The Zimbabwe digital marketing landscape is made up of 1 million locals on Facebook, over 5 million with access to internet and an estimated 4 million connected to Whatsapp. The figures do not include diasporans where an estimated 3 million are based. Many companies are not aware of the huge numbers that exist on the platform and this is an advantage to those that grab a market share before saturation.

So who has been doing well on digital platforms?

1. Nash Paints
2. Marrilier Properties
3. Kubatana.net
4. President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Page
5. Seedco

The battle is between Nash Paints and Marrilier Properties and whoever is helping in designing their digital marketing campaigns need a half year bonus! Students of digital marketing need to analyse the above top 5 champions and get hints on what works on the Zimbabwean digital landscape.

When it comes to investment in Zimbabwe, rural district council opportunities are the most underrated! What make investment difficult with rural district councils is the absence of online presence. A lot of them have a lot of commercial and residential stands which are available but finding no buyers! Our rural district councils are not ‘Open for Business‘ despite having plenty of opportunities available. ZBIN is playing a small role to bring you a few opportunities and the hope is that in future someone will create a platform that helps to showcase investment opportunities that abound in our rural areas.

Below we feature investment opportunities from Mutasa Rural District Council which has the following:

Investment in sustainable tourism enterprises

Mining of precious stones

Investment in gravity fed irrigation schemes

Investment in wind and solar energy projects

Investment in agro-processing industries

investment in value addition and beneficiation initiatives

For inquiries contact the council on the following details:

Telephone : 0772 136925/0772136926

Email:info@mutasardc.org.zw