User talk:Caristo Mumba

Caristo Mumba is a multi award winning essayist and aspiring politician.

Having made his writing debut in 2021, Mumba, has won several awards in writing. In 2021, he won his first Essay writing competition organised by the University of Zambia Business and Economics Association, walking away with a cash prize and a certificate. In the same year, he won a cash prize after taking the second place in the Musabwe Essay writing contest. In 2022, he went on to win another Essay writing competition organised by Amini Centre for Policy Research in partnership with The High Commission of India to Zambia, and INDO Zambia Bank. Mumba was also named as one of the best four Essay writers in the BeRelevant Africa Essay writing contest. Recently, he won the Essay writing contest organised by the High Commission of India-Lusaka in observance of Swachhta Pakhwada 2023 walking away with a cash prize.

Among other achievements, Mumba, was the First runner up in the People’s president show aired on Diamond tv and hosted by the Komla Dumor Award winner, Dingindaba Jonah Buyoya, where he walked away with a cash prize. This was an initiative by the Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) to identify brilliant young minds with the potential to transform Zambia.

In 2015, he served as headboy of Hillcrest National Technical school where he bagged the prestigious Exemplary Behaviour Award. In the early years of his academic journey, He also won several awards such as; Dr. Bhatt best academic performance award, and the Junior Engineering Technicians and Scientists inventors award as a runner up. He is currently working as a marketing Developer for a named cotton company.