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Every month, each household contributes 1,000 kwachas, or 58 cents, to provide a schoolroom for the youngest children.
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Erika Page, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Apr. 2025
Buying sanitary pads, which cost around 1,900 kwacha for a pack of 10, on a monthly basis is typically out of the question.
—Kang-Chun Cheng, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Dec. 2024
The Zambian kwacha is the best performing currency in the world against the US dollar, rallying over 18.5% from Jan. 22 to Sept. 1.
—Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 1 Sep. 2022
Kardashian West has both majority ownership and creative control of Skims, which ships globally and can be shopped for online in currencies including the Turkmenistani manat and the Malawian kwacha.
—Christina Binkley, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2021
The doctors are still waiting for a CT scan; the test was delayed because the family couldn’t afford the 900 kwacha ($66) fee, McDonald says, and had to wait several days for a subsidy to be granted by social workers.
—Oliver Staley, Quartz Africa, 30 Dec. 2019
Under a new executive order that came into effect in March, owners of domestic boreholes are for the first time required to pay a one-off fee of 250 kwacha ($25) to have their well licensed.
—Danstan Kaunda, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2018
Failure to register a borehole can result in a maximum fine of 30,000 kwacha ($3,000) or imprisonment for up to 12 months, according to the new rules.
—Danstan Kaunda, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2018
On Monday, the kwacha weakened 1 percent against the dollar, the most globally, to its lowest level in almost six weeks.
—Paul Wallace, Bloomberg.com, 19 Feb. 2018
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Erika Page, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Apr. 2025
Buying sanitary pads, which cost around 1,900 kwacha for a pack of 10, on a monthly basis is typically out of the question.
—Kang-Chun Cheng, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Dec. 2024
The Zambian kwacha is the best performing currency in the world against the US dollar, rallying over 18.5% from Jan. 22 to Sept. 1.
—Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 1 Sep. 2022
Kardashian West has both majority ownership and creative control of Skims, which ships globally and can be shopped for online in currencies including the Turkmenistani manat and the Malawian kwacha.
—Christina Binkley, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2021
The doctors are still waiting for a CT scan; the test was delayed because the family couldn’t afford the 900 kwacha ($66) fee, McDonald says, and had to wait several days for a subsidy to be granted by social workers.
—Oliver Staley, Quartz Africa, 30 Dec. 2019
Under a new executive order that came into effect in March, owners of domestic boreholes are for the first time required to pay a one-off fee of 250 kwacha ($25) to have their well licensed.
—Danstan Kaunda, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2018
Failure to register a borehole can result in a maximum fine of 30,000 kwacha ($3,000) or imprisonment for up to 12 months, according to the new rules.
—Danstan Kaunda, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2018
On Monday, the kwacha weakened 1 percent against the dollar, the most globally, to its lowest level in almost six weeks.
—Paul Wallace, Bloomberg.com, 19 Feb. 2018
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“Kwacha.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kwacha. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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