The Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) says the country has actualised investments worth US$14.71 billion from 2021 to date, marking significant progress in turning investment commitments into tangible economic activity across key sectors. Halwampa noted that the US$14.71 billion was actualised from total investment commitments amounting to US$89.31 billion, based on feedback from 779 companies out of the 2,065 firms contacted by the Agency during the period. “These figures show that Zambia is not only attracting investment pledges but is increasingly converting them into real projects that create jobs, expand industries and support national development,” he said.
Manufacturing emerged as the leading sector, accounting for US$5.54 billion, or 37.67 percent, of the actualised investments. Mining followed closely with US$5.07 billion, representing 34.45 percent. Transport attracted US$1.53 billion, while services, agriculture, energy, information and communication technology (ICT), and tourism shared the remaining portion.
Halwampa said the strong performance of manufacturing and mining highlights Zambia’s growing productive capacity, which was essential for industrialisation, value addition and export growth. In terms of regional distribution, Lusaka Province recorded the largest share of actualised investments at US$7.29 billion, or 49.57 percent. North-Western Province followed with US$3.19 billion (21.66 percent), while the Copperbelt accounted for US$2.92 billion (19.85 percent).
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He said the actualised investments resulted in 91,522 jobs, compared to 614,486 jobs originally committed by the responding companies. Halwampa explained that manufacturing led job creation with 29,537 jobs, followed by mining with 21,003 and agriculture with 14,232.
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