Last week on May 21 landed back in Zambia to take up an assignment. It felt good to step out of the aircraft and touch Lusaka's familiar soil after a gap of exactly six years. The terminal building and the facilities at the airport turned out to be deceptive as there was no sign of the vast change and growth that has invaded Zambia. The drive from the airport to the hotel gradually revealed the changed landscape along with the heavy traffic on the roads - the first sign of economic growth that has overtaken the country during the period I chose to stay away.
Experienced a happy upgrade of important information - while waiting in the transit lounge at Dubai to board the connecting flight to Lusaka I was leafing through the latest edition of the Economist on my Kindle (favorite companion) where I came across an article on Zambia wherein it was mentioned that Zambia's GDP has risen at an average rate of almost 6% in the past decade, while inflation has dropped from more than 20% to below 7%. Encouraging statistics for me ;>))
The new shopping malls and impressive commercial complexes housing banks and other growth related activities is a very encouraging view for Zambia and Africa as a whole.
My new new assignment is again very interesting and has a lot of knowledge addition value with the usual hand holding activities required by any start up company on the verge of growth. A bit of housekeeping is involved to introduce robust and user friendly systems. The stake holders are very aggressive but decent business people.
Thank you Zambia and Africa for providing another opportunity to contribute in productive professional activities.
Experienced a happy upgrade of important information - while waiting in the transit lounge at Dubai to board the connecting flight to Lusaka I was leafing through the latest edition of the Economist on my Kindle (favorite companion) where I came across an article on Zambia wherein it was mentioned that Zambia's GDP has risen at an average rate of almost 6% in the past decade, while inflation has dropped from more than 20% to below 7%. Encouraging statistics for me ;>))
The new shopping malls and impressive commercial complexes housing banks and other growth related activities is a very encouraging view for Zambia and Africa as a whole.
My new new assignment is again very interesting and has a lot of knowledge addition value with the usual hand holding activities required by any start up company on the verge of growth. A bit of housekeeping is involved to introduce robust and user friendly systems. The stake holders are very aggressive but decent business people.
Thank you Zambia and Africa for providing another opportunity to contribute in productive professional activities.
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