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Jason Mulikita (born October 7, 1983)is a Zambian artist, Internet entrepreneur and founder of the online non-profit encyclopedia Chalo Chatu. . Jason is also a Photography, trainer, web developer and consultant. He was was nominated in the Zee Music Creative Awards 2016 under the category best photographer.

Early life and education
Mulikita was born in Lusaka and went to Matero Boys Primary School in 1991. From 2000 to 2002 he did his secondary education at Monze and Mumbwa high schools. He further went to the National Institute of Public Administration to study Information Systems. In 2014 he studied photography with the New York Institute of Photography.

Early career
Since his childhood, Jason has always been on the creative side and fascinated by electronic gadgets. In 1995 thats when he started to take art seriously and he would make drawings from nature, magazines and creative imagination. Jason signed off all my artwork with his unique signature 'JJArts' which now is know as JJArts Photography. With this artistic eye that Jason decided to buy himself his first analogue camera in 1998 so that he could perfect the art of capturing moments – which I termed as Freezing time. Jason was able to use his talent whilst at school to pay towards his education by photographing events. He then got his first DSLR (Digital Single-Lens Reflex) camera in 2011 and decided to specialise in wildlife photography. In October 2006 he took up another teaching job at NorthGate Academy (then Sishemo Education Trust) in Lusaka where he taught computers to kids from first to seventh grade. He worked at the school till 2014. One of his pupils was Joseph Lusumpa, who later got inspired and become a photographer. In 2006 he presented a technology TV segment called Internet Awareness on ZNBC TV's talk show, Smooth Talk. From 2009 to 2012, he worked as an IT consultant for the Governance Secretariat under the Ministry of Justice. From 2012, Mulikita has been working as a part-time lecturer at the University of Zambia's Consultancy and Training Unit (CTU) offering website and graphics designing classes.

Professional
In 2003, Mulikita established his first Internet business Xtreme Zambia and offered web services such as website designing and hosting. The website also operated as an online directory and advertising platform for businesses. In 2009 he streamlined the operations of the website, limiting it to only offer web services. After years of photographing in school and at family events, he took up photography as a professional career in August 2011. The photography business inherited the name from his art label, JJArts. Jason's photography is focussed on a variety of genres from lifestyle, to wildlife, to landscapes. Jason’s photography can also be found on the National Geographic, a great platform for wildlife and landscape photographers to showcase their work.

Chalo Chatu
In 2016, Mulikita founded a non-profit organisation, Chalo Chatu Foundation, which runs the Chalo Chatu project — an online encyclopedia aimed at preserving the history and pride of Zambia. In an interview with QTV's Breakfast Show, Mulikita outlined his vision for Chalo Chatu: "As a country we haven't done so well in documenting our history. If you think about Zambian history, most of it is centered around independence as it was a big political and liberation movement that took place in 1964. But if you try to think and ask anyone about life before that, you will find that there is a blackout. Much of Zambia's history found in the public domain starts around the late 1950, but we know that there was life before that. So we are going as far back as possible to get this information as well as document what's happening in the present day. "