During the dot-com bust ten years ago, I felt like a gladiator and our team did a phenomenal job tripling in size during a difficult time.

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And while my friends claim I often read too much into the meaning of sporting events, I have been beaming with the rest of southern Africa at the emergence of Zambia as a fully fledged African gladiator on the football field.

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