Barely three days after his inauguration, President
Mnangagwa has hit the ground running, announcing that his Government will
create a conducive environment in which all investments will be secure and
welcome in line with his “Zimbabwe is open for business” mantra.
The President urged the business community to take
advantage of Government’s re-engagement policies to forge synergies with
foreign investors beneficial to the economy.
Speaking at the launch of cutting-edge home and business
surveillance security products by a Chinese company, Hikvision, in Harare last
night, the President said the country should chart new development frontiers in
the Second Republic.
Hikvision partnered a leading local hardware and electrical
appliance supplier Nations Hardware and Electrical to supply its products in
Zimbabwe.
Last night’s event was President Mnangagwa’s first public
engagement after his inauguration on Sunday as Zimbabwe’s Second Executive
President.
“I encourage business, industry and commerce to take full
advantage of our engagement and re-engagement policy and establish mutual
beneficial partnerships across the world,” he said.
“My Government will continue to create an environment where
capital feels safe and businesses can thrive and create jobs for our people and
an improved standard of life for all.
“Nations Hardware and Electrical spelt out its strategy as
“Kaizen” meaning continuous improvement, which is the company’s thrust towards
continuous enhancement and expansion for the ultimate benefit of economic
growth.
“I also challenge you in the long run to seek avenues to
further our innovations, leveraging on my Government’s thrust and drive as
espoused in the incubation and innovation framework.
“I call upon business and industry at large to
conscientiously support and promote human capital development, start-up and
entrepreneurial initiatives that respond to the present and future needs of our
country.
“We must, as we move forward, be pro-active, bold and seek
to chart new frontiers in our development. Let us all within our respective
fields create a deliberate environment where talent is supported and promoted.”
President Mnangagwa hailed the partnership between Nations
and Hikvision saying: “Nations Hardware and Electrical together with partners
should be commended for this collaboration, for indeed it is through such
partnerships that Zimbabwe will thrive and achieve Vision 2030.
“Our quest to modernise the economy requires high level
security systems. In this regard, CCTV surveillance systems are indeed an
important component of any modern society. Not only are these systems a
forensic tool, but they can also be integrated with other monitoring devices,
alarm systems and access control devices, thus helping security personnel to
identify and interrupt security breaches as they occur or even before they take
place.
“Initiatives such as this one and the promotion of a broad
array of IT applications will cumulatively contribute to the national security
situation in the whole country.”
Nations Hardware and Electrical managing director Mr Rashid
Materia explained how some of the high tech cameras worked to secure premises.
He said their products were a solution to the security
challenges faced by businesses.
One of the company’s senior managers Mr Islam Jogee said:
“Zimbabwe is open for business, to quote our leader President Mnangagwa, and
Nations Hardware is ready and has always been ready to do business.
“Nations Hardware is the tools box of Zimbabwe and we not
only confining this work to the urban centres. We are actually supplying
outside Harare and other towns and cities. The aim is to set up branches in all
the towns and cities around the country, thereby becoming truly national. We
need to create employment.”
The Hikvision-Nations Hardware and Electrical product
launch was attended by senior Government officials, Hikvision officials from
China and Nations Hardware and Electrical executives.
After the event, President Mnangagwa was presented with a
cheque of US$20 000 worth of Hikvision surveillance products to donate to any
Government department of his choice. Herald
0 comments:
Post a Comment