Thu, 15 Feb 2018 10:58:24 +0000 By MAILESI BANDA in Samfya OVER 10,000 new jobs will be created in Luapula Province after the commissioning of 84 communication towers. Minister of Transport and Communications Brian Mushimba said the new jobs will include talk time sales and others. Mr. Mushimba was speaking during the commercial launch of the new communication sites in Samfya yesterday. He said taking communication services to rural areas will boost their investment profile. He said providing communication solutions for rural areas especially provincial administration centres would promote investment. “We are confident that throughout the implementation of this project, over 10, 000 job opportunities will be created through retail sales of talk time and associated products, “Overall, the completion of the project will further result in increased mobile phone penetration from 70 percent to almost 100 percent as well as increase in data service penetration from five percent to 40 percent,”Mr.Mushimba said. He explained […]
