We have covered 10 ways to identify opportunities on this site several times. We also included in our 2022 book a quiz and answers on opportunities identification. Question is—did you follow?

Anyway we get tonnes of requests from members inquiring about what sort of businesses they can undertake with capital X? Not bad to have a compass direction of the journey to undertake but always starting with capital limits one from thinking of the big picture.

The confinement of capital availability restricts exploration of others sources of funding such as partnerships, or assistance from friends and relatives. It’s a boxed approach and hinders growth prospects.

Anyway here are interesting ways to identify opportunities in 2023.

Analyse adverts on Social Media: Gives you a hint on what’s selling, what are the key market priorities etc. Of course sounds lazy but you could study the value chains of where the goods are being sourced—where are the gaps and then do your own business plans. The danger is market fluctuations—so need to do thorough researches beforehand.

What is keeping Runners Busy? Congrats to Luwy Kay Kusemwa for being hosted on Capitalk FM today. We are very proud of one of our subscribed member whose brand is growing exponentially. Luwy is involved in Buying from China and also teaches students on how to do it on their own.

Runners like Luwy have taken the region by storm. Runners in Zambia, Malawi, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe. The Runners are not buying goods on behalf of clients who want to consume goods. Most of the clients of Runners are mostly  buying for resale. What are the key products Runners are buying? This should give you a hint on what’s trending. Of course for a complete view on imports—Zimstats provide figures. But there are some small items Runners engage in that will not feature on consolidated Zimstats figures.

So there you are, read more on identifying opportunities and we did cover this on our platforms—additional information shared just to help you identify faster trending opportunities.

So yesterday I was 70 kilometres away to the East of Harare, what did i see?

Anyway after passing the Mabvuku turn off an idea struck me,

How about a shopping mall at the turn off?

Mabvuku and Tafara residents have not experienced any new developments over the past decades. How about something exciting such as a mall that will also cater for Eastview, Ruwa and Highway Traffic?

Anyway back to the highway.

Surrey Stop Over

The big pies are still tasty and Surrey has replaced Halfway as stop over of choice along the Harare-Mutare Highway.

Big City, Big Mall

Marondera not yet a city but the massive expansion in residential population likely to make this the first City in Mash East

Most of the developments hidden from the highway but Marondera is one of the fastest expanding towns!

Residential area expansions. Looks like the diaspora dollars are doing the trick in oiling the real estate sector.

It’s therefore no suprise why a ‘new’ roofing material manufacturer has set up a plant in Marondera. Who owns it? Looks like the Chinese?

But the biggest news has to be a new massive mall coming up. A sign of Marondera telling the world they mean serious business!

And a town expert summed up the developments in the town.

‘A decade ago I needed 5 litres of fuel to drive around Marondera but today 15 litres not enough’

Looking for land? Put Marondera at the top.

•No traffic congestions,

•No pollution,

•Cost of living affordable,

The only challenge is ZESA but some of the surrounding farms could be turned into Solar Farms?

Our first Premium Chat in 2023 should be on Town Planning and we are inviting Town Planning Experts to tell us about developments around the country.