Ngabwe investment potential outlined
NGABWE has great potential for Investment in mining, tourism and agriculture because of its proximity to other mining towns, sunken lakes and good soils, district council chairperson Sitabiso Mizinga has said.
Ms Mizinga said Ngabwe, being neighbours with Kasempa, a mining town in North-western province, also had a wide range of minerals which investors could exploit. Speaking in an interview yesterday, Ms Mizinga claimed that Ngabwe district had similar minerals to those found in Kansanshi, Lumwana and Copperbelt districts but had just not yet been discovered. She said with the coming of the Central province Investment Forum and Expo, investors would be availed with information for possible investment in mining, tourism and agriculture in
We have virgin land of about three quarters (of the district) which is unoccupied and with very fertile soils. This is an indication for great Investment potential,” - Sitabiso Mizinga
the district. "Ngabwe has great potential for investment in the mining sector, being neighbours with Kasempa in North-western province, we are in the same line with the minerals that are found in Kansanshi, Lumwana and the Copperbelt," Ms Mizinga said. In the tourism sector, Ms Mizinga said Ngabwe had three sunken lakes, the Shitutuwulwa, Chishiba chabena Mpushi and two hot springs. She said the district boosted of wildlife, water bodies such as Kafue, Luswishi and Lungu rivers and Lukanga swamps for investment in energy generation, sugar plantations, rice farming and aquaculture. Ngabwe district also had potential in agriculture with about three quarters of the land still unoccupied and fertile, she said. She said despite the poor rainfall in the 2017/2018 season, Ngabwe managed to produce about 22 tonnes of maize. "We have virgin land of about three quarters (of the district) which is unoccupied and with very fertile soils. This is an indication for great Investment potential," Ms Mizinga said. She said all that Ngabwe needed was a good road, communication network and adequate infrastructure to attract investment and spur economic development in the district.