The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Business Foundation (NBF) delegation is expected to arrive in Zambia on Monday 2nd August 2010, to hold talks with various ministries.
This is in response to a workshop that was held in Johannesburg last year between NBF and the PPP Unit under the Ministry of Finance and National Planning and the Ministry of Works and Supply.
Outgoing Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Leslie Mbula said in a statement to ZANIS in Lusaka today that the high powered trade mission which is coming to Zambia is based in South Africa.
Mr. Mbula said the team would also hold talks with the National Construction Council (NCC) and other stakeholders on infrastructure development and other aspects of economic development.
This is contained in a press statement issued to ZANIS by Second Secretary for Press at the Zambian Embassy in South Africa, Phillip Chirwa.
He said the team, which will comprise representatives of financial and consulting companies, contractors and suppliers of industrial equipment, would be led by Mr. Paul Runge, a consultant with NBF and proprietor of Africa Project Access.
He said the delegation would engage their Zambian counterparts and other public institutions on the practical implementation of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects, which the Zambia government had prioritised.
A number of PPP projects are in the energy, transport, road, housing, water and communications sectors respectively.
Mr. Mbula further urged the NCC and other stakeholders to fully engage the NBF delegation, especially that good infrastructure was of paramount importance towards economic development.
The NEPAD Business Foundation is a body of business organisations committed to delivering on the NEPAD ideals of alleviating poverty, halting the marginalisation of Africa in the globalisation process and fully integrating Africa into the global economy.
The visiting trade delegation will be in Zambia from 2nd to 5th August 2010.
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Here comes another bunch of crooks. How can African Development be planed on European tables by Europeans. This in imperialism. What a nonsense. Changamukani imwe banthu bamu Africa. Who has bewitched African leaders with corruption, thirst of money and lust of money?
:)You this is where most of us especially in Zambian we like critising before we checking on the matter , well i just want to explain on the BNF this is aseriouly group with track record been run by African mandated by African Union I just hope that most of our Business people they have taken this visit very seriously ,we can learn alot from them it has worked in South Africa with the South African government so let embrace them and get new ideals from them and implement them so that we should not blame anyone but our own fairlures.