Zambia Infrastructure Forecasts: Preparing Before the Tender
Daka & Associates’ infrastructure forecasting framework turns eight Zambian project signals into a contractor-readiness watchlist, with illustrative scenarios, procurement timing and clear verification gates.
From Independence to Implementation:Building the Zambia We Envision
Daka & Associates | Independence Day Perspective | 24 October 2026 As Zambia marks 62 years of independence, the approach of Vision 2030, the transition from the Eighth to the Ninth National Development Plan and the emergence of the Grow Zambia Agenda invite a practical question: how do national ambitions become investable projects, productive infrastructure, […]
Zambia’s September 2026 Rate Cut: What Contractors and Developers Need to Know
D&A Construction Industry Insight | 1 October 2026 Zambia’s construction industry enters the final quarter of 2026 with a considerably better macroeconomic backdrop than it faced in early 2025. The Bank of Zambia has cut the Policy Rate by 250 basis points to 10.75%. Annual inflation has fallen to 6.1%, inside the Bank’s 6–8% target […]
Building More Than a Building: What a Nurse-Led Clinic Network Teaches Us About Development Infrastructure
A clinic is more than a structure. Here is what the Unjani Clinic Network shows about designing infrastructure that keeps working after handover. When a project is designed to keep working, and to strengthen the community around it, the results last long after the ribbon is cut. A clinic is not only a structure Many […]
NGO Infrastructure & Social Enterprise in Zambia
Beyond Grants: How NGOs Can Deliver Sustainable Infrastructure and Economic Opportunity in Zambia. For many development organisations, infrastructure has traditionally been treated as an output. A school is constructed. A health facility is rehabilitated. A borehole is installed. A changing room is completed. A vocational training centre is commissioned. But infrastructure can do considerably more […]
World Bank Opens Expression of Interest for TRACER Corridor Development Consultancy
Category: Tenders & Procurement Alerts | Published: July 2026 The Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprise Development has issued a Request for Expression of Interest (REOI) on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Zambia, inviting qualified consulting firms to undertake a Socio-Economic Needs Assessment along the Kapiri Mposhi to Nakonde section of the […]
Stop Fighting for Grade 6 Scraps: Why Zambia’s Smartest Contractors Are Buying Their Way to the Top
A market entry strategy Zambian contractors have overlooked and why that’s about to change. The Uncomfortable Truth About the Zambian Contractor Market Pull the National Construction Council’s march 30th 2026 register and a picture emerges that most contractors feel in their bones but have never seen in black and white: 80.5% of all registered contractors […]
Dual VET & Learnerships: The Industrial Opportunity Zambia Cannot Afford to Miss
TEVETA’s Dual Vocational Education and Training framework is rewriting the rules of workforce production in Zambia. For the mining and construction sectors, it is not a compliance exercise, it is a competitive weapon. 3MTonnes of copper targeted per annum by 2031 70/30Workplace-to-institution training ratio under Dual VET 70%+Of Zambia’s foreign export earnings from mining A […]
Zambia’s Construction Pipeline Is Growing. Foreign Contractors Need a Local Labour Strategy Before They Mobilise
Why verified Zambian labour placement is becoming a strategic advantage for construction, infrastructure, mining, energy, road, and railway projects Zambia is entering an important infrastructure moment. Across the country, opportunities are emerging in roadworks, drainage infrastructure, mining support facilities, industrial buildings, public infrastructure, energy projects, commercial developments, logistics facilities, and railway corridors. For foreign contractors, […]
Modernising Construction Governance in Zambia: Commentary on the National Council for Construction (Amendment) Bill, 2026
By Engineer Daka HarrisonChief Executive OfficerDaka and Associates Construction Brokerage Limited The National Council for Construction (Amendment) Bill, 2026 represents a targeted but important step in modernising Zambia’s construction regulatory framework. While the Bill does not overhaul the entire National Council for Construction Act No. 10 of 2020, it introduces governance changes that could improve […]