Investment, finance summit registration begins

Business Reporter
REGISTRATION for the Zimbabwe Private-Public Partnerships investment and finance summit to be held in Bulawayo later this year has begun.
The summit is being organised by MNCapital Group.
In a statement, MNCapital managing director Michael Ndinisa said the upcoming summit would prelude the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair that starts from May 6 to 10.

He said prospective participants should make their bookings before the end of the month.
“With the ZITF 2013 recording a business delegation of 51,000, MNCapital Group in association with ZITF Company has earmarked the 5th of May as a special projects investment day,” he said.

“We are encouraging interested participants to the summit to make their bookings before the end of January.”
The summit targets different key economic stakeholders such as government officials, investment project owners, banking and finance officials, representatives from the private and public sector as well as investors in mining, tourism and manufacturing sectors.

The summit follows the successful hosting of the Zimbabwe Water Resources and Infrastructure Investment Summit held during the ZITF in 2013,

He said their primary objective was to establish partnerships between government, private sector and other stakeholders.
“The primary objective of the strategy is to establish strong collaborative partnerships between the government, private sector and other stakeholders through the employment of judicious exploitation of indigenous natural and human resources,” said Ndinisa.

He said the summit sought to engage the private sector to enhance government’s efforts in promoting economic growth.
“The meeting seeks to facilitate engagement of the private sector to enhance the government’s efforts to achieve sustainable economic growth in Zimbabwe. The government’s five year strategy (ZimAsset) aims at achieving 9.9 percent economic growth by 2018 with an average rate of 7.3 percent” he said.

Ndinisa said during the meeting, various investment projects architects will have the opportunity to showcase available investment opportunities in the Zimbabwean public and private sector.

It is envisaged that that the summit in May will provide a platform for participants to share ideas and attract investors.
“Participants will enjoy the opportunity to meet with potential business partners of their choice during the pre-arranged one-on-one networking meetings,” he said.