Rebuilding Foundations, Caring for People

Zimbabwe's ballooning food import bill now stands at US$2 billion annually. The Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) and Africa Economic Development Strategies (AEDS) have therefore convened a high‑level meeting to explore strategies for reducing the reliance on food imports. "The meeting is convened against a backdrop of heightened global geopolitical uncertainty and repeated supply chain disruptions, which have exposed the risks of reliance on food imports," their statement reads. The statement also warned that food import dependence is a national security vulnerability.

It was a Christmas when the Diaspora came home for the holidays, pushing trolleys full of groceries, filling up the tills. It was a time when we luxuriated in clean bank notes that hadn’t been tucked away in shoes, socks and bras, glued together or washed and dried in the sun. Christmas was a time when National Railways staff didn’t get their December salaries at all and were notified that they would be delayed due to ‘financial challenges”.  I sat outside watching the dawn early one morning thinking about our Zimbabwe and how much longer we must live like this, struggling to survive…..

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Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa’s Econet InfraCo is initiating a substantial 300-hectare industrial development project adjacent to the Robert Mugabe International Airport in Harare. The proposed location aims to blend power, connectivity and logistics to attract manufacturing and export-focused businesses. This is part of a broader strategy that emphasizes artificial intelligence and infrastructural innovation. (Masiyiwa is a highly respected philanthropist widely recognized for his extensive humanitarian work and contributions to health, education and development across Africa.)