinyanja): GIFT NYIRONGO, Rider 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinyanja): GIFT NYIRONGO, Rider 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): VINCENT SIACHIYASA, Rider 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinyanja): ACRAS MAPULANGA, Rider 7. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): DIANA MWANGALA, Rider STORYLINE: As formal jobs continue to elude many young people in Zambia, some young people have decided to find alternative ways of earning incomes through the informal sector. Some have since joined the highly growing business of providing courier services using motorbikes, which is slowly gaining popularity in Lusaka, the country's capital. A visit to Downtown Mall, one of the popular shopping malls in the city, found a group of young people at the back of the mall with their motorbikes waiting

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