We witnessed the talented Barcelona star Lionel scoring his 700th goal this week and coincidentally we also posted our 700th article on this website….what a feat!
We formed the forum after realising that there was no effective platform for small businesses in Zimbabwe where entrepreneurs would easily access opportunities resources. No platform for small businesses discussions, resource sharing and networking.
Our first port of call was the creation of a Facebook platform which was anchored on business ideas or opportunities. The rest of the business Facebook pages focused on adverts, members posting as many ads as possible with no platform for business discussions.
Our forum has now grown to 75, 000 in Zimbabwe and 95,000 in South Arica. We linked the website to the Facebook platforms and also created various Whatsapp groups with more than 10,000. A complete cycle of information was therefore formed linking active platforms allowing members to have access to information and other resources, market places and networking.
The biggest small businesses forum in Zimbabwe was therefore formed and the forum is growing at a rate of 1000 new members in Zimbabwe and South Africa.
When we launched the forum in October 2014, only the ZBIN Mozambique members preparing for a tour of Mozambique attended and we are sure they did not know of the future impact of the website not only in Zimbabwe but across the region. When we redesigned the forum in 2015, we lost more than 300.000 views but if we are to add the tally to the current one—we have close to a million views of the website from 2016-2020!
We would like to thank everyone who supported the website which attracts hundreds of readers every day. Our innovation on Facebook of consolidated ads has resulted in monthly views of more than 700,000 with top posts attracting a viewership of 20,000.
The future of the website
- We are now ramping up our Youtube channel so that we can convert most of the articles into visuals and audios. This means readers will take less time viewing them than written content.
- We are also in the process of creating a mobile app and an E-commerce platform so that our members can have a secure market place for their products and services.
- Creation of a ZBIN Approved member list to reduce risks of scammers on the forum
- We have selected the top viewed posts and compiled them into 3 books
- Creation of a subscribed section with polished articles.
We would like to thank you all for the support including the ZBIN Board which funds the operation of the site. Our first website registered locally was inexplicably pulled down but this did not damper our spirits as we created another one.
As for the diaspora, we realised that there was no site to update you of local opportunities development….therefore this site came in handy.
Posting 700 articles on a constant basis for 4 years is not any easy feat as there is no rumeneration associated with it BUT we did it anyway as a patriotic way to uplift and inspire not only Zimbabweans but a lot of African entrepreneurs dotted across the globe.
Thank you all, keep visiting your site and giving us feedback. We also welcome talented correspondents to be part of our team as we upscale to the next level.
Zikomo
We witnessed the talented Barcelona star Lionel scoring his 700th goal this week and coincidentally we also posted our 700th article on this website….what a feat!
We formed the forum after realising that there was no effective platform for small businesses in Zimbabwe where entrepreneurs would easily access opportunities resources. No platform for small businesses discussions, resource sharing and networking.
Our first port of call was the creation of a Facebook platform which was anchored on business ideas or opportunities. The rest of the business Facebook pages focused on adverts, members posting as many ads as possible with no platform for business discussions.
Our forum has now grown to 75, 000 in Zimbabwe and 95,000 in South Arica. We linked the website to the Facebook platforms and also created various Whatsapp groups with more than 10,000. A complete cycle of information was therefore formed linking active platforms allowing members to have access to information and other resources, market places and networking.
The biggest small businesses forum in Zimbabwe was therefore formed and the forum is growing at a rate of 1000 new members in Zimbabwe and South Africa.
When we launched the forum in October 2014, only the ZBIN Mozambique members preparing for a tour of Mozambique attended and we are sure they did not know of the future impact of the website not only in Zimbabwe but across the region. When we redesigned the forum in 2015, we lost more than 300.000 views but if we are to add the tally to the current one—we have close to a million views of the website from 2016-2020!
We would like to thank everyone who supported the website which attracts hundreds of readers every day. Our innovation on Facebook of consolidated ads has resulted in monthly views of more than 700,000 with top posts attracting a viewership of 20,000.
The future of the website
- We are now ramping up our Youtube channel so that we can convert most of the articles into visuals and audios. This means readers will take less time viewing them than written content.
- We are also in the process of creating a mobile app and an E-commerce platform so that our members can have a secure market place for their products and services.
- Creation of a ZBIN Approved member list to reduce risks of scammers on the forum
- We have selected the top viewed posts and compiled them into 3 books
- Creation of a subscribed section with polished articles.
We would like to thank you all for the support including the ZBIN Board which funds the operation of the site. Our first website registered locally was inexplicably pulled down but this did not damper our spirits as we created another one.
As for the diaspora, we realised that there was no site to update you of local opportunities development….therefore this site came in handy.
Posting 700 articles on a constant basis for 4 years is not any easy feat as there is no rumeneration associated with it BUT we did it anyway as a patriotic way to uplift and inspire not only Zimbabweans but a lot of African entrepreneurs dotted across the globe.
Thank you all, keep visiting your site and giving us feedback. We also welcome talented correspondents to be part of our team as we upscale to the next level.
Zikomo Kwambili
Kwambili
