D I V E R S I F I C AT I O N A N D S U S TA I N A B L E D E V E L O P M E N T

K E Y H I G H L I G H T S

ADDRESSING CURRENT CHALLENGES

This has been done to promote dynamic and strategically focused diversification and rapid growth.

Creation of an autonomous body to professionally deal with public private partnership matters. This is in line with the PPP Act number 14 of 2009

Ratification of the tripartite free trade area agreement which will make us part of the largest free trade area in Africa with a GDP of 1.3 trillion united states dollars and a population of over 650 million people, stretching from Cape to Cairo.

Exploit measures to ensure that at least 50% of export earning are from Non Traditional Exports (NTE) by 2030

Private sector to established venture capital funds to facilitate the establishment of Greenfield investments.

Manufacturing sector to be driven by growth in agro-processing and forestry products.

I N F O G R A P H I CPRESIDENTIAL SPEECH

To ensure the repayment of the Eurobonds, government has established a sinking fund that is a special account for the sole purpose of meeting our Eurobond obligations as they fall due.

Formalization of micro and small business in all sectors. Resulting in street vendors forming cooperatives in order to participate in public procurement such as Pave Zambia 2000 and establishment of industrial clusters.

Construction of six commercially viable roads under the public private partnership financing modality, with a total estimated length of 2,200 kilometres.

ENERGY

FOOD SECURITY

SOCIAL SECURITY

DEBT MANAGEMENT

The national planning function be moved from

the Ministry of Finance to form the new ministry of development planning;

The Ministry of Education, Science, Vocational Training

and Early Education be split into the Ministry of General Education and the Ministry of Higher

Education;

The function of mother and child health moves to the Ministry of Health. The Ministry of Community

Development will remain as such;

The Ministry of Gender and Child Development

shall be designated as the Ministry of Gender

while the function of child development moves to the Ministry of Youth

and Sports which now becomes the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Child

Development;

The Ministry of Mines, Energy and Water

Development be split into two: the Ministry of Mines and Mineral

Development; and the Ministry of Energy and

Water Development;

The Ministry of Transport, Works, Supply and

Communication be split into the Ministry of Works

and Supply; and the Ministry of Transport and

Communication

The Ministry of Agriculture and

Livestock will be split into two: the Ministry

of Agriculture; and the ministry of

fisheries and livestock. Cooperatives shall now

fall under the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and

Industry at a directorate level. The name for the ministry will remain as

it is.

CAPE

CARIO

MINISTERIAL REALIGNMENT

PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

TRADE AND COMMERCE

BROAD - BASED CITIZENS ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

HOUSING

TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS

EMPLOYMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY

AGRICULTURE

DIVERSIFICATION PRIORITIES

Establishment of the Northern and Southern tourism circuits

Diversification of the farmer input support programme (FISP) to include rice, sorghum, cotton and groundnuts and a further increasce of beneficiaries from 500,000 in 2013/2014 agricultural season to 1,000,000 this season.

Value addition to mineral and agricultural products, which have the greatest potential to contribute to rapid diversification of our economy.

Implementation of the electronic voucher (E-Voucher) system in the distribution of subsidized seeds and fertilizer in 13 districts during the 2015/2016 agricultural seasons.

Formation of producer and marketing cooperatives to enable farmers to negotiate from positions of strength when dealing with private agricultural commodity traders.

$115 Million has been set aside under the irrigation development support program to bring 5,000 hectares under irrigation each year so that by 2030, over 45,000 hectares will be under irrigation.

Increase the number of livestock breeding centers from the current 10 to 20 by 2023. The centers to be established will be mostly for goats and sheep.

Establishment of one community fish fingerling nursery in each district.

Training of 1,400 fish farmers in fish feed production. This will result in production of 80,000 tonnes of farmed fish and 90,000 tonnes of fish from natural fisheries and achieve self-sufficiency within the next three years.

Prioritization of broad-based citizen economic empowerment. This will be achieved through partnerships and joint ventures between foreign investors and citizens

Listing of All state-owned enterprises on the Lusaka stock exchange (LUSE) within the next five to ten year through the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC).

The Industrial Development Corporation will hold the shares on behalf of government and supervise these state-owned enterprises.

were operationalized countrywide, with an initial enrolment of 70,000 learners. So far, the construction works at Lubwa, Chalimbana and Palabana Universities are in progress. Construction of King Lewanika University in Mongu and Luapula University in Mansa expected to commence before the end of the year.

Provision of affordable and quality housing for our citizens by facilitating investment in cement production and embarking on the construction of at least 10,000 housing units annually countrywide

Development of an integrated reliable and efficient transport system to leverage its central location to ensure that 25% to 30% of all cargo traffic south of the equator is processed through Zambia by 2064

Continued rehabilitation and construction of township roads on the Copperbelt through the C400 road project covering 408 km and Lusaka L400.

Appointment of the Zambia National Service (ZNS) as a local road authority and mandated to rehabilitate approximately 10,000 kilometres of primary feeder roads over a period of four years.

Continued modernization and upgrading of airport infrastructure, which include international airports, provincial and selected district aerodromes at an estimated cost of $1.7 Billion dollars

Establishment of a national airline, which is scheduled to start operating in 2016.

Development develop water transport infrastructure in collaboration with neighboring countries on shared waters such as modernization of the port of Mpulungu, the Zambezi-shire waterways and Shangombo-Rivungu canal.

In order to fully utilize the 8 million tonnes per annum capacity Zambia railways and Tanzania-Zambia railway authority (TAZARA). Government has identified a number of Greenfield railway projects, which will link Zambia to the eastern and western ports of Africa an estimated cost of $ 6 Billion

• Nseluka - Mpulungu spur linking Zambia to the great lakes region

• The Livingstone - Katima Mulilo spur linking Zambia to the Walvis Bay port in Namibia;

• The Serenje via Petauke spur linking Zambia to the por t of Nampula in Mozambique;

• Chingola - Jimbe railway network linking Zambia to Lobito bay in Angola.

Continued implementation of the road-tolling programme in 2013 that has raised K545 million has been raised using existing weighbridges.

E-VOUCHER AGRICULTURE $115 MILLION DIVERSIFICATION

TRAININGLIVESTOCK

COMMERCIALLY VIABLE ROADS

TRANSPORT SYSTEM

ROAD-TOLLS

CONTINUED REHABILITATION REHABILITION UPGRADE

OPERATIONINFRASTRUCTURE

RAILWAY PROJECTS

UPGRADING 220 BASIC SCHOOLS INTO SECONDARY SCHOOLS. CONSTRUCTION OF AT-LEAST ONE UNIVERSITY IN EVERY PROVINCE AND CURRENTLY.

In 2014, a total of 1,526 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CENTRES

This will result in the creation of OVER 100,000 SPACES FOR LEARNERS.

ENERGY

EDUCATION

Construction of the cancer diseases hospital in Lusaka has been completed. This will not only cater for treatment of local cancer patients but will also promote medical tourism from the region and beyond

Installation of modern specialized medical equipment at Mansa, Kasama, Chipata, Lewanika, Solwezi and Kabwe general hospitals.

These include Vubwi, Ikeleng’e, Mufulira, Mafinga, Mansa, Nalolo, Limulunga and Chilubi Island, This bringing the total number of district hospitals under construction across the country to 38. Government is also constructing staff houses.

Transformed of Livingstone General Hospital to central hospital status, which will also be a teaching hospital.

Expansion of Levy Mwanawasa general hospital by an additional 800 bed capacity facility, to be completed in 2018.

Construction of 3,000-student capacity facility in Lusaka at Levy Mwanawasa hospital commenced in March this year.

8 NEW DISTRICT HOSPITALS800 BED CAPACITY FACILITYMEDICAL EQUIPMENT 3,000 STUDENT FACILITYCONSTRUCTION OF THE CANCER DISEASES HOSPITAL

HOSPITAL STATUS

HEALTH

Protecting the low-income households; a certain proportion of electricity will be reserved for low-income households. In this regard, government has increased the lifeline electricity consumption from 100 to 500 kilo watt-hour, leading to a reduction of electricity bills by low-income households.

Importation of electricity from neighboring countries;

Adjusting the price of electricity for commercial entities to attract increased investments in electricity generation; upward revision from an average retail tariff of 5.64 to 10.35 cents per kilowatt per hour so as to attract investment in the energy sector.

Developing alternative sources of energy such as solar and promoting the use of energy efficient electric bulbs.

Following crop failure as a result poor rains in the 2014/2015 farming. Interventions include provision of relief food to 131,158 households, covering 798,948 people in 31 districts, rehabilitation and sinking of 1,581 boreholes in all the forty-eight assessed districts and provision of water supply through dams and water schemes.

Provision of agricultural inputs to 45,079 affected households in twenty-seven districts.

1. Expansion of the intake levels of street kids at our Zambia national service (ZNS) camps for skills and entrepreneurship training.

2. Reducing High Cost of Mealie Meal by establishing 13 milling plants throughout the country that will be managed by the Zambia cooperative federation and the Zambia national service.

3. Promotion of skills development and employment opportunities for young people by establishing a school of milling technology under this initiative.

4. K 130 million set aside in 2015 for the provision for various empowerment schemes.

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Joint Establishment with Republic of Zimbabwe of a 1,800 Megawatt power station at Batoka Gorge in Southern Province by 2019 at an estimated cost of $4 Billion dollars.

Rehabilitation and up-rating of the Kafue Gorge power station from producing 900 to 990 megawatts

Re-instating of the Victoria Falls power station to its full generating capacity of 180 megawatts

Up rating of the Kariba North Bank power station from 600 to 720 megawatts.

Promotion of the use of natural gas as an alternative source of energy. To this end, government is engaging neighboring countries on the possibility of accessing natural gas for both industrial and domestic use

Construction of a Refined Petroleum multi-product pipeline worth $2.5 Billion dollars to be built from Lobito Bay in Angola to Lusaka, construction will commence in 2017 by the private sector,

The IDC is implementing a solar-based renewable energy programme to redress the current power deficit. This solar project will add 600 megawatts to the national power grid. In the same vein, government has decided to

Joint private sector expansion of power generation at the Kafue lower hydro power plant in 2018, which will generate 750 megawatts of electricity.

Increase of power generation at Chishimba: from the current six to 14.8 megawatts; Musonda falls: from five to ten megawatts respectively.

Upgrade of the Lusiwasi hydropower project in Serenje to increase its generation capacity from the current 12 to 101 megawatts upon completion.

Commission the coal-fired power station at Maamba Collieries and the Itezhi-tezhi hydro power station. The two projects will contribute an extra 420 megawatts to the national power grid by January 2016.

Construction of the 150 megawatts Kalungwishi hydro power station in Luapula by the private sector.

1,800 MEGAWATT POWER STATION

900 TO 990 MEGAWATT 180 MEGAWATT 720 MEGAWATT NATURAL GAS $2.5 BILLION DOLLARS600 MEGAWATT

750 MEGAWATTS 14.8 MEGAWATTS UPGRADE 14.8 MEGAWATTS 150 MEGAWATTS

FISH FINGERLING

PROMOTION OF TOURISM AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING

September 2015