Overview
This national strategy sets a framework to increase the use of locally sourced goods, services and labour across Zambia’s growth sectors. It introduces a minimum 35% local content threshold, outlines a calculation method for measuring local content, and proposes sanctions for non‑compliance once a Local Content Act is enacted. The strategy promotes MSME participation through targeted public procurement (35% reservation), business linkages, financing, standards and quality support, and the ‘Proudly Zambian’ certification mark. Guiding principles include maintaining an investor‑friendly climate, building domestic capacity, transparency, adherence to international obligations, and inter‑institutional cooperation. The plan emphasizes skills and technology transfer, employment of Zambian citizens, joint ventures, and sector-specific capacity building. Implementation is structured over five years with MCTI as the lead, working with agencies such as ZDA, CEEC, ZABS, CCPC, TEVETA, HEA and others. Monitoring and evaluation are mandated, with alignment to national development planning frameworks.