THE country’s speedy economic recovery hinges on all
Zimbabweans and businesses embracing a shared national vision to come up with a
“Proudly Zimbabwean” product saleable to the world, President Mnangagwa has
said.
Officially opening the 5th CEO Africa Roundtable here
yesterday, President Mnangagwa, who was the guest speaker, said the country’s
vision is to be a prosperous middle class economy characterised by increased
investment, decent jobs, free from poverty and corruption by 2030.
“I want to call upon every Zimbabwean whether local or in
the Diaspora to come on board and help rebuild our country. Our national
aspirations can be speedily realised through a shared vision and the creation
of a ‘Proudly Zimbabwean’ product and service culture.
“Zimbabwe is ours together hence we all have an obligation
to build a resilient and productive economy underpinned by entrepreneurship,
professionalism and the ingenuity of our people. Let us in our individual and
collective groupings build national consensus towards the realisation of vision
2030,” he said.
President Mnangagwa said he had engaged stakeholders widely
and was optimistic of a brighter future for the country.
He challenged Zimbabweans to be patriotic and have a change
of mindset to grow the economy.
Cde Mnangagwa urged local businesses to seek joint ventures
and private-public partnerships with foreign partners to harness capital and
technology to promote economic recovery.
“In this regard let me make an emphatic invitation to local
companies to be at the forefront of increasing and expanding their operations
as this demonstrates confidence in our country’s potential and vision for the
future.
“I urge business, industry and commerce to take a leading
role in easing the doing of business and enhancing competitiveness through
innovative ICT solutions that simplify our daily management and administrative
tasks,” he said.
President Mnangagwa, who launched the ICT policy on
Wednesday, said the use of technology should cascade to all sectors of the
economy as the country modernises.
He urged captains of industry to support technological
innovation by availing funding, sponsorship and mentorship to young innovators,
as well as support linkages in the Special Economic Zones.
President Mnangagwa appealed to industry and business to
design their strategies with regional integration in mind, saying this would
help integrate Zimbabwe into the main streams of global trade and support the
“Zimbabwe is open for business” mantra.
He challenged businesses to decentralise so as to develop
provincial and rural economies and create more jobs in line with the country’s
vision 2030.
President Mnangagwa said there is no going back on zero
tolerance to corruption and appealed to industry to practise good corporate
governance and show the way by inculcating a culture of integrity,
accountability, transparency and hard honest work.
For realisation of the various goals, President Mnangagwa
said, his administration is committed to addressing policies and regulations
that impede business through unnecessary bureaucracy, red tape, bottlenecks and
high costs.
He said the country was drawing lessons from economies such
as China, India, Japan, Singapore and South Korea.
Cde Mnangagwa said some of the government’s priority
capital projects include recapitalisation of the National Railways of Zimbabwe,
dualisation of the country’s major highways and power generation as these are
key enablers in attracting foreign direct investment.
CEOs from both public and private sector are attending the
conference which ends today under the theme: “Zimbabwe open for business Agenda
2040.”
President Mnangagwa said the meeting creates a platform for
networking to enable government and the private sector to deliberate on topical
issues to set the country firmly on a new economic path. Herald
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