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Port on the Southern tip of Tanzania and was once
use by Zambia’s for international trade.
The Kazungula Bridge is intended to connect Zam-
bia and Botswana and replace the existing ferry
service between the two states, which at the mo-
ment cannot meet the transportation demands
of the region. The Nacala Development Corridor,
like the Mtwara Development Corridor, is a spatial
development initiative that broadly looks not only
at Transport but other economic developments
in such areas as mining, tourism, agriculture, and
commerce. It seeks to unlock economic potential in
marginalized areas, but also resource rich areas,
using transportation as a catalyst to the develop-
ment process. The Chipata-Mchinji Railway line, the
missing link of the Corridor, was finally completed in
August 2010.
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
The development of the transportation sector is a
key factor in contributing to economic growth. PPPs
are necessary to transform and improve the trans-
portation infrastructure of the country.
In an effort to develop the surface transport sector,
the government of Zambia intends to expand its ex-
isting railway network. The government is also look-
ing to remodel the airport in Lusaka.
AIR
Zambia’s ideal, centric location makes it a natural
hub for air transportation in the region as flights to
and from the South have to pass through Zambian
airspace.
There are four international airports: Lusaka, Liv-
ingstone, Mfuwe, and Ndola. There are also several
provincial airports in all provincial capitals. The Na-
tional Airports Corporation, a government owned or-
ganization, operates the four international airports,
and the provincial and district airports fall under the
jurisdiction of the Department of Civil Aviation. That
being said, the Lusaka International Airport is Zam-
bia’s main airport that connects the country to the
rest of the world.
Following the liquidation of the state-owned Zam-
bia Airways in 1995, the air transport sector went
through a period of liberalization to encourage pri-
vate sector participation. In the following years, a
number of private local airlines emerged to fill the
gap left by the absence of a national carrier. Sub-
sequently various Bilateral Air Services Agreements
have been signed with other states whose airlines
were interested in operating routes in Zambia and
vice-versa.
New developments in the industry include the 2009
launch of Zambezi Airlines, which offers scheduled
flights to Johannesburg, Dar-es-Salaam, Nairobi,
and Lilongwe.
Rehabilitation work in the past few years have in-
cluded improvements to the runway and buildings
at Lusaka International Airport. Chipata Airport has
been rehabilitated and reopened, and the length of
the runway at Livingstone International has been in-
creased from 2.3 to 3 kilometers.
At a policy level, it is the intention of the govern-
ment to give the Civil Aviation Authority the ability to
regulate the sector, and it has embarked on an am-
bitious training program for its staff. The government
is also in the process of upgrading the Civil Aviation
legislation to ensure that it meets international and
regional standards.
CARGO & RAIL
The Zambian railway systems consist of two rail-
ways. The Railway Systems of Zambia (RSZ) runs
from Livingstone, linking the Zimbabwe Railway
systems to Sakania on the DRC border via Lusaka
and Kapiri Mposhi. The Tanzania-Zambia Railways
(TAZARA) runs from Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania to
Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia to join the RSZ line.
As part of the government’s privatization policy,
Zambia Railways was taken over by Railway Sys-
tems of Zambia (RSZ), a consortium made up of
New Limpopo Project Investments (NLPI). The
concession was created to allow the private sec-
tor to inject capital into the company to improve its
competitiveness and help divert traffic from roads to
rail, thereby reducing overall transport costs. The
concession was made in 2003, and it is a long-term
agreement, consisting of a 20-year lease period and
an option to renew for a further ten years.
Further liberalization within the transport industry
