14th April 2023, the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) launched its 2023-2028 Strategic Plan whose main focus is investing in facilities to support high sports performance. The strategic plan is aimed at investing in top-notch facilities to support high-performance sports will help many young talented athletes fulfill their sporting dreams and compete on the globe. OYDC Zambia Board of Trustees Chairperson Simangolwa Shakalima expressed hope that the new strategic plan which will run from 2023 to 2028. During the launch, Simangolwa disclosed that the Board of Trustees wants the Centre to become a world-class sports facility that can be competing with other top sports facilities across the globe. ‘’Of late we have attracted keen interest from the continent the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) and other countries that the facility should become a center of excellence and continue nurturing and producing sports heroes not only at the grassroots level but also at high performance by training and conducting various competitions attracting magnitudes of spectators’’ He said. Shakalima further stated that the OYDC Zambia so far has received commitments to revamp some facilities from local and international organizations among them ANOCA which is a continental body that looks at various national Olympic Committees in Africa. He added that OYDC Zambia through its management remains resolute to continue to contribute to the development of sport in the country and called on other organizations to consider partnering with the facility in the running of sports programs and maintenance of facilities.