In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king. In the Zambian context it is also true that in the land of the blind, onions will make you cry. It is evidently clear that foreign nationals come into our country and see opportunities where we do not. And we bestow upon them the coveted title of investor. Even when they only came to make sharwamas, grow chickens and import second hand underwear, with all due respect. Our failure to acknowledge and monetize business opportunities is what qualifies us as the land of the blind, and we create one-eyed kings out of the people who see and seize the opportunities in block-making, local trucking, and abattoirs to mention a few. Anyway, let’s talk about onions and tears. As far as I can remember from 2017, onions have been making us cry. According to Knoema , an online data platform, Zambia produced approximately 40,000 tonnes of onion in 2020, we have a peak period between July and the onset of the rains, then after that we have an annual cr
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