Zambia’s path to prosperity lies in eradicating the structural bottlenecks that stop its industries from growing. National prosperity is not accidental. It is built when policy is precise.
Zambia cannot export its way to prosperity on raw materials alone. Value is created when minerals, agricultural produce and inputs are processed locally, close to power, skills, and markets. That is why the CF’s strategy is about creating industries and growing productive capacity, as opposed to the so called “New Dawn’s” approach of simply managing decline.
The question is often asked: Uncle Harry, how will you do it? Yet our answer is always practical:
Firstly, we will combine hydroelectric stability with solar and battery storage to keep factories running year round, while tightening power management and oversight to ensure Zambian industry is prioritised over power exports, so that exporting power can only occur when there is genuine surplus. This will be complemented by captive power solutions in industrial zones a