Moving house creates lucrative niche

Zambia’s itinerant diplomatic and ex-pat community has created an opportunity for the establishment of a specialist home-moving company. It’s an area in which many companies fear to tread, but is the core business of Lusaka-based Cargo Pack Removals. The wholly Zambian-owned company was formed in 1999, and arranges for packing, transport, shipping customs clearance and road transport, says marketing officer Daniel Chimanda. Cargo Pack is one of the oldest specialist removal companies in the country, he says. It has highly experienced teams of packers, and provides this service to a number of consolidators and other agents.