ZAMBIA Association of Manufacturers (ZAM) Chief Executive Officer Muntanga Lindunda says the cost of doing business in the country is preventing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Speaking on the sidelines of the Townhall Meetings, Lindunda said because of the many documentations required for one to conduct business in the country, various sectors that could attract investment ended up being affected “A lot of value addition is going on and this has been so despite the many challenges that we have been facing which includes the electricity disruption that we had at the beginning of the year that had quite lasting implications for many manufacturers because energy is quite a huge input in our processes. The other challenge that we had of course...

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