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Growing Local Suppliers for a Sustainable Mining Future in Zambia

Name: Growing Local Suppliers for a Sustainable Mining Future in Zambia
Start: 2025-09-14T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-09-19T23:59:59+00:00
Location: Copperbelt, Kitwe, Zambia

14 September - 19 September

Mission team with the CEO and COO of FMS Bakery and restaurant in Kitwe, with some of the products from their bakery displayed on the table. FMS is one of the shortlisted SDP suppliers based in Kitwe. Photo credit: UNDP Zambia

Copperbelt, Kitwe, Zambia

Local content and supplier development are two sides of the same coin.

The ACP-EU Development Minerals programme is supporting small-scale miners to become reliable suppliers to large-scale miners. The Programme is working with UNDP Zambia and UNDP Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean to implement the Supplier Development Initiative (SDP).

It trained 36 national consultants in early 2025 who became qualified to provide coaching and mentoring to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises to grow as suppliers to bigger businesses. The SDP is now implementing a pilot with five small-scale mining cooperatives to supply silica to Mopani Copper Mines, along with ten women-led businesses.

The Programme builds skills, improves business opportunities, and connects small miners to bigger markets in a fair and sustainable way.

Details

Start:: 14 September
End:: 19 September
Event Category:: Zambia

Venue

: Copperbelt, Kitwe, Zambia