{"id":946,"date":"2022-11-29T17:35:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T17:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2022\/?page_id=946"},"modified":"2022-11-30T11:33:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T11:33:40","slug":"official-presidential-opening","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2022\/official-presidential-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"Official Presidential Opening"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cs-content\" class=\"cs-content\"  ><div id=\"x-section-1\" class=\"x-section\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px; background-color: transparent;\"  ><div class=\"x-container max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\"  ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-2-3\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><div  class=\"x-video embed with-container\" ><div class=\"x-video-inner\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OjcR-2jPunc?start=1163\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-text\"  ><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/coat-of-arms-268x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"78\" height=\"88\" class=\"wp-image-891 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/coat-of-arms-268x300.png 268w, https:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/coat-of-arms-100x112.png 100w, https:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/coat-of-arms.png 739w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 78px) 100vw, 78px\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Official Presidential Opening<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><b>Hon Douglas M <\/b><b>Syakalima<\/b><b> (MP),\u00a0<\/b>Minister of Education, Republic of Zambia (Ministerial Welcome)<\/em><br \/>\n<em><b>Hon Felix C <\/b><b>Mutati<\/b><b> (MP),\u00a0<\/b>Minister of Technology and Science, Republic of Zambia (Introduction to the Theme of Digital Transformation &amp; Skills Development)<\/em><br \/>\n<em><b>H.E. 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