Hilton operates hotel in Zambia project

[LUSAKA, Zambia] Zambia's state pension fund will finance a US$98 million urban regeneration project in the nation's capital that will include a 148-room hotel operated by Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.

"It is scheduled to be completed by mid-2015," David Chewe, investments director at Zambia's National Pension Scheme Fund Authority, said in reply to questions. "This is part of the renewal of the central busin…