PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has pledged government’s full support for the Lobito Railway project, describing it as visionary and an industrial game changer. Speaking when officials from the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) paid a courtesy call on him at State House, Monday, President Hichilema said the project was more than just a railway, adding that it would help Zambia transport food products such as mealie-meal to neighbouring countries. “This is Africa doing business with itself. At the moment, we are the continent that does the least business with itself, and this project will unlock a lot of that. It’s a game changer. So, as we move forward to actualising our African Continental Free Trade Area, as I said somewhere, I think...




