Diaspora Matters

So often people fail in business and lose money and time not because they lack the knowledge and skills to run a business but because they lack the necessary passion for the kind of business they are in and end up investing all their efforts on a pipe dream. I always say that a business idea is useless without the backing of passion and drive.

God created us with multiple skills so that we wouldn’t have to depend on anyone for our survival.. But even skills have categories and as much as we are multi talented our passion lies in certain things or skills not in everything we think we can do. As an entrepreneur first know your strengths, do an introspection then cultivate them into tools that will help build your empire..

 Example : Youre an entrepreneur, you cook and sell food, make profit to make ends meet, but you also buy and sell clothes, engage with people, do research about the latest fashion, buy in bulk and recruit people to sell under you. You can do both these jobs well but when you are selling the food there’s no fierceness in you as much as when you are selling the clothes and engaging with the fashionistas of the world. But because you dont know where your passion lies you continue to exhaust yourself by juggling both jobs thinking one day things will change while investing time and money and draining yourself by dragging dead weight. At the end of the day you have two businesses that you are running which aren’t performing because you as an entrepreneur are not giving them your full potential because you haven’t mastered where your passion lies. Then you fail because you’re a jack of all trades but a master on none

My Advice : Introspection! Introduction! Execution!

☆Research yourself.. Find out exactly what is it that you want to do.. Find your passion and commit. You can run one business and still manage to turn it into an empire as long as you know your passion and commit.. Look at Bill Gates.

☆Stop second guessing yourself, if business is for you then it’s for you. Take the passion to another level and start thinking like a mogul. In business you will notice that once you get your mind set off the gutter and start thinking like a business person, then your language starts to change, your circles start to change and you start researching and associating yourself with people who add value to your hustle.. The smell of success does that to you so don’t be apologetic for the changes in you.. Marinade in them..

☆Then implementation can begin.. Start grounding your business.. It is not a sin to treat other business ventures as a hobby., something you do on the side while you commit you time and money and invest in the one business venture you are passionate about..Find it and stick to it and remember it takes blood, sweat, tears, many failures and sleepless nights to build and establish and make a name for yourself as a business and a brand. You will fail many times but the key to is rise again and do your best..Business is about learning. Be a Phoenix!!!

We are slowly gaining ground in the region especially Botswana, Malawi and South Africa and a business post by ZBIN in South Africa usually attracts not less than 100 reactions some even going up to 2000! The number of South Africans joining our business groups is increasing at a faster rate and the reason for this is simple-we know the language of small businesses! We know what small business want across the region and this is what we concentrate on. We provide a platform for people in Southern Africa to discuss business and especially opportunities.

Our acceptance in the region will see us dispatching various teams to Malawi, Botswana and South Africa starting this week. We will be covering entrepreneurship-empowering women and youths who are our focus. Time permitting we may also cover Chichiri Prison in Blantyre. We would like to help empower women in prison. Women in prison are some of the most vulnerable members of society and when they leave prison most have nowhere to start from-they have no support systems to help them integrate with society. We therefore will be offering our free service to help them kick start income generating projects that will employ them and others as well. More of this initiative coming in the next few months as the forum gets extremely busy. The initiative is Zimbabwean, designed by Zimbabwean inorder to benefit Zimbabweans and the region as a whole. So do expect the ZBIN flag to be flying in Lilongwe and Blantyre next week. We will also be covering Gaberone and Francistown during the same week. We are already in Jozi and hope to expand to other cities in the Rainbow Nation.

In everything that we are doing, the target is how many jobs have we created? How much income did ZBIN help create across the region? If you are a development practitioner, then you should watch this initiative with keen interest because it is zero funded! How does  a zero funded project  create hundreds of jobs and improve livelihoods of  thousands ? The verdict will be out within the next 6 months and we hope to launch a book that should showcase the brilliance and sheer determination of Southern Africa citizens.

What is brewing in Mhondoro?

Mhondoro is going to be our first rural area that we have adopted and this is due to a teacher from the area who is working with us. She is currently on holiday and we are developing a brilliant empowerment project which should be a good case study on women empowerment especially access to markets for rural based women. Scholars of market linkages should watch this initiative closely as we hope to make a positive impact within the next 6 months.

ZBIN Facebook Live

We became the first business forum to use Facebook Live in Zimbabwe and have not looked back. A brilliant platform for information dissemination and Capacity Building. The future of capacity building is not in one organising participants in a class and delivering speeches. It is old fashioned, expensive and may not be effective. In most cases it may not even have follow ups because trainers just come train and go-perhaps leave a few handouts which are quickly discarded as soon as a training is completed.

Now using social media such as Facebook Live Updates there are plenty of advantages—participants are engaged, one can always refer to it or even share a broadcast. It can be stored for future references. It reaches more people and practically costs nothing when compared to hotel conferencing.

ZBIN is still in the early stages of this broadcast which is still characterised by poor quality video broadcasts. We are aware of the hiccups and are working on improving. For now the strategy is to get Zimbabweans talking about business, Zimbabweans to use the facility for nation building and inspiring young entrepreneurs.

We have hosted foreign nationals too with Vee from East London being the first South African to feature on the platform. She got 700 views and not bad for her debut Facebook Live.We also had Thelma Wills with her debut this week and she garnered 450 views. The trend shows an upward trajectory in viewership and we hope to increase it as we improve the quality of our broadcast delivery.

What is up this week?

The focus is on South Africa, not because of the planes standoff but unlocking opportunities in Mzantsi. Opportunities for Zimbabweans as well as South Africans. We hope to also feature more Facebook Live Updates from SA citizens. This will help in cementing ties between the 2 countries and the region as a whole.

So wishing you a blessed week

Twalumba

The purpose of this article is not to scare away people from investing-rather it is meant to encourage people to do thorough researches before investing. Jump in and invest in a business venture you are not too sure of and you will end up with heavy losses.

Below we look at the top small business ventures where first timers usually lose money.

1. Mabhero-Second Hand Bales. At face value this looks like a lucrative business, you buy mabhero ako at $250 or $350 and make returns of above $700 right? Well making money with mabhero is easier said than done. Most people find out the hard way when the bales they are sold are either of low quality or do not have the correct material as advertised. Our verdict is exercise caution when dealing with mabhero.
2. Restaurant Business-Profit margins in this business are very low and most first timers do not know. You see others with huge number of customers and want to join in? Take your time to analyse this business as the failure rate is extremely high. Most leave the business with heavy losses and debts. If you want evidence then do look around and find someone who has been in this business for more than 5 years. The numbers you will find will be limited. There are many tricks in this business that you need to master such as growing own veges or raising own chickens so as to eliminate buying from shops.
3. Poultry Industry– No doubt the easiest field to enter, just buy a few chickens and raise them. After raising them then sell…easy as ABC right? Well not so easy-you need experience in this sector and if you do not have experience your chances of encountering heavy losses are high-extremely high! You may have to learn the hard way with poultry diseases, being conned by employees, customers who do not pay or buying sub standard chickens which result in poor yields.
4. Kombi Business-First timers have horrible tales about this industry. You just watch others making money uchinzwa makombi ane mari and you want to jump in right? Yes you can jump in but if you have little experience then you are a sure bet for heavy losses! Your problems will start with the people you choose to run your business-the Driver and Hwindi, 2 people who can connive to make your business a loss making one. They may even set targets to buy their own kombi using your own kombi. No matter the tight internal controls that you can put-the 2 employees will always find a way to take funds from the business. Finding honest employees is impossible. So take your time before taking the plunge in this shark infested business.
5. Tobacco Farming –A few years ago, tobacco was KING! The crop helped to empower a lot of people especially the resettled farmers. Those in rural areas joined the bandwagon especially in 2009. With prices as high as $5 or $6 in the year 2009, most people abandoned all projects and concentrated on this cash cow. Some stopped farming other crops opting to plant tobacco. Some in urban areas descended to rural areas in order to take up tobacco farming. Most were disappointed, they learnt the hard way when prices started slowing down in the following years. I know of several people who took bank loans in order to farm tobacco-few managed to repay the loans after selling their crops. A visit to most rural areas shows that those who had opted for tobacco have since abandoned it and with many resettled farmers complaining of the low prices this year-the expectation is that the number of growers will continue to dwindle. Interested in farming tobacco? Congratulations but be very careful-do make sure you have insurance, irrigation equipment and all the necessary inputs. You lose little by engaging experts who will give you guidance, trends and carry out feasibility studies for you.

We can add more areas where many lose money especially when they are first timers. The trick to reduce losses is to carefully study any proposed business venture. Talk to others, develop a business plan and engage experts.

1. Open CIPC website
2. Go to “Register Customer code”
3. Once you’ve registered. customer code, seach their bank account.
4. Go and deposit R350.…
5. R350 will appear on your cutomer code when you login, just like when you check airtime.
6. Start by reserving your business name online. Options will appear when you are logged in. Name reservation is R50.
7. They’ll send you confirmation of name reserved via email, and also forms to register that name, meaning now company registration. You scan and email them all the information they required, they’ll mention requirements on their email. R175 to register.
8. Then they’ll send u company certificate. All transactions you do on CIPC will deduct from that R350.
9. Go with it at BANK to open business account. Is R500
10. Go with all BANK details and company documents to SARS to finalise your SARS information.
11. Then ask anyone with a company where can u register ur BBBEE certificate, then go there to do it. Those are Charted Accountants Agencies, registered agencies
12. Go to SEDA to do your Business Plan. For FREE.
13 If u wanna do Business with Government, then go to CSD (Central Supplier Database) Website and register ur company with your commodities. Then you will appear in all Government Spheres so they call u when they want ur service.
14. Mantain and Develop your company

★The first stage is to locate a site you are interested in.
An approved prospector *(You can contact Mines Office for Approved
buy a prospecting license from the mines office in the province you wish to register the block/ mine…

Have you seen the latest syllabi from leading universities in the world? There is emphasis on globalisation and global strategies. Students are supposed to strategically think in a global way. Restricting your thinking to your local context is no longer good enough. Think beyond Zimbabwe, plan beyond Zimbabwe and tap into opportunities that abound beyond our borders. This will help your initiatives ensuring sustainability. A risk in Zim maybe an opportunity in Botswana and vice versa. Red tape in Zimbabwe may not exist in South Africa and so on.

So next week when you sit on the table discussing or reviewing company performance-are you going to think strategically or you will restrict yourself to Zimbabwe? When you review your performance on the Balanced Scorecard, are you going to review how you are doing globally or you will simply review local perspectives?

Restrict yourself locally and you will have no one to blame! Trends coming are that of companies breaking boundaries-through digital marketing one sees companies advertising to readers or potential clients in countries that are far from their location. I can decide to target stone sculpture lovers in Moldova or Ukraine, at a click of a button-I can target young adults in Manchester or Houghston! I can compete with a company doing business in Kenya without leaving Harare…

ZBIN and Global Perspective

Last week we had a global initiative that targeted Malawi, Lesotho, Swaziland, South Africa and Botswana. Within 2 weeks, we had our best success story to date! Within ZBIN forums one now hears SeTswana, Nyanja, Sotho, Zulu, Xhosa….we have become regional! In a few weeks it will be Portuguese within our forums as we add the Portuguese in Mozambique too.

We have a fabulous case study of what lies ahead in terms of business in Southern Africa. We managed to invite 7 regional representatives to Zimbabwe within a space of 2 weeks. We did not know them 2 weeks ago, they also did not know that they were to come to Zimbabwe in 2 weeks time. Everything happened so fast like lightning and we did not disappoint-high quality training and logistics that ensured the success of a program designed and delivered in Zimbabwe.

Most had doubts especially those coming from Botswana and South Africa-the question was what is it of good that can come from Zimbabwe, a country facing financial troubles? Some were warned against coming to Zim but they resisted the pressure-they all came –enjoyed what they saw- and went back. It was a humbling experience to see some visiting Zimbabwe for the first time and the good thing is the follow up that ZBIN will be doing going to all of the 6 countries we covered. Within a week, we created 7 regional jobs, we also created an additional 5 jobs of local staff who will be supporting the regional countries. The 7 regional jobs are supposed to each create more than 50 jobs in their countries within the next 6-8 months.

This is going to be a successful story of Africans designing their own programs and funding them without government nor donor support! This is going to be a story of Southern Africans creating value by working together doing what they enjoy most-business!

We kick started the programme last week and our capital was $1,000 only but this amount is going to create hundreds of jobs, empower thousands of people across the region and we hope that it is a model that will inspire a lot of stakeholders. More to come in terms of updates and review in the coming months.

So whats Up this week?

ZBIN to be extremely busy with our regional initiative so expect few activities from your favourite forum. Major events involve the following:

Facebook Live: Have you seen the poor quality of our videos? We sincerely apologise for this and hope to improve-maybe in the nearby future we will be able to afford studio equipment for the live broadcasts. For now we have to do with what is available…do our thang and keep going! We are covering all members on the forum-locals and diasporans. This week we do have Thelma talking about investment on Wednesday at 7:00pm. Do not miss this one-we urge you to participate and come with questions.

Focus on Mining: We hope to cover a couple of mining issues-command mining opportunities and everything you may want to know about mining such as registration of mining claims and mineral prices

Business Opportunities in South Africa: Estimates put the number of our sons and daughters in South Africa at 3 million. Some have doubted the figure especially when compared with official records of the number of Zimbabweans in South Africa. What we all agree on is that the population of Zimbos in SA is huge. Most of the people staying there are working as professionals which is not bad but the time for entrepreneurship in coming up fast! Time to venture into entrepreneurship is slowly coming up….Zimbos in SA should think beyond the current professional jobs market! There are plenty of opportunities that we seem to be overlooking. We are therefore starting a serious campaign for Zimbos in SA to take advantage of opportunities in Mzantsi and we will do this by providing free information.

So enough for this week, wishing you happy holidays

Munemo wekwa Musana-Bindura!

Have you ever asked yourself, what can I grow in my backyard with the little expertise that I have in the shortest possible time at the same time earning that extra dollar?. You do not need to have a very huge backyard for you to be able to implement this, the most important aspect is being able to utilize to the max the land that you have.

1. African kale,Rugare

This is a very fast maturing kale and after seeding you should begin harvesting your in 5- 6 weeks. However African Kale does not respond well to transplanting most of us use suckers which really do well. Thin at six weeks and then you can harvest the remaining plants as you would any other kale. Use plenty of organic manure for larger leaves.

2. Cowpeas

If you are growing cowpeas for the leaves and not the seed, you should be able to harvest in about six weeks or at most two months. Cowpeas likes virgin soil or at least a lot of manure. So don’t be shy about applying manure from cows or chickens.

3. Cabbage

Some varieties of cabbage will mature in as short as two months from seedling.

4. Pumpkin

As long as you are growing pumpkin for the leaves and not the fruit, your crop should be ready in well under two months.Muboora is very popular at MbareMusika and can fetch good prices.

5. Spinach

With direct seeding, spinach should be ready in about two and a half months. If you are starting with seedlings instead of seeds the spinach will mature a little slower because it takes time to get over the shock of transplanting. This crop is highly nutritious and one of my personal favourites.

6. Potatoes

Potatoes mature in two to four months depending on the variety.

7. Baby carrots

These should be ready in about 30 days.

8. Squash

Squash should be ready in 70 days which is quite a short time.

9. Coriander

Coriander leaves take about at the very most six weeks to mature.

10. Peas

Garden peas mature in 60 days which translates to two months.

11. Beans

Some varieties of beans take less than two months to mature.

12. Parsley

Your parsley should be ready in a record three weeks. You can even dry the parsley and sell it as dried which fetches a better price on the market.

For detailed production guide on any of the above mentioned crops make don’t hesitate to contact Agro Aid Trust.

Emmanuel DN Dube is the senior agronomist at Agro Aid Trust and Chief agronomist at ZBIN, if you have any questions please email him on agroaidtrustzimbabwe@gmail.com +263783 495 396

The world is spinning at an alarming pace-its unbelievable!Some things which were impossible 20 years ago have been made possible. Take for instance 1998 when the first cellphone was brought into the country. I remember well the Mango package by Telecel, a  phone which was dismissed  by many sceptics. You see, we had been used to the old phones for more than 20 years and could not understand why we needed to change to the cell phones. Even though i could afford to buy the new tele communication toys in town, I chose to ignore it because I really did not see much value in it.

Fast forward to 2018 and what do we see? An alarming rate of change which has resulted in the emergence of big global corporates such as Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook-the list is endless. The richest person in Zimbabwe at the time was Mutumwa Mawere but 20 years down the line we have Dr Strive Masiyiwa.

What does this point to? Dear reader, the writing is on the wall…..the future is technology! Grasp technology and you will have a competitive advantage-ignore it and you can only do so at your own peril.

My missed opportunities in 1998 were to grab the Mango Cellphone and become a sales agent, become a cellphone shop owner. There are plenty of other opportunities lost because i was not forward looking with technology at the centre. I was a student intern working for NCR Zimbabwe, a technological hub at the time working as a cost accountant. NCR Zimbabwe at the time owned 280 Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) at the time which was a 99% monopoly in the country. My role included calculating the up and down time of ATM machines-preparing management reports and costing to banks. During spare time i would join engineers in repairing ATMs. I rue the missed chances of grabbing opportunities in the tech field. My focus was finishing my attachment, going back to college and finish my degree program. My focus was on doing articles, complete and get a good job. Entrepreneurship never crossed my mind and i never asked what the introduction of the cellphones meant for the future.

Speed and Opportunities

The first Mango product would lead to a smart phone which we enjoy today. In the 20 years the phone has transformed to include and replaced the camera man. If you were around in the 80/90s then you should be aware of the influential role that the camera man played in taking photos. This was a profession which employed thousands of people in Zimbabwe-most of them now replaced by the smart phone.

The M-Pesa in Kenya disrupted the banking sector and opened opportunities for platforms such as Ecocash which now hold more money deposits than the traditional mortar and building banking system.

If you mentioned in 1998 that one day people will phone to UK or USA for free, then you would have been taken to a mental institution for evaluation. If you mentioned that the Mango product was going to give rise to a multi- billion dollar industry called Facebook then you were to be considered a patient for Ingutsheni!

In 1998 we played music on cassettes and i remember my big collection of music which i stored on my briefcase. If you had told me that the mango phone was going to store my music then i would have dismissed you as insane.

I can go on and on and talking about impossible things that have been made possible since 1998. What is shocking is the pace of development in under 20 years. The endless opportunities that has been created-from Amazon to Facebook. I remember opening my first email address with Yahoo-it did not cross my mind at the time that the free facility was infact a marketing platform that would create billions of dollars for its founders.

Future Projections

Talking about the past helped you to grasp the dark cloud of ignorance that clouded the nation in the late 90s. The ignorance led us to missing out on future opportunities as we resisted new technological trends. We should perhaps have studied what was happening in the developed world?

Now looking at the next 20 years what do we project? Your starting point is writing everything that is said to be impossible and all the monopolies that exist:

1. Increased use of drones in Zimbabwe including transporting people?
2. People adopting the use of new currency such as Bitcoins rendering the RBZ useless?
3. Schools and Universities replaced by online educational institutions?
4. Government Bodies replaced by online entities?
5. Presidential and Parliamentary elections conducted online?
6. Medical Doctors and replaced by Online Platforms?
7. More people employed online than on conventional jobs?

The list above can be added to more than a thousand and what does this tell us? The online or digital market presents immense opportunities to those who grab and adopt. The future is digital and old ways of doing business no longer work. More professions will be replaced or rendered useless! We are already seeing it with newspapers where people are resorting to various social media options for news. Professions which are highly paid today may not be so in the next 5-10 years. Professions that take 4-5 years of study may be replaced by those that take 2-3 days.

What does this mean for you?

• Watch closely developments in the technological world
• Compare and contrast what is happening in various countries especially the developed world
• Upgrade your skills so that you remain relevant
• Do not dismiss any technology; you can only do so at your own peril
• Always look for opportunities and risks created by new technology
• If you are slow or old to adopt new technology, then surround yourself with those that know it
• Include technology strategy in your overall company strategy-view it as a competitive advantage
• Technology is creating new markets-how will you benefit from new markets created?

So get ready for another 20 years that will shock to death those who first witnessed the Mango phone in 1998. In 2038, Zimbabwe will be a completely new country and those ruling it will be those that grasped the technological revolution.

The future is digital and this is why Masiyiwa said the internet of things will be more valuable than real estate!

Did you know that Zimbabweans can now make carpet and rugs? Did you know that local women can now produce nice carpet and rugs that can compete with imported ones when it comes to quality? Some of you may be shocked and it is not surprising! Our own Zimbo ladies can now produce rugs and carpets to decorate their homes as well as selling them to other women in Zimbabwe.

An initiative of the Zimbabwe Business Ideas and Network, we introduced this programme in July 2017 and it has already gone viral in the region. This resulted in us training 7 Tapestry Champions namely:

• Ntesang-Botswana
• Tshepiso-Botswana
• Nonhlanhla-South Africa
• Jessica-Swaziland
• Sella- Malawi
• Louise-Malawi
• Monica –Malawi

The champions arrived last Sunday and left Harare on Wednesday this week. It was a  great coincidence that they graduated on International Women’s Day. Through the programme we are hoping to create thousands of jobs for women across Southern Africa because the demand is unbelievable! We posted an advert in the 7 countries mentioned above 2 weeks ago and it went viral resulting in over 7,000 likes and 8,000 responses.

We created groups for the 6 countries that we covered and so the champions are going back to an already set market which they will be tapping from.

How does one benefit from Tapestry?

1. Once trained, you become a trainer
2. Producing carpets and rugs for home
3. Producing carpets for sale locally
4. Producing carpets for sale regionally
5. Selling carpets on behalf of clients you have trained

We combined the technical tapestry training with an entrepreneurship training so as to develop a person who is able to produce material and also find markets for them. Simply training people for the sake of training is not good enough -trainees should be able to access markets for their produce and there should be follow ups.

During the training, one of the trainees from Botswana-Ntesang managed to get an order for her rug even before the end of the training. This small rug became the first tapestry rug to be sold in Botswana on Zimbabwe soil.

Other Opportunities for Tapestry

Religion: We discussed at length the endless opportunities that exist from developing tailor made rugs for the Christian community-from prayer mats, Bible verses, church logos, Christian themes such as Easter and Christmas.

Culture: The Swaziland Champion is going to make a rug for presentation to King Mswati, more opportunities exist for totem themes –Mhofu, Gora, Museyamwa, Samanyanga etc. Periods such as Valentine will provide rich pickings for those who would have made tailor made rugs. Wedding gifts in the form of tailor made rugs and carpets can make an impact.

Sports: With soccer being the most popular sport in Southern Africa-teams such as Kaiser Chiefs, Orlando Pirates, Dynamos, Motor Action, Caps United, Malawi Wanderers and Township Rollers will make an impact. Add to this popular English teams such as Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea will be crucial in the marketing of rugs.

What made the programme popular? Simple-it involves women taking charge of their designs, women using their hands and innovative minds to design what they want rather than buying a ready made carpet. This is a skill a woman also teaches others including her own children.

So what happens during training?

It is a 2-3 day training and covers technical skills of how to design and knit rugs and carpets. We wrap up the training with entrepreneurship course. Trainees take home 2 rugs, one small which should be completed during the training and another big one which can be completed after training at home.

Machinery Requirement

There is no need for sewing machines one just gets a few needles, carpet mat and design templates and they will be done.

Markets Follow Ups

ZBIN makes follow ups and helps members who produce carpets and mats to secure markets.

Cost of Training

It costs $100 per person or $60 per person for groups of 10 and above.

Social Responsibility

ZBIN supports women in prison with tapestry skills and we provide this for free

Interested in Tapestry?

Visit us at No 34 Qendon Road in Monavale, Our land line Number is 339 454 or 0774081808.

Zimbabwe Trainings are only limited up to end of August as we have a lot of trainings lined up in the region.

This should be one of the best news for Zimbabwe! Kwese Tv has been granted a licence by the Government and will soon start broadcasting into Zimbabwe in a few weeks to months time. Great news that will break the monopoly that was being enjoyed by Dstv Multi-Choice. Now we will have one of our own and this is likely to result in saving of forex because we were spending more than $400 million per year on Dstv alone.

So at national level we will have the country saving on hundreds of millions of dollars per year now how about at individual level? What are the business opportunities that you should be able to grab?

We will only focus on 3 opportunities, you are free to add more.

1. Kwese Decoder Agents: Kwese tv has been launched in various countries and in all the countries the first thing that has happened is the immediate opening of opportunities for those that sell kwese tv decoders. Grab this opportunity with both hands….usamire kungonzwa ma adverts arikuti decoder agents-rush and grab! For evidence of this issue, go to Dr Strive Masiyiwa’s page and find out the thousands of inquiries from those selling decoders or interested in selling decoders. Those employed should not lose out-grab the opportunity and employ others to run the business on your behalf.
2. Decoder Installations: Business will obviously start on a low tip but picking up with time, the peak may be reached by December. Those interested in installing decoders-hewo mukana! We expect thousands of households to install new decoders-numbers to reach millions within the next 12 months. Establish yourself as the ‘to go to guy’ for the new installations. Establish Facebook Pages where you will advertise your services.
3. Local Content Producers: The trending concept on Kwese Tv is Entreprenurship! Millions of Africans are tuning in to Kwese Tv some are following Dr Strive Masiyiwa on his Facebook Pages and do you want to know why they are following him? The answer is simple-Entrepreneurship! Most people want to know how to make money, how he made it…Dr Strive Masiyiwa represents a success story of entrepreneurship and he goes out of his way to engage readers or followers! He has grasped Social Media well. Followers want constant updates and engagement! So for local content producers, here is your chance to develop high quality television material that will be featured on the channel. The message is entrepreneurship, you will need to be innovative and come up with refreshing content that help inspire young entrepreneurs who will constitute the majority of the viewers.

So the sky is the limit for those that will be prepared, for those that move fast as millions of Zimbabweans move to Kwese Television. We expect thousands of jobs to be created, lots of opportunities to come to all areas-urban and rural!

Your homework this weekend and holiday will be to study what has been happening in all countries where this television was introduced and then come with a personal plan. We hope to see the ZBIN Community grabbing 60% of the first opportunities that come ….. All the best.