By Francine Chibuye As Zambia grapples with a burgeoning housing deficit and rising material costs, the Chief Executive Officer of Daka and Associates Construction Harrison Daka is calling for a radical shift in the nation’s building philosophy. Speaking in a recent interview with the Zambian Business Times-ZBT, Daka argued that Zambia must move beyond traditional “Red Ocean” competition and embrace prefabricated technology to meet the government’s ambitious Vision 2030 infrastructure goals. The entry of specialized Chinese entities offering prefabricated (prefab) solutions represents a “Blue Ocean” strategy—a move into an uncontested market space. With over 14,000 contractors in Zambia already competing...
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