Zambia plans sovereign wealth fund

[miningmx.com] – ZAMBIA is to establish a sovereign wealth fund in an effort to encourage investment in the southern Africa country outside of its mining sector, said Bloomberg News citing comments by Michael Sata, Zambia’s president.

The fund “… will focus on stimulating investment in strategic non-mining industries among others, thereby expanding the country’s investment portfolio and thus creating jobs,’ Sata told Bloomberg News by e-mail.

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