From HELEN ZULU in Helsinki, Finland –
A NUMBER of Finnish companies have shown interest in investing in Zambia, the Finnish Government has disclosed.
Foreign Trade and Development minister Lenita Toivakka said here that a number of Finnish companies are interested in investing in Zambia which is one of the countries with the best investment climate.
Ms Toivakka said the areas the companies were targeting are the green technology and renewable energy.
She was speaking in an interview, ahead of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 2016 World Press Freedom Day Conference which was held on Monday.
“There are a lot of possibilities in Zambia in terms of trade relations, I am happy to note that a number of Finnish companies have expressed interest to invest in Zambia’s green technology and renewable energy sectors,” Ms Toivakka said.
She said this cooperation would help trade relations level to grow as it had been relatively low lately.
Ms Toivakka said the Finnish Government would continue to support developing countries in different sectors including education as it was the basis for participation and among the key elements of its development policy.
She said the Finnish Government would focus on supporting countries like Zambia which it had trade relations with as it was a good foundation for trade.
“Actually the largest share of our bilateral development policy goes to education, we support our partner countries efforts in order to improve equal access to quality education,” Ms Toivakka said.