‘Agents have a role in attracting investors’

Clearing and forwarding agents have a role to play in bringing investment from the rest of Africa into Zambia, says Perry Siatulye, managing director of Ndola-based Halifax Freight Services. “Zambia presents very good investment opportunities,” says Siatulye. “We are a peaceful country governed by laws which ensure the safety of investments. We also have the logistics systems in place,” he says. Halifax has assisted investors from Nigeria and Egypt to establish operations in Ndola, and he expects more to follow.