Lusaka South MFEZ ideal

THE Lusaka South Multi facility Economic Zone (MFEZ) will add value to the local economy, MFEZ acting managing director Maxwell Zulu has said. Mr Zulu said a number of foreign and local companies had shown interest in investing in the zone hence his management would ensure that the project was known in the region and within Zambia. He was speaking in an interview when a business delegation toured the zone on Tuesday. Mr Zulu said said that 41 local and foreign companies had shown interest in investing in the zone and noted that the tour by potential investors was a plus because the general public and the region would be aware of the project. “For us this is a plus because we want the general public and the region to know what is happening especially that we have been attending business fora so we want to prove that this is a viable project with a lot of benefits. “This project will add a lot of value to the economy of Zambia all we need is the support so that we do more it’s interesting tod note that most local have taken this project serious. We have two local companies already on the ground,”he said. Mr Zulu stated that the local companies were Big Tree Beverages and Rowland Imperial. He said that other local companies on the ground were Citizen Economic Empowerment Commission and the Zambia Information and Communication Technology Authority. nd on Exchange afic chief executive officer, Gourish Chakravorty, said that the zone looked promising and was not very from the central business district.