Our position on the Diaspora is very clear-we are a Diaspora friendly forum and whenever we design programmes or trainings, we will be having the Diaspora in mind. Take for instance our Tenders Tracker, a Diasporan is not likely to have access to tenders information, what is new, what are the trends etc. ZBIN ensures that our members have up to date information on tenders by compiling this information and posting it on our site or distributing it to subscribed members through our online newsletter. Our board is made up of 50% Diasporans and this ensures that there is sufficient representation of the Diaspora Voice is all the work that we do.
ZBIN and Youths
We also realise that most of our members are young people. Some are still at college, some recently finished college or some graduated but have no formal employment. Some are already in business or intending to start business. So what is the policy of ZBIN in relation to youths?
Our policy is that of assisting youths in everything that we do and to date we have covered various youths programmes such as:
- Youth Fund Opportunities by Potraz
- Interview with Roselyn Marere on Business Opportunities in India
- Employment Tracker to assist youths seeking employment
- Promotion of a Poultry App by a forum youngster
- The ZBIN Logo was designed by a young forum member called Tafadzwa
- The ZBIN website was redesigned by a young member with a company called SBT
- Our forum ZBIN Online Forex Trading targets young members
- We have been invited by a local university to carry out a business presentation targetting university students
- Featured the Bus Stop Start Up Interview to inspire youths
- ZBIN’s Tender Tracker is carried out by a young member of the forum
- We have actively promoted start ups from young members of the forum
So our forum caters the youth because the youth are particularly vulnerable to unemployment as a result of a combination of factors related to their lack of skills, lack of work experience, lack of collateral and limited access to business support services tailored towards their needs.
We will therefore be actively promoting the participation of youths in business especially in areas of provision of information and capacity building, promotion of initiatives targeting youths and covering businesses that do not require a lot of capital-startups.
Our best initiative targeting youths is the Online Forex Trading Initiative where we have provided various free trainings to our members so that they can have an appreciation of this initiative that has great potential to provide income to young forum members. The area of online forex trading has however been dogged by fraudsters who hoodwink the public into investing in them and thereafter disappearing with funds. Our policy at ZBIN is that members trade on their own, we give free information, provide training and enable members to network with seasoned traders. This helps in inspiring young members learn the ropes in a conducive environment where everything happens above board.
So to young members in business , the message is that ZBIN has got you covered and whenever we come out with initiatives, one of the key questions is ‘How about the Youths?’
