Business and investment opportunities

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CITY OF HARARE

BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

HARARE

VISION

Harare to achieve a World Class City Status by the year 2025

MISSION

To provide first class service delivery and promote investment

VALUES

· Commitment

· Integrity

· Transparency

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES OBJECTIVES

1. To unlock Council assets value.

2. To increase investment through the promotion of Public Private Partnerships.

3. To ensure sustainable financing of Council service delivery

4. To increase the asset register for the city of Harare

5. To ensure maximum return on council investment

1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

City of Harare, popularly referred to as the Sunshine City, is the capital of Zimbabwe with an estimated population of more than two million. City of Harare is the hub of economic activities and innovation in the country leading in financial, commercial, industrial and Information Communication Technology. It therefore follows that the Local Authority must provide services that promote and sustain economic growth.

Infrastructure and innovation has been identified as the key enablers of the economic growth across the globe and the City has an important role in ensuring such is provided. More so, the new thrust in Zimbabwe of creating “Smart Cities” is making a distinct foothold in competing for investment in the global arena and the pivotal role the capital city ought to play cannot be underestimated.

The major objective of this business and investment opportunities prospectus is to attract capital investment on identified projects within the city of Harare jurisdiction. Harare has embraced the new national economic discourse to open up business and actualize the vision, Harare to become World Class City by 2025.

The city is adorned with different investment opportunities within its purview that potential investors can pursue on PPP arrangements. These include but not limited to:

· Infrastructure Development in modern malls, schools, street lighting, multi-purpose buildings and bus termini.

· Health sector new clinics, council pharmacies and city radiological services.

· Council Farms – animal husbandry, Horticulture and/ Market Gardening, Floriculture and Fruit Production

· Water infrastructure – new dams, mobile water treatment plans, sewer system rehabilitation, waste water infrastructure.

· Informal sector – vegetable and flea markets, home industries.

· Mukuvisi-Mbare urban renewal investment opportunities.

· Hospitality industry for lodges and hotels, modern parks and entertainment hubs.

· Low cost housing, flats, gated housing schemes

· Solar farms and solar components manufacturing

THE OPPORTUNITIES

1.1 Infrastructure Development

Smart Cities require modern infrastructure anchored with new technologies within and outside CBDs. Most of Harare City’s infrastructure was built pre-independence era and is now in dire need of regeneration as the capacity has been overtaken by population growth, population interests, increased business activities and changes in technologies. A number of Investment opportunities lie within this sector that includes modern malls, schools, street lighting, multi-purpose buildings and bus termini. These projects require capital funding through a partnership arrangement between council and potential investor(s) on PPP arrangements.