Fri, 17 Mar 2017 11:01:51 +0000 By SANDRA MACHIMA ZAMBIA’S Northern region will be turned into a trade hub for the Great Lakes Region, Finance Minister Felix Mutati has said. Mr Mutati said the Great Lakes Region provided Zambia with a greenfield prospect for advancing the country’s economic diversification agenda through cash crop agriculture because it had a potential market in excess of 45 million consumers. The Great Lakes had facilitation of private sector investment in world class trading amenities, and establishment of efficient water transportation systems using the Mpulungu Harbour. He said the Government intends to transform Zambia’s Northern Sector into a trade and investment hub for the Great Lakes Region; comprising Burundi, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Western Tanzania, and Northerly Zambia’s Luapula, Northern & Muchinga Provinces Speaking when representatives from Agriculture Development Company (AgDevCo), a British government supported company, paid a courtesy call at the Ministry of Finance, […]
