CHINESE Ambassador to Zambia DU Xiaohui has disclosed that his government will invest over US$1 billion in the revitalisation of TAZARA using the PPP model. And Ambassador Xiaohui has expressed hope that real progress will be made this year towards the actualisation of a direct flight from Lusaka to China. Meanwhile, Transport and Logistics Minister Frank Tayali says the revitalisation and commercialisation of TAZARA is top on government’s agenda. Speaking when he paid a courtesy call on Tayali, Wednesday, Ambassador Xiaohui said the over US$1 billion investment would be done in the coming years. “The two heads of states made important pledges that these projects should also be projects of development, prosperity. Therefore together with Chinese investors we want to...

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