Zambia's planned 540,000-tonne maize sale to Kenya is a genuine trade win, but the real test is whether it builds agro-processing capacity and a strategic grain reserve, not just export…
Zambia’s geography offers a major trade advantage, but economist and researcher Dr Kelvin Kamayoyo argues that the country must invest in multilingual skills to unlock it.
Where the value is added, who it employs, and what happened when East Africa tried to ban the trade.
Much of what Zambia counts as diversification is unprocessed minerals under another name. What the numbers actually show, and where diplomacy converts into diversified exports.
Rail carries 0.4 percent of Zambia export value. That single number frames the country strategic position better than any foreign policy statement.
Zambia does not have an access problem. It has a conversion problem. What economic diplomacy is, what machinery Zambia has, and the five reforms that would make it work.
