MONGU, Zambia, – Hadon Sichali has been in the fish trade for over 22 years. But he says only now does he feel a true businessman—but why? “Because I now make reasonable income after struggling for so many years,” said the 55-year-old entrepreneur of Mongu, Western Zambia. Until he was recently introduced to improved post-harvest handling techniques, Sichali, one of the retrenchees under the infamous IMF imposed Structural Adjustment Programme, struggled to break even in his business. However, he now earns as much as 5,000 kwacha (417 dollars) per month from a paltry 700 kwacha (58 dollars) that he used to earn on average
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