Zambian Copper resources wasted

An interesting article from Kansipe Kabao of The Times of Zambia on Friday. Kansipe argues that it is amazing that Zambians are so poor when we are all blessed to be part of a country that has so much natural wealth. He goes on to look in particular at copper, a mineral found in abundance in Zambia. Copper is extremely valuable, not least because it is the mineral which carries electricity to all our homes. It is also used in most telecommunications networks. Most of the world’s Internet traffic is carried on copper cables. Copper has been mined in Zambia for over 2000 years, but as Kansipe points out, the country has very little to show for it. This has much to do with the fact that our country has not developed an infrastructure to develop the copper we mine into finished products – we simply export it raw. An article worth reading.