Business & Enterprise
Distinguished
Sylvia Banda
Built a catering business into sixteen Lusaka restaurants
Distinguished is level 3 of 4 in the Zambia Hall of Fame: sustained excellence over a career, widely honoured at home. See how the levels work.
Why they are here
She started Sylva Professional Catering in 1986 and had sixteen restaurants in Lusaka by 2009, and has spent the years since pushing Zambian food and smallholder farming.
Sylvia Banda is a Zambian businesswoman, restaurateur and social entrepreneur.
She founded Sylva Professional Catering in 1986, and by 2009 was running sixteen restaurants in Lusaka.
She founded Sylva Professional Catering in 1986, and by 2009 was running sixteen restaurants in Lusaka.
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