Lessons to be learned from Zambia's economic path: Betty Wilkinson

Financial Markets Advisor Betty Wilkinson says African countries including South Africa, can lessons from how Zambia has started constructing its economic recovery. Fixing the civil service, empowering women, simplifying rules associated with business, and helping informal businesses to stabilise and grow, are some of the main ingredients. The Zambian economy was already ailing and fell into a deep recession when the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic hit the country. Some political writers, commentators and academics say the election of Hakainde Hichilema as the country's new president has guided Zambia toward economic recovery since taking office in August 2021.

Betty Wilkinson, Senior Financial Markets Advisor working with different sectoral agencies making recommendations to support development in the African markets, shares more.

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