Sat, 11 Feb 2017 10:10:48 +0000 ZAMBIA is negotiating with member states in the SADC and COMESA to harmonise trade and energy tariffs and assist grow its economy envisioned under the continental Tripartite Free Trade Area agreement (TFTA). Zambia Development Agency Director General Patrick Chisanga, in an interview, said the move was aimed at increasing investment in trade, energy and other sectors. The negotiations also sought to relax the scope or ease the cost of doing business and promote increased investment. Mr Chisanga was speaking in Lusaka yesterday on the sidelines of the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Boston Research and Intelligence Group (BRIG) on the production of the Zambia Investors Road Map 2017, a journal intended to promote Zambia as a favoured investment destination and boost the flow of FDI. Mr. Chisanga said that Zambia and other member States in the two regional groupings were in constant dialogue on how […]
Zambia engages SADC, COMESA states to harmonise trade and energy tariffs
