Zambia*
General Country Information
Capital: Lusaka
Population: 12,056,923 (July 2010)
Form of Government: Republic
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone - main lines: 90,600 (2008)
Telephone - mobile: 3.539 million (2008)
Internet hosts: 14,951 (2009)
Internet users: 700,000 (2008)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.13
World Rank 2005/2006: 160
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Deaf Women's Network of Zambia
P.O. Box 32785
Lusaka, 10101
Zambia
Tel: +260-1-255-575
Fax: +260-1-226-952
Sign Language Development Centre
Ndola, Copperbelt Province, 10101
Zambia
Email: stellachiti@yahoo.com
Tel: +260-02-621-470 / +260-095-997-124
Fax: +260-02-621-470
Zambia Agency for Persons with Disabilities
P.O. Box 50073, Leopards Hill Road
Lusaka 10101
Zambia
http://www.zapdgov.org
Tel: +260-1-264-596
Fax: +260-1-260-128
Zambia Federation of the Disabled - DPI National Assembly
P.O. Box 35794
Lusaka
Zambia
http://www.safod.org/About%20safod/Countries/zambia_web.htm
Email: zafod@zamnet.zm
Tel: +260-1-286529
Fax: +260-1-289534
Zambia National Association of the Deaf
P.O. Box 35821
Lusaka 10101
Zambia
Email: znaddeaf@yahoo.com
Tel: +260-978-06-275
Fax: +260-1-291-657
Zambia National Association of the Physically Handicapped
P.O. Box 72908, Ndola
Copperbelt Province, 10010
Zambia
http://www.add.org.uk/case_study.asp?ref=48
Email: znaph@zamtel.zm
Tel: +260-2-622-226
Fax: +260-2-622-226
Zambia National Association of Women with Disabilities
P.O. Box 35821
Lusaka
Zambia
Email: zafod@zamnet.zm
Tel: +260-1-75-2014 / +260-1-79-6906
Fax: +260-1-28-5346
Zambia National Federation of the Blind
P.O. Box 32847
Chilimbulu Road, Lusaka
Zambia
Email: liblind@zamtel.zm
Tel: +260-1-265-872
Fax: +260-1-265-561