As we continue painting bit by bit on the inside of the building, some painters have been given a tall order – paint the outside of the building with primer. Though the building itself is not too much taller than other buildings of similar standard, the roof design is not standard for the houses around. Most houses around have hip roofs as they are called, where the roof comes down […]
As the sun was setting I rushed into the station to take the picture above. What a wonderful feeling to know that finally, after delays with primer paint and many other challenges, the last internal walls of the building are finally painted completely. Each room has been painted with the bright yellow primary colour of Chejeji and all rooms except the hallway have one accent wall in a deep red. […]
When I was shopping one day an amazing, large “Sun” like wall hanging caught my attention. I couldn’t get my mind off of it as it so matched the theme of Chejeji (Light) which the radio station building is supposed to represent. After much deliberation, I finally chose to pick it up in the hopes that it would stand out on one of the red walls of the station...
As many of you know, ZICTA (Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority) is the regulating body for anything related to information and communication here in Zambia. Most of us are aware of their regulations regarding sim cards or their involvement in the regulation of internet use or abuse. They are the ones we are told to contact when we are called by scammers or frauds. However, ZICTA also regulates frequencies […]
What makes a room feel more comfortable, more lived in, than putting furniture in it? Well, today we had fun assembling some of the flat-pack furniture for the rooms that we have finished painting. We still have more to do in all the rooms, but it is wonderful to get to the stage where we can make them come alive. We put together a few of the discussion tables and […]
When you think of the word Chejeji, which means “Light” in Lunda, if yellow is Chejeji FM's primary colour, what would the secondary colour be that comes to mind? Some may think of white, others orange, but we chose red as the secondary colour, and not just any red – Chinese Sensation Red – a deep rich colour. In painting the studio we wanted to not only give the place […]
When you think of the word Chejeji, which means “Light” in Lunda, what would the first colour be that comes to mind? Ours was yellow, so we chose the primary colour for both the website and the radio station building to be yellow. Since light always portrays energy and we wanted the station to have an energetic and happy vibe; colour theory says that vivid and high value colours give […]
Priming is an interesting word and can mean a lot of things. It simply means getting something ready. You can prime a pump with water, an engine with fuel, a face with “foundation”, and a wall with primer paint which is what we are now doing. After brushing off all the walls, and fixing as many of the minor blemishes that we could find we finally started our first wall […]
“The doors are closed” doesn’t mean that the business has closed down or there is no work, far from it. In fact it is quite the opposite! The outside doors are finally finished, and hung, so as we walked away from the building this afternoon we could finally close the doors. This means that the inside is now secure from the majority of intruders though I have caught a lizard […]
With the glass now in the windows and the putty drying, it is time to switch gears and start on getting the last major opening in the outside walls filled – the doors. Once the doors are on and closed, the interior space will be secure and it will be time to start making things pretty inside! The outside doors have come from a local carpenter and are made of […]
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