Funding Opportunities
The ZEDEF is an EU funded export financing facility managed by the Export Promotion and Market Development Division of ZDA and disbursed to exporters through Producer Associations in the Non Traditional Export Sector. The financing facility was previously managed by the EU-Export Development Programme II (EDPII), which ran from January 2003 to December 2007. The total Amount of the fund is expected to be in excess of $US 5million.
The following have already benefited from the fund:
• Agribusiness Forum (ABF)
• Association for Zambian Women in Mining (AZWIM)
• Lumber Millers Association of Zambia (LUMAZ)
• Organic Producers & Processors Association (OPPAZ)
• Timber Producers Association of Zambia
• Zambia Crocodile Farmers Association (ZCFA)
Export Promotion and market Development
The Zambian government sees potential for dynamic economic growth from exports that can increase the country’s earnings….
Foreign Markets
Zambia’s active participation in the 14 countries regional Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Trade Protocol….
Primary Agriculture
The primary agriculture sector is one of the critical sectors contributing to Zambia’s economic development, mostly to non-traditional exports ..........
COMESA Customs Union
Current economic development challenges make economic integration more crucial. Through integration, a pool of countries’......
Highlight
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