The President of the Republic of Zambia, Edgar Chagwa Lungu has arrived back in the country after successfully attending the TICAD Conference in Yokohama Japan.
The Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) is an international conference led by the Japanese government and co-sponsored by the United Nations, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the African Union Commission (AUC) and the World Bank.
TICAD saw Japan shift its strategic focus from government aid to promotion of investment as international competition for Africa grows. TICAD 2019, which opened last Wednesday, was held under the theme ‘Advancing development in Africa through people, technology and innovation’.
Before leaving for Japan, President Lungu said Zambia was expected to benefit from the US$3 million grant from Japan in the health sector, adding that the grant will be facilitated through one of the memorandums of co-operation signed during the just-ended TICAD summit.
The memorandum of co-operation was signed under the Africa health and well-being. The other memorandum of co-operation signed on the sidelines of TICAD was under peace and stability in Africa. The President joined other African leaders during the plenary session of the (TICAD) in stating the case for investment in Africa and, in particular, why individual countries should attract investors.
The theme for the session was ‘Accelerating economic transformation and improving business environment through innovation and private sector development’.
In President Lungu’s words, “the Zambian government recognises that we cannot accelerate economic transformation, and improve the economy as fast as we would like to if we do not have the pre-requisite economic infrastructure.”
President Lungu told investors that time for talking was over because Zambia needs investment now. On the sidelines of the TICAD7, President met Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) president Shinichi Kataoka, who paid a courtesy call on him.
JICA will build a dry port in Chipata, apart from working on the Luangwa Bridge, the gateway to eastern Zambia. President Lungu asked the investors what they were waiting for because Zambia was ready.
The President later met the International Monetary Fund Department of Africa director Abebe Aemro Selassie. He also met Ashok Leyland chairman Prajash Hinduja, who has pledged to open an Ashok Leyland plant in Zambia.
The President also discussed investment in railways with Mitsui deputy general manager Shusaku Okamura, who paid a courtesy call on him. The President met Techno Brain representative Antonio Poncioni Merian, who said his company was already working with governments in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) through providing it with solutions to their ministries of Finance.
TICAD has grown into one of the largest Africa-focused international events and provided a platform for billions worth partnerships and transactions to be sealed.
Wednesday saw the signing of two memorandums of understanding for Solar PV power stations between Toyota Tsusho and the Ministry of Energy. The power stations will be built in Western Province.
Lungu gets Zambian economy back from its deep comatose condition- that would’ve been a better story.Japan was just a photo-op for Lungu.
Davis Mwila commanded his PF to go and welcome the humble-one, and members gave him answer by NOT going to airport.
I think PF women have even forgotten the songs.
People are starving and bored!!!
I’m wondering if Japanese diplomats in Zambia and elsewhere in Africa hv been reporting properly to their home govt. If they hv been, Japan wouldn’t bother to send the reported foreign debt experts to Zambia. The Japanese are probably thinking that ignorance of economic management caused the problem. There are many people who spoke out before the debt had reached crisis level: Catholic clergy as usual, the opposition in parliament, former central bank chief Caleb Fundanga and a host of others. But the man who thought of himself as the best thing to hv happened to economic management in Zambia since independence, Alex Chikwanda, ignored them all.
Let’s roll …
Presidential Foreign trips are all about getting and signing MOU { Memorandum Of Understanding } , meeting Big Players and Securing Investors. Unless if one is going for a funeral or International and Global General Council Meetings.
If HH was in power or was to come to power, he would be doing the same thing, that UPND followers seem to be condemning lungu. The rest of development will come from us Zambians in the Private Sectors to be at the edge of making this country develop.
+++ ITS NOT WHAT THE COUNTRY DOES FOR YOU. ITS WHAT YOU DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY {JFK}
“Edgar Chagwa Lungu has arrived back in the country after successfully attending the TICAD Conference … ”
What does successfully attending really mean here? I touched down at the airport from a foreign trip and witnessed the chaos that was building up as PF cadres swarmed the terminal. As friends and I left KKIA, I could not explain to the visitors why PF cadres were cruising in buses with half the them dangerously sitting on windows or exposing their bodies!
Welcome back to the land of intrigue …
Just wondering which country will be next from Japan.
How was Nakazaki Your Excellency?
When you were away, a little unsettling event happened.
Are you aware tha CKinsultor was briefly detained by law enforcement officers? Double h also made a moron of himself at the ACC too. He wants you to be going out’a country so tha he can be delivering letters to Government institutions. More from your Press Aid. Eee, you’re welcome my dear.
Bwana Lungu is now on his usual stopover in Lusaka before heading out to yet another country.David Livingstone must be jealous of all this exploration.
Next stop is UNGA in New York,and imagine for TICAD he left on Sunday for a summit starting on wednesday
He is on a state visit to Zambia.
He has come to change clothes before he takes off again! He is the real man of Austerity with over 80 trips now in 2019 alone and still counting, not ba Magufuli with only one trip in 2019 and you call that Austerity! Well done Zambians for giving us such a humble and visionary leadership which knows how to use the national treasury! It is so gratifying that mealie meal has reached K200 which is very good news for our farmers. We are on the right track to wean Zambians from Nshima which is causing serious mental retardation as evidenced by the wrong leadership choices Zambians have been making since Independence! Nshima is a leaching agent for micronutrients the brain needs for proper function! It’s time we promoted Potatoes, Rice, Cassava, Sorghum and Millet to compete favourably with…
Chiukbabe this is the best comment so far this year ha ha ha ha ha ha
Zambia welcomes a certain ECL who is coming on a start visit. Fortunately for him the red carpet is permanently laid out for him because he is a frequent visitor
THERE IS MORE TO IT THAN MEETS THE EYE TO THESE TRIPES, SOMEBODY SHOULD CHECK HOW MUCH HIS CARRYING. KAMBWILE, CAN YOU TELL US HOW MUCH THIS FELLOW CARRIES OR SPENDS ON THESE TRIPES?
So he came back after a big boozing party at the expense of Zambians.
ECL is on a state visit to Zambia. Get rid of this party for ruling or we are the next Zimbabwe.
Welcome back Mr. President. While you were away, Mr. Kambwili said the People of Chawama are dogs, lol
The guy went in his $300 million private plane to tell the Japanese that he needed $3million to fund his health sector isn’t that amazing.
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ITS NOT HIS PLANE.
ITS THE GOVERNMENT’S PROPERTY.
YOUR BITTERNESS WILL KILL YOU
HE WILL LEAVE OFFICE.
AND THE NEXT PRESIDENT WILL START USING IT.
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That’s dullness and corruption does to somebody. Reminds me of a relative who spent K350 to travel from the village to come and beg for K200. I said to my self, is it a chainamic tendancy or escapism (the tendency to seek distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, especially by seeking entertainment or engaging in fantasy.). Why didn’t he just call or WhatsApp me?
Who cares!
Are these trips worth ?After spending so much to woo investors
When people can’t afford a bag of
Mealiemeal or one time meal
He could have sent a minister to
Represent him.. Are these the austerity measures put in place?
Shut up you doomsday sayers! Don’t you know that travelling was recommended by doctors? Who in their right frame of mind among you would dare tackle the economic problems facing Zambia today? Don’t you know that some problems are better left to resolve themselves because no human can manage them? Especially the self inflicted ones?
We could probably use some of the economic ideas from HH and UPND, trouble is that they are just using the economy to sugarcoat their underlying objective to put one of their own in state house. Don’t forget they said it’s time for their own to rule Zambia. They wouldn’t care less about hunger and the economy and you. Have you ever heard them apologise or withdraw their statement? Never. Instead they look for bemba running mates to try and get the…
….. Have you ever heard them apologise or withdraw their statements of 2006? Never. Instead they look for bemba running mates to try and get the required votes which they realised rather late that they need. Whether that running mate is corruption itself is irrelevant.
HH you are irrelevant to the way Zambians want to solve their problems, just fight hard to help us change boma but not for you to be President. Anybody else in UPND maybe, provided they are untrbal, but him NEVER. He carries too much baggage.
UPND dont waste your resources dreaming for 2021 with your current crop of leadership. Those millions are better off complementing government efforts to provide relief food in drought stricken areas. Why declare national disaster when you have resources to feed your hungry members…
The TICAD summit is so important in Zambia’s export diversification and Investments seperate from Chinese markets
Its a key towards the G7 access and build up to the UN AG that the president shuld attend and represent the country
Its positive and good that president Lungu attended the TICAD for Zambia and dividends will pay off in the long-term It could have been cater strophic if the signal not to attend was made Japan and like oter states and countries are key partners in the development of Zambia and when other African leaders are taking the opportunity in Investing in Japan and G7 indirectly its a normal thinking that president lungu reads those Investments well
at the…
We all remember…….
President lungus trips continue to pay dividends….the presidents recent trip to saudi Arabia will see fuel reduce to k5/l , while there he also signed deals worth millions to see solar power stations and dams funded and built by Saudi Arabia …
at the TICAD 7 President lungu if you analyse and Abe signed the Deals in 3 million USD in Principle signalling much more deals and exports to Japan in agricultural “corns” and other Take for-instance a view of those developments in the east of Zambia and see broader picture
Its was worthy and a return on Zambia’s Investments in that Plane and allowances so is the UNAG due this September 2019
We all remember…….
President lungus trips continue to pay dividends….the presidents recent trip to saudi Arabia will see fuel reduce to k5/l , while there he also signed deals worth millions to see solar power stations and dams funded and built by Saudi Arabia …
Where is going again? To Swaziland? To go and attend to reeds ceremony where there beautiful ladies to choose from? I don’t like seeing him like this. He is our tourist attraction. He needs to sell our country other than working internally. Can we arrange another trip for him even if there are no trips on his schedule. Even Tramp has not invited him, can we call him so that a trip is arrange ASAP.
NOT every event is must attend and i am sure its common knowledge in prioritizing ,but a PRESIDENT is so significant to certain events of national development and interest and may not delegated and often time dividend pay off in the long-term as opposed to the soviet block or self imposed embargo or sanctions in travel that we have seen adversely affect affected countries in development and trade facilitations
Travel might not also always be by the Presidential Jet or In numbers but this India and TICAD required that address For the UNAG it might be SA like Cyril
By nature FDIs and Money for which Zambia needs more, finds ad settle where its Invited and loved…
Our President should start delegating just like Magufuli of Tanzania.
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Send the Sister away before things get complicated
In true Tonga fashion….Let her sister move in to the marital home.
My advise is that you shut the f&@k up or take your nonsense elsewhere and leave people to debate real issues and not your imaginary “Swiss wife”
Dear LT,
can’t you remove this filthy chap for good from OUR pages?
Please! –
Or are you having fun reading his endless nonsense?
Ka **** chapwa
Neez , bushe uli chipuba? We are not interested to hear about your daily dirty love hallucinations you experience when you make love with your uncultured spouse.Keep your sex dirty language off this fora and open up your own dating website with your wife. Istay in UK too and there is nothing special about marrying a white woman. You have just put your self in deep troubles. “Wali papa
kalama” , if you did not know. There will be nothing for you to talk about should you decide to divorce . This girl probably loves you because of your money or your big manhood and not your Chimp appearance. Wake up man
Uko kolwe iwe
@ NEEZ Bushe ayoo maano olo mungulu? Get serious and debate real issues,people are thinking about K150 price of mealie meal but you are bringing nosence on this fora
@NEEZ You need to seek advise from your wife, thereafter you can also seek advise from your wife’s sister the one you slept with.
hahahahahaha
naba ta ntama kwati yabena Idi Amin ala bwafya takwaba, ba chola boy na ba kaboyi bafulisha ku Zambia, kwati bufi sure. Bu Kaboyi
The biggest surprise I have ever ha on this show. This man Lungu ( Christopher Columbus) was in India just a few days ago. Why didn´t he visit Japan from India
You cant force investors with the ZCCM issue very fresh, taba keseko
The other issue is that HH is as dull as everyone else. We Lesa we what have as Zambians done sure. Bring back Mwanawasa twapapata
“President Lungu said Zambia was expected to benefit from the US$3 million grant from Japan in the health sector”. Going all that far and at that cost, just to benefit aid worth 3 “wheelbarrow” firetenders?
mwaiseni yama ! next trip please (our dear president has more flying hours than the most experienced commercial pilots @Ethiopian airlines)