Tue, 28 Mar 2017 10:52:46 +0000 Zambia’s economy poised to post over 4pc growth By BUUMBA CHIMBULU ZAMBIA’S economic growth for 2017 is poised to exceed the projected 3.9 percent owing to developments in key economic sectors such as mining and agriculture, the Bank of Zambia (BoZ) has said. BoZ governor, Denny Kalyalya, explained that the Central bank was optimistic that the 2017 economic growth would exceed 3.9 percent due to positive developments such as good rainfall in the agriculture sector and high copper prices in the mining sector. “Definitely Zambia can grow at higher levels of more than 3.9 percent. It is possible to beat the projected 3.9 percent owing to sectors such as agriculture, and mine which are back into production after having had scaled down, “There are a number of areas which can drive growth further such as tourism but we have to be aggressive in how we deal with these […]
