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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zambia<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Former Bank of Zambia governor Dr Caleb Fundanga says he expects a very business friendly policy environment from President-elect Hakainde Hichilema\u2019s government.<\/p>\n

Speaking with Daily Revelation, Dr Fundanga said he will wait to hear the full inauguration speech from President-elect Hichilema, saying right now he was very optimistic and would even be more optimistic upon the speech.<\/p>\n

On the sharp appreciation of the Kwacha against other major convertible currencies following the announcement that Hichilema had won, Dr Fundanga said the Kwacha has been appreciating, and that \u201cof course the coming in of a new government obviously will have an impact on economic variables.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe message generally is very positive about what will come out of it. But I will even be more positive when I see the various elements in the thing (inaugural speech),\u201d Dr Fundanga said. \u201cObviously we expect a very business friendly policy environment from him. He is a business person, an economist and business expert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. Former Bank of Zambia governor Dr Caleb Fundanga says he expects a very business friendly policy environment from President-elect Hakainde Hichilema\u2019s government. Speaking with Daily Revelation, Dr Fundanga said he will wait to hear the full inauguration speech from President-elect Hichilema, saying right now he was very optimistic and would even be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":4507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,25,8,16],"tags":[234,235,1845,1846,233],"class_list":["post-4508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-featured","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-daily-revelation","tag-dr-caleb-fundanga","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nI\u2019m Optimistic\u2026we Should Expect The Very Best From HH- Dr Caleb Fundanga - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Bank of Zambia governor Dr Caleb Fundanga says he expects a very business friendly policy environment from Presid ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/im-optimisticwe-should-expect-the-very-best-from-hh-dr-caleb-fundanga\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I\u2019m Optimistic\u2026we Should Expect The Very Best From HH- Dr Caleb Fundanga\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Bank of Zambia governor Dr Caleb Fundanga says he expects a very business friendly policy environment from Presid ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/im-optimisticwe-should-expect-the-very-best-from-hh-dr-caleb-fundanga\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-18T16:12:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-18T16:14:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2021\/08\/img-611d31b5e469e.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"479\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/im-optimisticwe-should-expect-the-very-best-from-hh-dr-caleb-fundanga#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/im-optimisticwe-should-expect-the-very-best-from-hh-dr-caleb-fundanga\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"I\u2019m Optimistic\u2026we Should Expect The Very Best From HH- Dr Caleb Fundanga\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-18T16:12:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-18T16:14:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/im-optimisticwe-should-expect-the-very-best-from-hh-dr-caleb-fundanga\"},\"wordCount\":176,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/im-optimisticwe-should-expect-the-very-best-from-hh-dr-caleb-fundanga#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2021\/08\/img-611d31b5e469e.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"Daily Revelation\",\"Dr Caleb Fundanga\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"Featured\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/im-optimisticwe-should-expect-the-very-best-from-hh-dr-caleb-fundanga#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/im-optimisticwe-should-expect-the-very-best-from-hh-dr-caleb-fundanga\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/im-optimisticwe-should-expect-the-very-best-from-hh-dr-caleb-fundanga\",\"name\":\"I\u2019m Optimistic\u2026we Should Expect The Very Best From HH- Dr Caleb Fundanga - 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