PRIORITY SECTORS

The bank’s priority sectors are:-

Agriculture
Agriculture is considered the cornerstone of  Zambia's economic development. The Bank will aim to support various agricultural activities especially those involving the production of high value exportable crops as a way of enhancing foreign currency earning and those which support locally developed agricultural processing and creates employment opportunities.

Processing Industry
The Bank will support agro processing, mineral and wood processing industries.
 

Manufacturing
The Bank will support manufacturing enterprises promoting employment opportunities and particularly those in which Zambia has comparative advantage in the region in order to enhance Zambia's exports into COMESA and SADC regional markets.

Tourism
Tourism is potentially the fastest growing sector with the capacity to earn the country foreign exchange and contribute to substantial employment generation . There exists a huge untapped potential in tourism which needs to be supported through additional infrastructure, construction of lodges and motels and production artifacts.
 

Transport and Haulage
Zambia is a landlocked country and hence is highly dependant on haulage network for its imports and exports. This sector forms an important element in the development process.

Fisheries

The country has abundant natural resources in terms of lakes and rivers in which breed reserves of various species of  fish and conducive environment for the development of fish farming targeting the local and regional market.  Fish processing is an industry which has remained untapped and yet is a source of national income, contributor to food security and  generation of employment.

Infrastructure

The Bank will support infrastructure projects in telecommunications, road and dam construction, irrigation, airports, power stations etc