GOVERNMENT says the $270 million grant that the World Bank has given to Zambia, aimed at improving the efficiency, connectivity and climate resilience of key regional transport and trade corridors in Eastern and Southern Africa, is an economic booster. Commerce, Trade, and Industry Minister Chipoka Mulenga says improved connectivity will encourage production in the mining, agriculture, and manufacturing sectors as well as bring about job creation. In an interview, Thursday, Mulenga said the latest grant from the World Bank was due to the visionary leadership that his government had brought. “It goes with visionary leadership that we have tried to bring in with the inspiration of the President. The only thing that has killed Zambia is that we have only...

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