By BUUMBA CHIMBULUINCREASING the demand for locally produced goods promotes an entrepreneurship culture needed to fast-track Zambia’s economic recovery in the post Covid-19 period.Zambia Association of Manufacturers (ZAM) vice president for South, Chipego Zulu, stressed the need to create an enabling environment within which small scale businesses could thrive.Ms Zulu said entrepreneurship was of great importance to the achievement of national aspirations such as the National Vision 2030 and the National Development Plans.“Increasing the demand for locally produced goods practically promotes an entrepreneurship culture and has the capability to harness the growing youthful population into productive activities thereby creating new jobs.“Even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we must be forward thinking and create an enabling environment within which small scale businesses can invest and thrive,” she said in an interview.Ms Zulu said fast-tracking Zambia’s economic recovery post Covid-19, would require an approach that harnessed the informal sector.She said the approach should include empowering […]
ZAM ponders recovery options
