Chinese Commodities Fair – Zimbabwe

October 30, 2008 · Posted in Entrepreneurship, Other Business · Comment 

Source: Zimtrade Bulletin 30th October 2008

Chinese Commodities Fair – Zimbabwe
13 th–16th
November 2008
Zimbabwe International Travel and Tours is organizing the first edition of the Chinese Commodities Fair - Zimbabwe. It is an exhibition, which will attract exhibitors from all sectors of industry both locally and internationally including mining, agriculture and manufacturing. The fair will run from the 13th to the 16th of November at the Harare International Conference Centre. Read more

The 13 best ways to make money in Zimbabwe

September 4, 2008 · Posted in Business · 1 Comment 

Harare Hummer: Whilst Europeans and Americans are trading their big vehicles for smaller ones to save fuel, Hararians are competing to buy the biggest cars they can.

Harare Hummer: Whilst Europeans and Americans are trading their big vehicles for smaller ones to save fuel, Hararians are competing to buy the biggest cars they can.

While the world media focusses- and rightly so- on the poverty and political strife in Zimbabwe, there are those who are making raking in the big dollars and remain seemingly unaffected by the politics of the state.

The streets of Harare show off new cars every day. Hummers, Prados, BMWs and oh yes the ever popular Mercedes Benzes.

It is said that Zimbabwe has one of the highest numbers of Mercedes Benz vehicles per capita IN THE WORLD! Dig that.

But how on earth do people make so much money in an economy that is said to be the worst in the world, in a country with the highest inflation on earth- it’s in the millions now, and in a place where the politics have been very jittery for a really long time.

Here’s how: Read more