
Saana Halinen
@saanahalinen
Ambassador of Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ to Zambia ๐ฟ๐ฒ, Malawi ๐ฒ๐ผ & Zimbabwe ๐ฟ๐ผ, also covering DRC. Mother of three, servant to one ๐บ. Views my own.
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http://formin.finland.fi 28-08-2015 10:40:42
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Beautiful night celebrating Finlandโs 107 years of Independence ๐ซ๐ฎ Relations btw ๐ซ๐ฎ&๐ฟ๐ฒ are flourishing & the past year was full of action ๐ Delighted to have Hon Mike Mposha, Min of Green Economy as Guest of Honour ๐๐ป Fun night of great food & karaoke ๐คญ๐ค #HappiestNation


๐ซ๐ฎ - the promised land of engineers, happy to collaborate with ๐ฟ๐ฒ engineers ๐ ๏ธ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐โป๏ธ Good discussions with The Engineering Institution Of Zambia on ways to work together on the upcoming Finland Business Week & other events ๐ค #FinlandInZambia ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ


Great to meet with ๐ฟ๐ฒMin of Education Hon Douglas Syakalima to discuss cooperation btw ๐ซ๐ฎ&๐ฟ๐ฒ I had the pleasure to tell the Minister that Finland will provide Zambia 0,5 MEUR of support for school feeding, to be channelled via WFP Zambia ๐ซ๐ฝ๐ฅ๐ง ๐ฅ #FinlandinZambia


Happy to exchange notes with Hon Rodney Malindi Sikumba Minister of Tourism ๐ฟ๐ฒ Invited the Minister to take a look into #matkamessut - the biggest travel fair in Northern Europe, next edition Jan 2026. Finns need to get exposed to the amazing destinations ๐ฟ๐ฒ has to offer ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ



A highlight of Mining Indaba - visit of KoBold Metals Africa CEO Mfikeyi Makayi to the Mining Finland stand ๐๐ป The KoBold Metals project in Zambia offers great opportunities for ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒcollaboration in mining tech ๐ค Also, KoBold has exciting plans in ๐ซ๐ฎ!




Great to meet Satakunta Uni of Applied Sciences & Cavendish Uni staff on their joint programme to improve under-5 child health in ๐ฟ๐ฒ through nurse training and curriculum development ๐ฉบ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐พ Thanks also for the goodies from ๐ซ๐ฎ - especially the koulunรคkki much appreciated ๐คฃ






Great mtg with ๐ฟ๐ฒ Presidential Delivery Unit on ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ collab in mining ๐ค Talked about the Kafue river pollution. I briefed PDU on ๐ซ๐ฎ company EPSE tech to remove heavy metals from the river. ๐ซ๐ฎ also willing to assist ๐ฟ๐ฒ revise laws to address environmental concerns in mining โ๏ธ



Today ๐ซ๐ฎ&๐ฟ๐ฒ announced with Hon Nzovu, Min of Water ๐ฟ๐ฒ that we will jointly pursue the co-chairmanship for the Interactive Dialogue of โWater for Cooperationโ at the UN Water Conference 2026 ๐ฆ๐๐ค This is hugely exciting! Look forward to working with Zambia on key ๐ฆ issues ๐ค


So proud of this support from ๐ซ๐ฎ to ๐ฟ๐ฒimplemented by WFP Zambia ๐ฑ I had the pleasure of visiting Kabwata Primary, a beneficiary school, with ๐ซ๐ฎMinister of Foreign Trade and Development to see the remarkable impact ๐ Thank you WFP & gov of ๐ฟ๐ฒ, this prog will change lives ๐ค

Music entertains but also has the power to carry important messages ๐ผ๐ข Super to connect with a friend & prominent ๐ฟ๐ฒ artist BโFlow B'Flow who is also the President of Zambia Association of Musicians ๐ Talked about collab btw ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ artists & the importance of advocacy ๐ช
