Ditec Engineering Limited, a Zambian engineering company has pledged to invest US$3.5 million (about K42 million) to build a mixed use shopping mall and business park and renovate a three-star hotel in Mansa district of Luapula Province.
Ditec Engineering Executive Director Mark Luchembe told the Zambian Business Times – ZBT in an interview that the company is in the course of signing a Memorandum of Understanding – MoU with Mansa Municipal Council and that tremendous progress has so far been recorded hence confident the actual implementation of the project is expected to commence at the beginning of the 3rd quarter of this year 2019.
He added the project is expected to be completed in a period of 18 months and that it will provide employment to the province during and after completion of the project. Luchembe said the upgrade of Mansa Civic hotel will attract more customers and tourists in the district at it will be modernized.
He added that the construction of the new shopping mall and business park will also attract investors in the province as it will have different retail shops and office space at the business center, which is expected to contribute to job creation.
He further indicated that the company has plans of extending the development to other provinces in country and that once the Mansa project is completed, the engineering firm will then focus on other towns in Zambia, a move that will contribute to the development of the country.
And in a follow up interview by ZBT with the Mansa Municipal Council, town Clerk Sombo Kaela said the project to be undertaken by Ditec Engineering is a milestone to the people of Mansa and has since commended the company for its decision to invest and contribute to development in the district.
She told ZBT that the project will bring development closer to people with social and business amenities which will be provided as the mall will consist of different shops and office space hence easy and close proximity to goods and services.
