Hill and Delamain is a leading provider of world class clearing and freight forwarding services in Zambia. We are involved in all aspects of air, road, rail and ocean freight forwarding; together with customs clearing of both import and export traffic. The company is well established with eleven offices throughout Zambia and a strong staff of over 100. The executive management is accomplished, with an overall experience of more than 40 years in the Zambian freight forwarding industry.

The firm commenced operations in 2004, and has been in the forefront in designing various types of Web-based Applications, Software Development, Multimedia CD-ROM andComic Books/Cartoons ever since. Here at Smoothcartoonsnigeria, we aim at delivering to you, digital entertainment garnished with educative information. Utilizing state-of-the-art technology combined with our versatile expertise in the field of Web architecture and designing.

We are one of the largest farmers of maize, sorghum, peas, cassava, chillies, ginger, groundnuts, paprika, sunflowers, sweet potato and turmeric all grown on our own farm. Some agroforestry species such as tefrosia and glyricidia, and some fruit species such as mangoes, also grow well on our farm. Funwe Hill is a prominent landmark near the south end of Lake Malawi in the Rift Valley. It is part of a small chain of thickly-wooded granite hills. Funwe Farm was created at the foot of Funwe Hill in 1975 by Press Agriculture, a subsidiary of Press Corporation, the largest company in Malawi. It is 8 km from the nearest main road, with no electric power or telephone in the area. Press Agriculture built the access road, various buildings and dams on the farm. It mainly grew tobacco, for which Funwe's low altitude (600 m above sea level) and low rainfall (700-900 mm per year, during a short rainy season from December to March) are not ideal. By the early '90s Press Agriculture was reducing its number of farms, and sold Funwe to a private individual. He sold it to the current owners on 1 July 2001 in virtually derelict condition.  With their long-term social investment aims in mind, the owners concentrated for the first couple of years on renovating the infrastructure and employing professional staff. The 8-km access road was rebuilt (see above) using labour-intensive methods in order to provide employment, and the five staff houses, two offices and two storage sheds were refurbished. Two new boreholes were drilled and one existing borehole refurbished – the latter supplies good quality drinking water for the staff using a solar-powered electric pump. To improve water conservation, two existing earth dams were repaired and two new ones dug.; fifty wells were dug by hand and lined with precast concrete rings, in order to provide small-scale irrigation for dry-season crops using foot-powered treadle pumps (as seen above). The whole farm was mapped using a hand-held GPS unit, to demarcate the arable areas from the woodlands. The arable land was subdivided into three equal zones, to permit a three-year crop rotation cycle. Each zone comprises about 100 hectares of usable land divided into 250 numbered 0.4-hectare plots. Soil samples were taken – most of the farm is dry upland sandy loam soil overlying granite, with a few areas of dambo (river valleys) with richer soil higher in clay and organic content.  As the staff number grew and the infrastructure was improved, agricultural activity began to expand. Initially the company Funwe Farm Ltd carried out most of the farming using its own labour, but year-by-year it has done less and the Funwe Farmers Group has done more. FFL tries out new crops and informs FFG of the economics of production and sale for each; then FFG decides whether to grow that crop. To date about 20 crops have been grown, of which maize for seed, sorghum for seed and pigeon peas for seed have proved profitable, while cassava, chillies, ginger, groundnuts, paprika, sunflowers, sweet potato and turmeric have all grown but not yet been profitable. Some agroforestry species such as tefrosia and glyricidia, and some fruit species such as mangoes, grow well. Vegetables and bananas do not grow well due to the extreme heat of the dry season.  In livestock FFL has become a sub-contractor to the Shire Highlands Milk Producers Association, specifically to breed heifers from indigenous mothers and imported fathers. The cross-bred offspring inherit disease resistance through their mothers and higher milk yields through their fathers. The herd also eats agricultural waste products and provides manure for the fields. Looking to the future, FFL and FFG intend to specialise in high-quality seed multiplication. The farm has processing and packing machinery and good storage facilities.

Focus on Knight Frank LLP and you see a world renowned, UK headquartered global property consultancy. Broaden the picture to include our US based real estate partner, Newmark Knight Frank, and you see a unique global force in property transactional, management and advisory services. The global network encompasses more than 165 offices in 36 countries across six continents. Over 5,300 experienced professionals handle some £18.3 billion (US$£36.1 billion) worth of commercial, agricultural and residential real estate annually, advising clients ranging from individual owners and buyers to major developers, investors and corporate tenants. Our strong local presence in established and emerging markets around the world, combined with powerful central research and intelligence-sharing, enable us to identify opportunities for clients to maximise value in every aspect of their property dealings. You may be a multinational corporation needing to cut costs and save time in managing a global real estate strategy. Or you may be a private client, seeking expert advice from people with a profound knowledge of both local and international residential markets. Whatever the scale, whatever the location, Knight Frank’s global network has the scope and the services to help you achieve your property goals.

The Company was legally registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja on the 10th day of July 1997 with registration number BN - LAZ 054285. MISSION MANDATE The company’s mission mandate includes the following: · Real Estate Surveying & Valuation Consultancy · Mortgage/Title Insurance Brokerage · Construction/Planning Supervisors and Inspectors · Real Estate Development · Building Facility Management · Investment Advisors and Brokerage We provide fully integrated and comprehensive range of Real Estate services in the following specific areas: (A) Marketing, Transactional & Agency Advisory: This covers issues relating to the mass media, involving marketing strategies aimed at the print and electronic media to identify and explore an alternative client base. We conduct market research and evolve a blueprint to efficiently reach out to the target market. We also advise on the best financing methods and plans to attract effective patronage plus negotiation of sales or lease and financing arrangement with prospective buyers and tenants. (B) Management Plan: Our services in this area cover the following items: · Negotiation of sales or leases and renewals · Legal advice on covenants to be incorporated in new leases. · Organizing repairs and maintenance of estate facilities. · Preparation of dilapidation (tenant’s/landlord’s accrued repairs) · Advice on payment of rates, taxes, levies and premiums · Assessment and collection of service charge and management of the service charge account. · Management of “Maintenance Gang”. This includes a Maintenance Engineer, Electricians, Plumbers, Gardeners, Security personnel · Maintenance of all estate equipment, plans and machinery. The highlights of the management services that we provide are as follows: (a) Service Charge Account We maintain common services and establish a Service Charge Account where all tenants and estate residents make deposits based on their accommodation towards the annual running cost of common services. Residents will also make a capital contribution equivalent to a comfortable percentage of the cost of provision of estate facilities such as telephone, water, electricity etc. The common services under the Service Charge Account include: · Cleaning of Estate Roads and Drains · Street Lighting · Repair and maintenance of alternative power supply system, estate water system (including pumping machines) · Payment of salaries and wages of estate security personnel. Our goal here is to preserve and enhance both the physical and economic life of the estate in general in order to add value to the estate assets (land, buildings and facilities) to meet the positive long-term goals of both user and manager. (C) Market Intelligence and property Investment Advisory: We regularly identify markets for Real Estate activity for the benefit of capital gain or regular income generation. Our advisory services also include building standard quality. We identify and advise on valuable locations and markets for the real estate investment beyond state and country borders. Our services are not limited to the items listed above. We, as earlier mentioned, provide a comprehensive technical blueprint on an entire project within a few weeks of commissioning.