EIZ President, Eng Henry Musonda - Inaugural Speech
From now onwards, I have the privilege of leading the Institution in the classic sense of leading EIZ members, individually and organizationally, for the next 12 months. As interesting as that would be, I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE OF LEADERSHIP. Not leadership in the context I just made reference to, but leadership by the profession in a public role in the theme areas of professional practice, infrastructure, Industry and environment. I would like to point out that to have an effective public role, engineers, as a profession, must adopt that role as integral to their profession. We have not done that yet, at least not to the extent other professions have. Read More
Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ) President Henry Musonda has thanked the 54th Council and the secretariat for the input they put for the betterment of the Institution.
Africa faces $31bn a year infrastructure funding gap
Written by Bruce Kaunda
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
The World Bank has estimated that the African continent would need about US$31 billion per annum in an effort to transform its infrastructure and that this shortfall would particularly affect investment in power and water infrastructure in fragile States.
The new report on ‘Africa’s Infrastructure: A time of transformation’ the World Bank found that of an estimated $93-billion a year needed to transform Africa's infrastructure, the continent would face a funding gap of about US$31-billion a year. The report says this will be despite the major efficiency gains that might be achieved. The report states that US$93-billion a year would need to be spent on infrastructure on the continent over the next decade, nearly half of which was needed to deal with the power supply problems on the continent. This was double the previously estimated required amount of about 15% of Africa's gross domestic product (GDP), stated the bank. Africa as so far spent about US$45 billion a year on its infrastructure development, with most of this funding being sourced domestically through taxpayers and consumers. Further, the report highlighted that there was a considerable wastage of funds that could be dealt with and that efficiency improvements could further expand the available resources by $17-billion a year. The funding gap would also be especially daunting for low-income countries, which would need to spend an additional 9% of their GDP, and for the fragile States, which would have to spend an additional 25% of their GDP a year on infrastructure. Resource-rich countries like Nigeria and Zambia would find it easier to manage this funding gap and would only have to spend about 4% of their GDP a year on infrastructure investment, the report highlighted. Nevertheless, the World Bank emphasised that it was critical for the continent to invest in its infrastructure, especially in light of the global financial crisis.
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A Strategic Plan is a “road map” to guide and direct the operations of any organisation and plays a critical role in ensuring continuity in institutional development and functions. The Zambian economy has seen an upswing trend in growth. The government has come up with Vision 2030 to ensure Zambia attains middle income status by 2030.
From now onwards, I have the privilege of leading the Institution in the classic sense of leading EIZ members, individually and organizationally, for the next 12 months. As interesting as that would be, I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE OF LEADERSHIP. Not leadership in the context I just made reference to, but leadership by the profession in a public role in the theme areas of professional practice, infrastructure, Industry and environment. I would like to point out that to have an effective public role, engineers, as a profession, must adopt that role as integral to their profession. We have not done that yet, at least not to the extent other professions have.
