In this role, she supervised business development in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

[1] On 2 February 2015, Mwanakatwe was nominated Member of Parliament and appointed Minister of Commerce by Zambia President Edgar Lungu.

In her role as Minister of Finance, Mwanakatwe tasked her department to work effectively in order to ensure that the ministry satisfies the expectations of the electorate.

[10] In a meeting held on 20 February 2018, the minister requested that her team formulate a plan to offset domestic arrears in a systemic manner.

Additionally, in this meeting she directed officials to formulate a sustainable plan to pay salaries to public service workers on time and commended the team for its commitment to improving domestic resource mobilisation.