Trade and Economy

The Eighth National Development Plan (8NDP) sets out Zambia’s strategic direction in terms of the development priorities and implementation strategies for the period 2022 to 2026. This Plan is a successor to the Seventh National Development Plan (7NDP) that was implemented over the period 2017 to 2021. This is the fourth in the series of national development plans (NDPs) towards the national Vision 2030 in which Zambians aspire to live in a prosperous middle-income country.

A presentation by Charity Zulu-Mkandawire, First Secretary-Trade, Embassy of the Republic of Zambia in Washington, D.C. in August, 2018

4-5 September 2018, Lusaka, Zambia

Scaling up through trade: Skill - Innovate - Connect

The Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) Act No. 11 of 2006 offers a wide range of incentives in the form of exemptions and concessions for companies investing in a priority sector or product as per ZDA Act.

A booklet by the Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) that describes investment opportunities in the agriculture, tourism, construction, transport, energy, mining, information and communications technology (ICT), and other sectors.

The Republic of Zambia's 2018 Budget Address by Honourable Felix C. Mutati, MP Minister of Finance, delivered to the National Assembly on Friday, 29th September, 2017

Zambia remains committed to the socio-economic development planning of the country as reflected by the return to development planning in 2005. The Seventh National Development Plan (7NDP) for the period 2017- 2021 is the successor to the Revised Sixth National Development Plan, 2013-2016 (R- SNDP) following its expiry in December 2016. The Plan, like the three national development plans (NDPs) that preceded it, is aimed at attaining the long-term objectives as outlined in the Vision 2030 of becoming a “prosperous middle-income country by 2030”.

The Vision 2030, Zambia's first ever written long-term plan, expresses the aspirations of the Zambian people to be accomplished by the year 2030. It articulates the appropriate national and sector goals to meet people’s aspirations. It is based on policy-oriented research on key national strategic issues and on a process of discussion and dialogue with the private sector, civil society and the general citizenry on the long-term goals and future of Zambia.