LUBINDA Habazoka.
Chinese investment resentment can hinder FDI inflows
RESENTMENT of Chinese investment will affect the country’s foreign direct investment (FDI), the Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) has warned. (more…)
Fight against corruption linked to attractive FDI – researcher
CYNTHIA MWALE, Gaborone, Botswana
ZAMBIA and other countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) should step up the fight against corruption to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) that helps in reducing poverty, a development researcher has said. (more…)
OLIVER Nzala.
FDI or the scramble?
Analysis: OLIVER NZALA
IN THE current multilateral system, it is the choice of words one has to use to differentiate between Foreign Direct Investment and the ‘New Scramble for Africa’, simply because a critical analysis of the two will in most cases reveal that they all come in the same manner: there is interest from the other country – often the powerful or developed states. (more…)
Zambia Plus programme will increase FDI
NANCY MWAPE, Lusaka
GOVERNMENT should continue implementing the Zambia Plus economic recovery programme to sustain the country’s credit rating to increase foreign direct investment (FDI) and grow the economy, an economic analyst Herryman Moono has said.
WORKS on the construction of the Mufuchani Bridge across the Kafue
River. PICTURE: MULWANDA LUPIYA
Revisit double tax pacts, State told
NOMSA NKANA, Lusaka
THE Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) has called on Government to revisit the double tax agreements (DTAs) signed with countries as some treaties have the potential to erode Zambia’s ability to generate revenue.
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‘2016 political climate did not erode investments’
NOMSA NKANA, Lusaka
THE Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) says the political climate in the run up to the 2016 general elections did not erode investor confidence because the country has recorded US$3.4 billion in investment pledges compared to US$3.3 billion in 2015.
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ZDA seals investor road map deal
PRISCILLA MWILA, Lusaka
THE Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Boston Research and Intelligence Group (BRIG) on the production of Zambia’s 2017 investor road map aimed at attracting more foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country.
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Anthony Mukwita, Mr Hemström, Mr Klas Ljungberg (Embassy of Sweden in Zambia), Mr Christian Bengtsson (Bombardier), Mr Mark Gerber (Bombardier), Mr Tomas Erikson (EK, the Swedish Exports Credit Guarantee
Swedish investment good for Zambia
THE visit by a delegation of Swedish investors is testimony to Zambia’s attractive investment climate.
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