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President Haikande Hichilema on Tuesday held discussions with a delegation from Invest Africa and Trade Investment at State House, Lusaka.
Key issues discussed ranged from energy, mining to infrastructure.
According to President Hichilema’s official social media platform, the delegation comprised of nine companies from different countries representing different sectors such as energy, mining, infrastructure and logistics.
The team led by Karen Taylor expressed interest in investing in Zambia because of the enhanced business-friendly environment and stable governance system.
“We encouraged Invest Africa and Trade Investment wants to partner with local businesses in order to optimise on trade and investment opportunities that favour such collaborative initiatives.
“We reiterated our principle of ‘invest in Zambia, Make in Zambia and Buy Zambia’ as a way to revamp and maximise our economy that suffered years of neglect and reaffirmed our position that Africa should not only be a supplier of raw materials but be fully engaged in value addition,” President Hichilema said.
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