{"id":131446,"date":"2025-11-13T17:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T17:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/131446\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T17:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T17:25:10","slug":"zambia-targets-energy-investment-with-africas-richest-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/131446\/","title":{"rendered":"Zambia targets energy investment with Africa\u2019s richest man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n        The talks centred on expanding Dangote Group operations in Zambia, particularly within the energy sector, \u201cwith the objective of fostering job creation, industrial growth and economic diversification,\u201d Hichilema said in a statement on Thursday, November 13.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n        Dangote, whose conglomerate spans cement, sugar, salt, oil refining, and petrochemicals across more than ten African countries, has been instrumental in driving industrialisation across the continent.\n    <\/p>\n<p>                    <img width=\"790\" height=\"462\" alt=\"President Hakainde Hichilema meets Aliko Dangote at State House in Lusaka as Zambia eyes major energy sector investment. [Facebook\/ZNBC Today]\" title=\"President Hakainde Hichilema meets Aliko Dangote at State House in Lusaka as Zambia eyes major energy sector investment. [Facebook\/ZNBC Today]\" class=\"image lazyloaded imgWithMetaData\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'790'%20height%3D'462'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-original=\"https:\/\/ocdn.eu\/pulscms-transforms\/1\/-k1ktkpTURBXy84MGUwYjBjZDFiNGRkMDNiYjA2ODNkMzE0NWVhZTNiYS5wbmeRlQLNAxbNAc7Cww\" fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>\n        The potential move into Zambia represents a significant milestone for the country\u2019s investment portfolio, signalling confidence in Lusaka\u2019s reform agenda and economic stability.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n        Hichilema lauded Dangote\u2019s leadership as \u201ca testament to the power of vision and determination,\u201d emphasising the government\u2019s readiness to collaborate with the private sector to unlock new growth opportunities.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The talks centred on expanding Dangote Group operations in Zambia, particularly within the energy sector, \u201cwith the objective&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[114,184,85,46],"class_list":["post-131446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}