Accelerating Road Safety: ZRST and Cavendish University Join Forces

The Zambia Road Safety Trust (ZRST) hosted a high-level strategic meeting with senior representatives from Cavendish University Zambia. The meeting marked a key step toward establishing a collaborative Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at creating a dedicated Institute for Road Safety Education and Research.This MoU will establish a dedicated Institute for Road Safety Education and Research, a first of its kind in Zambia.

🎓 Key Objectives of the Collaboration:

1) Establish an academic institute focused on road safety education and research.

2) Offer Degree, Postgraduate, and PhD programs in road safety and related fields.

3) Strengthen academic-industry collaboration for public safety, innovation, and sustainable transport.

👥 Cavendish University Delegation:

.1) Dean, School of Law

.2)Directors of Distance Learning

.3) Senior Lecturer

.4) Member of the University Council

They were received by the ZRST leadership in an atmosphere of mutual respect and shared purpose.This collaboration reflects our joint commitment to shaping a safer, more informed Zambia, one graduate, one road, and one policy at a time.