Insights
Practice notes from the secretariat
Practical insights on business opportunities, growth challenges and commercial development in Zambia.
Enterprise practice
Formalisation is a commercial decision, not a compliance chore
Registration is often framed as a burden. For most Zambian small enterprises it is better understood as the point at which larger buyers, lenders and public tenders become reachable.
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Governance for church-owned enterprises
When a congregation owns a business, the absence of a clear governance instrument is the most common source of later conflict. The remedy is documentary, not relational.
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Designing the agri value chain track: what we are testing
The Sustainable Agri Value Chains programme is in design. This note sets out the assumptions we intend to test before any district pilot begins.
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