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Tafirenyika Makunike

FOR the next few weeks, I would like to focus on enterprise development as one of the opportunities for our communities whether at home or in the Diaspora.

With Zimbabwean unemployment levels hovering north of 70%, this option need to be clearly promoted as a career option because most of us have been brought up on just a job-focused mindset.

A few years ago, we were hosted by China’s Ministry of Science and Technology in the city of Shanghai with a population of more than 18 million. We visited the University of Pudong, Shanghai Business and Technology Incubator, the massive science part in the city and similarly related incubators. The purpose of the visit was to understand how China was using incubation as a means for enterprise development.

 

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Author:Tafirenyika Makunike