15 April 2026
Kabwe, Zambia
MOHAMED ENTEPRISES YA TANZANIA BAADA YA KUPEWA KIWANDA ZAMBIA, WASUASA NA HIVYO UBIA SASA WAAAGUKIA MIKONONI MWA WABIA KUTOKA CHINA
15 April 2026
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has officially reopened Mulungushi Textiles in Kabwe, a joint venture with the People's Republic of China.
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Habari kwa kina :
Kiwanda cha nguo cha Mulungushi Textiles limited rasmi kimetoka mikononi mwa Mohamed Enterprises Limited kampuni ya kitanzania baada ya kusuasua kuanza uzalishaji nchini Zambia toka mwaka 2014.
Imeelezwa kusuasua huko kulitokana na masuala mtambuka ya kimkataba, kisheria na pia kisiasa kwa kiwanda hicho kuwa moja ya hoja za kubishania zilizotumiwa na vyama vya kisiasa nchini Zambia, hivyo kampuni hiyo ya kitanzania ya METL (T) LTD kushindwa kukifufua kiwanda hicho cha mfano kama kile cha Urafiki Textile ambacho kilikuwa cha ubia baina ya serikalibya Tanzania na China kilichozalisha bidhaa mbalimbali za nguo zitokanazo na zao la pamba.
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Chinese firm eyes Mulungushi Textiles
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February 7, 2016

China-Africa Cotton Limited has expressed interest in revamping operations at the defunct Zambia China Mulungushi Textiles (ZCMT), where the company intends to process an annual 40,000 tonnes of cotton it grows in Eastern Province.
China-Africa Cotton is a joint-venture between the China Africa Development Fund, Qingdao Ruichang Cotton Industrial Company and Qingdao Huifu Textile Co, which invests in African cotton production.
So far, the company has invested in Zambia, Zimbabwe and Algeria, where it produces 40,000 tonnes of cotton per year from the 90,000 smallholder farmers it has engaged under out-grower schemes in Chipata.
In an interview on Monday after a Chinese business delegation visited the country to explore investment opportunities, Zambia Development Agency director general Patrick Chisanga said the Chinese cotton company is thinking of making Mulungushi Textiles operational.
The Kabwe plant has a ginnery, spinning, weaving and processing factories.
“Our discussions with them in this regard have advanced. China-Africa Cotton want to operationalise the plant [which is installed with almost every equipment required to process cotton into finished products] since they produce a lot of cotton in Zambia, Zimbabwe and Algeria.”
“We are looking at the best models of revamping the textile plant, and we want to lease it to them once negotiations are completed. The operations at the plant are labour intensive and this will result in job creation,” he said.
On how much China-Africa Cotton has pledged to invest, Mr Chisanga said: “Of course, they have pledged some huge amounts of money, which can be premature if I announce the figures right now…These guys [China-Africa Cotton] are serious and we want to engage them to create jobs.”
But ZDA insists that it has no record of the previous investor, Mohammed Enterprises Tanzania Limited, who was allegedly given the plant on lease in 2014 to revive the plant.
“We have no record of them, probably they could have pulled out…,” Mr Chisanga said.
INFO INDEPTH
Key details regarding the partnership:
- Company Background: MeTL Group is a prominent Tanzanian conglomerate owned by the Dewji family, employing over 37,000 people regionally.
- The Agreement: The partnership, named MeTL Mulungushi Textiles, was to revive the formerly state-run Chinese-Zambian joint venture to produce textiles and engage in cotton farming.
- Operational Challenges: Shortly after the agreement, disputes emerged in 2015 regarding the effective date of the lease and handover of the facility, leading to stalled operations.
- Legal Action: By late 2015, reports indicated legal conflict, with MeTL acting to stop the government from repossessing the plant despite the lack of operational activity.
- Other Interests: Apart from textiles, the agreement included potential diversification into other agricultural activities.
Source : Times of Zambia