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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>The demand for Zambian potato chips has continued to grow in East Africa, with Uganda being the latest to make orders. The Zambia Potato Company has literally reversed the importation of chilled potato chips from South Africa, and saved the country foreign currency, thereby helping to replenish the treasury with the greenbuck.<\/p>\n

Zambia Potato Company Country Sales and Business Development Manager Mathews Kaubo is happy with the progress his potato processing company has made in the few years it has been on the international market.From the 27 metric tonnes it first exported to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the company is slowly gaining a lion\u2019s share in the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) markets.<\/p>\n

Mr Kaubo said following successful exports to Kenya and Tanzania, Uganda has made orders. In the SADC, the company has apart from the DRC, been exporting to Malawi, Namibia and South Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cSouth Africa is our biggest market.<\/p>\n

From the pilot export of 27 tonnes to the DRC in January, 2022, the company now exports to eight countries in the EAC and SADC markets,\u201d he said.Mr Kaubo has paid glowing tribute to Government through its quasi institutions for guidance.He said the Zambia Development Agency has been pivotal in helping the company to enter the export market after having been brought on board for the business expo in Lubumbashi, DRC in late 2021.<\/p>\n

He also commended the Zambia Revenue Authority and the Zambia Bureau of Standards that ensured the company was compliant to the country\u2019s tax regime and phytosanitary standards for the export market respectively .<\/p>\n

Since then, the company has been growing its footprints in the EAC and SADC markets. The company has so far cruised the 1,850 metric tonnes from the 750 tonnes exported in 2022 and is still aiming to surpass going to the year end.<\/p>\n

Mr Kaubo said the company strikes a delicate balance by ensuring that both the local and export markets are satisfied.Locally, the company supplies to chain stores countrywide while local entrepreneurs are serviced by the Buya Bamba outlet on the outskirts of Lusaka City Market.Buya Bamba is both an outgrower agent and distributor for raw potatoes.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur focus was mainly to satisfy the local demand. But the processing equipment was projected to be producing more than the country\u2019s needs,\u201d Mr Kaubo said.With local demand estimated to be around 700 tonnes monthly, the company needed to offload the surplus on the foreign market.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe started our exports in 2022 with 27 tonnes to the DRC. It has since increased to 780 tonnes. We are happy we are exporting the surplus after meeting the local demand,\u201d Mr Kaubo said.<\/p>\n

He said the Zambia Potato Company has been exporting 50 tonnes to Botswana, Malawi and Namibia. \u201cSouth Africa is our biggest market. Kenya and the DRC are our second biggest markets in terms of demand,\u201d Mr Kaubo said.<\/p>\n

The company, which established in 2018 but started production in 2019, has employed 150 full time staff members, mostly women at its Ngwerere factory in Chongwe District.<\/p>\n

Mr Kaubo said the company has created hundreds of jobs through its outgrower schemes in Northern and Southern provinces. \u201cFarmers employ about eight people per hectare. We are growing above 2,000 hectares,\u201d \u201che said.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of marketeers benefit from loose raw potatoes at Buya Bamba. \u201cWe are happy to keep our farmers growing. The more they increase the hectarage, the more jobs they create. We have to continue growing the export market,\u201d Mr Kaubo said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. The demand for Zambian potato chips has continued to grow in East Africa, with Uganda being the latest to make orders. The Zambia Potato Company has literally reversed the importation of chilled potato chips from South Africa, and saved the country foreign currency, thereby helping to replenish the treasury with the greenbuck. 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