The ongoing Zambia International Trade Fair (ZITF) may have already paid off for one of the exhibitors.
The Luano Railway Project got the presidential thumbs-up from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Felix Tshisekedi, who was the guest of honour at the official opening on Friday, alongside his host Edgar Lungu.
The project, a Private Public Partnership by a group of Zambians, is aimed at establishing a US$6 billion railway line from Kasama to Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). There is a great hope that with the approval of the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement,
Infrastructure development will be given focus, as improving the efficencny of cross-border infrastructure will improve the time lags in in moving goods and services but also will reduce the cost of doing business within the continent.