ZAMREAL – Zambia’s Premier Property Conference. The property highlight for last month was definitely ZAMREAL – Zambia’s leading property forum that brings together real estate thought leaders from Zambia and the region. I have attended this conference since its inception four years ago and I always come away with tons of information and insights about […]
Last month, the Bank of Zambia Governor Denny Kalyalya launched the Financial Literacy Week (FLW), an annual public awareness campaign on financial literacy concepts that help people make better financial decisions. This contributes to the vision of empowering citizens to have the knowledge, understanding, skills and confidence to make prudent financial decisions for themselves, their […]
Estate agents in Zambia are regulated by the Zambia Institute of Estate Agents (ZIEA) that draws its authority from the Estate Agents Act. On 1st July I was excited to attend my first AGM of the Institute! The Institute is young but I was impressed with how much effort the executive has put into […]
Diaspora Connect were invited by ADEPT (Africa-Europe Diaspora Development Platform) to Brussels to participate in a special workshop to establish an African diaspora professional and business network. The purpose of the workshop was to look at ways that existing enterprise and investment carried out by Diaspora entrepreneurs and investors could be enhanced, how diaspora professionals […]
Zambia is one of the most accessible and investor-friendly countries in which to conduct real estate business in southern Africa. This is evident from the number of foreign investors who have developed and invested in various large-scale projects across Zambia. The real estate sector is beginning to leverage off opportunities in the steadily growing economy. […]
Towards Smart and Resilient Infrastructure – The Housing and Infrastructure Symposium 2017 Some 400 blue-chip stakeholders from all strata of Zambia’s infrastructure sector gathered in Lusaka this week to seek practical solutions to the sector’s nagging challenges as well as to share past successes. The 2017 Housing and Infrastructure Symposium, organised by the Ministry of […]
Managing Partner Ms. Natasha Chiumya of Folotiya & Chiumya Legal Practitioners moderated a panel discussion at the recent Zambian International Property Expo entitled “Women: The Future of Residential and Commercial Real Estate”. The panel included Ms. Omba Kayumba Lacey, Empretec Women in Business Award Finalist & Director, Katcey Construction, Ms. Dorothy Mulwila, President, Zambia Association […]
We are members of the Zambia Property Owners Association (ZAPOA) and today we attended our first AGM. I must say that I was impressed with what the organisation has achieved in the short period of time since it was incorporated in 2014. They’ve managed to grow their membership from 4 founding members to 25 members, […]