The Zambia Association of Manufacturers (ZAM) has disclosed that it will next week hold the first ever Zambian Manufacturers Week starting today October 21 to Saturday October 27 at Arcades Shopping Mall.
The manufacturers’ week will draw the participation of about 50 manufacturers from across the country.
ZAM Chief Executive Officer Roseta Mwape says the association targets to rise about K200 million from the event.
Ms Mwape, however, stated the event is meant to benefit the manufactures as they will be accorded an opportunity to sale their products and also get feedback from their customers on the products they produce.
She said the event is also aimed at building the image of the association and also for the manufacturers to showcase to the Zambian public what ZAM has to offer.
ZANIS reports that Ms Mwape was speaking at a press briefing at ZAM offices in Lusaka today.
And ZAM president Chance Kabaghe said the event is an opportunity for Zambians to appreciate products that local manufacturers are able to produce.
Mr Kabghe said Zambian manufacturers have the capacity to produce some of the best products that meet international standards.
He said it was unfortunate, however, that though the country was self sufficient in terms of having resources, it has not been adding value to the products it produces.
He appealed to the public to attend the event for them to see for themselves the type of products that Zambian manufacturers were producing.
Mr Kabaghe has also expressed happiness with Government’s positive response on some of the requests made by manufacturers in the 2013 national budget.
He said this was one way forward in moving the country towards industrialization.
ZANIS
Do we still have manufacturing in zed?Doesn’t seam so after all the flood of chinese and S.A goods plus the ever growing salaula street menace.
Good on the few. Wish them all the best and that they be joined by more in the coming years.
Keep working,Roseta, I would like to see things made in Zambia again … just like it was when you and I were growing up. We made everything from razor blades, to knives, pots and pans, to batteries, bicycles.
We assembled our vehicles from Leyland buses, to Peugeots, to Fiats, to Land Rovers to Fuso trucks to Hiluxs & Isuzus, made tires, several machines, made shoes, made and exported best suits men ever wore, made TVs and radios, made cloths, were the furniture capital of Africa through Furnicoz, made spare parts, list is endless.
Roseta, you know how,nostalgic it gets with me when I,reminiscent about the good old days. Keep on the good work at ZAM, the smart people of the Zambian Enterprise are weary … I want my Zambia back and you can help! I want “Made in Zambia” back.
“…to rise about K200 million”.
BA LT, WE DON’T ‘RISE’ MONEY. WE RAISE MONEY. DON’T YOU HAVE A PROOF READER AT YOUR ESTABLISHMENT. EVERY ARTICLE IN YOUR ELECTRONIC PAPER IS FULL OF GRAMMATICAL OR TYPO ERRORS. MOST OF THEM SO SERIOUS THEY MISLEAD THE READERSHIP. PLEASE, EMPLOY SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WRITTEN (MAYBE EVEN SPOKEN) ENGLISH.
#3, ULIWABUFI EVERYTHING YOU HAVE MENTIONED HAVE NEVER BEEN MANUFACTURED IN ZAMBIA. MINORA RAZOR BLADES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTED. POTS, AND ALL THE NICK-NACKS WERE IMPORTED. WE STARTED MAKING BATTERIES- MANSA BATTERIES NEVER SURVIVED EVEN FEW YAEARS SO WE WENT BACK TO FOREIGN-MADE. BICYCLES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ASSEMBLED AND NOT MADE IN ZAMBIA. I DON’T KNOW ABOUT NOW.
#3, IN FACT YOUR ENGLISH IS JUST LIKE THAT OF LT. YOU DON’T SEEM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ASSEMBLE AND MADE. ACCORDING TO THE WAY YOU ARE USING BOTH INTERCHANGEABLY YOU THINK THEY MEAN THE SAME. MIND YOU IN ZAMBIA WE EVEN IMPORT WHEELBARROWS.
Ba Peter. #3’s account of things may not be accurate but the point he is driving on is spot on and very critical if we are to develop our country.Â
“…the event is meant to benefit the manufactures as they will be…”
LT PLEASE, IN THIS SENTENCE, IT IS ‘MANUFACTURERS’ AND NOT ‘MANUFACTURE’.
I AM APPEALING TO ZAM Chief Executive Officer Roseta Mwape AND And ZAM president Chance Kabaghe TO CONSIDER CONSTRUCTING ABOUT 5 VERY MASSIVE EXHIBITION CENTRES FOR SUCH PURPOSES. AM PRETTY SURE YOU ARE BOTH WIDELY TRAVELED GENTLEMAN AND LADY AND YOU HAVE SEEN HOW AND WHAT EXHIBITION CENTRES ARE. THE GOVT IS ENCOURAGING INDUSTRIALIZATION SO CEASE THE OPPORTUNITY. ARCADES ISN’T JUST ENOUGH SPACE AND PURPOSELY NOT MEANT FOR INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT EXIBITION.
ON 7, IT’S EXHIBITION AND NOT EXIBITION.
@PETER, made or assembled, at least it reads “…in Zambia”. By the way Peter, it is not “cease” but “seize the opportunity”. Check your dictionary for those two words.
Hey guys, we make, manufacture or assemble the following: sweets, biscuits, fresh milk, mabisi, yoghurt, cheese, tomato paste, chili, baked beans, sausage, bread, meali-meal, animal feed, various fruit juices, clear and opaque beers, steel bars, copper wires, tata bus bodies, explosives, cement, packaging materials, safety shoes, furniture, fertiliser, mineral water, timber, iron sheets, asbestos, pvc pipes e.t.c. Fingi mwandini
– The differences between “assemble” and “made” have to be taken seriously…
– The levels of literacy in Zambia are quite impressive compared to the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa…please, make sure your spell-checkers are switched on while you type!
– I know of Zam Bikes, and Mansa Batteries (which we are looking to revive)….but seriously…what are we manufacturing at present???
Electrical meters, methylated spirit, glycerine, vaseline, carbonated drinks, note and excercise books, ball pens, tissue paper, sugar, bathing and washing soap, bicycles, honey, tea, coffee, corned beef, slippers and sandals, etc.
Ba Chindakwanda-Galileo Galilei:
A person who has no clue as to whether we actually did make razor blades in Zambia is not worth going back and forth with. Ignorance is bliss for such people … you are the best.