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Our Story
In 2013, the late Senior Chief Inyambo Yeta of Mwdani and surrounding districts asked Charlotte Scott to start social and economic development programmes in his region.
Charlotte’s first action was to generate support from a partner organisation to develop a project in local primary schools.
In 2018, she registered ZayoHub as a Zambian NGO to launch a wider range of programmes in Mwandi and surrounding areas. Over the next four years, the activities spread into other remote regions in Southern, Lusaka, Eastern and Muchinga provinces.
Since inception, ZayoHub has been focused on increasing household income and assets for remote populations in Zambia’s most climate-impacted regions.
Besides the fast-growing Mafisa livestock programme LINK, ZayoHub Zambia reaches its goals through both agricultural and non-agricultural activities, identifying sustainable economic opportunities and providing multi-faceted support to help communities realise meaningful increases in income.
Our Team
Charlotte Scott
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Chileshe Chilangwa
Chief Operating Officer
Monica Mulunda
Chief Financial Officer
Max Karen
Head of Water Resources and Construction
Stephen Mumbi
Head of Expansion and Delivery
Zozi Nalishuwa
Specialist in Rangeland Management
Chindika Sakala
Senior Finance Officer
Pamela Kalimukwa
Senior Manager - Management Information Systems
Tatila Chuula
Community Programmes Officer
Mwiinga Kalimbika
Animal Health Officer
Patrick Masiliso
Programme Officer
Stella Matakala
Programme Assistant
Emmah Nkhoma
Senior Programmes Officer
Natasha Tilley
Executive Assistant
Wendy Kasonde Kabamba
HR Officer
O’Brian Ntalasha
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Accountant
Ackim Simushi
Field Accountant
Cybill Muyeleka
Administration, Logistics, and Procurement Officer
David Kabani
Senior Specialist, Carbon Planning and Data Reporting
Zoole Newa
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Head of Strategic Planning and Programme Development
Namakau Mwala
Head of Strategic Planning and Programme Development
Dr Mufaya Mufaya
Veterinarian and Animal Health Specialist
Mutale Ballard Zulu
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Head of Livelihoods and Community Development
Lulu Chuulu
Community Programme Manager
Grace Zimba
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Programme Manager
Pascal Kalenda
Senior Borehole Siting and Drilling Manager
Peter Chiengi
Drilling and Construction Manager
Rodson Chibanda
Manager of Workshop and Logistics for the Water Team
Our Partners
ZayoHub works with a range of partners, collaborating on the design, planning, implementation and evaluation of all our activities.
Community partnership is central to our work ensuring that programmes meet the needs and aspirations of women and men and will build local capacity and leadership of the development process.
ZayoHub respects and works within Zambia’s traditional leadership. We understand the role of traditional leadership in building truly community-led development and work collaboratively through these structures.
We work with local and national Government through local authorities as well as sectoral Ministries. We actively seek technical collaboration with local and international partners working on similar issues.
Above all, ZayoHub is committed to transparency with our partners, and to sharing what we do on an ‘open source’ basis with our peers in Zambia and beyond.
In 2018, ZayoHub was launched with the support of multi-year grants from DFID (now FCDO) funded ‘Transform’ project and the Vitol Foundation. These grants enabled the establishment of seven Rural Enterprise Hubs in three provinces.
As FCDO scaled back international aid support, ZayoHub successfully diversified funding sources. In 2021, funding was secured from Mulago Foundation, Lucille Foundation, Prospero (local FCDO), and SHAKE Climate, as well as becoming a subcontractor to Frankfurt Zoological Society for the implementation of the USAID-funded Luangwa Livelihoods Conservation Activity.
In 2022, the Mafisa livestock programme received substantial funding from the Livelihoods Impact Fund. In 2023, a multi-decade contract was signed for pre-financing and sales of carbon off-set credits with a major carbon credit buyer.
Current funders include Vitol Foundation, Livelihoods Impact Fund, Mulago Foundation, Lucille Foundation, Frankfurt Zoological Society (USAID funds) and the carbon credit buyer.
ZayoHub has successfully handled funding from bilateral and multilateral aid organisations and philanthropic foundations providing both restricted and unrestricted funding. Annual audits are available on request.
Total past and future commitments amount to nearly $50m.