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VICE President Kembo Mohadi is in Osaka, Japan, for the final leg of the Osaka Expo 2025.
VP Mohadi is set to tour the Zimbabwe Pavilion at the Expo to have an appreciation of the work that has been done since it opened in April.
He is also expected to visit several other pavilions.
During his stay, VP Mohadi will visit tourist sites in Osaka, a medical facility where regenerative medicine is being showcased and will have an experience at the largest public university.
Furthermore, a private sector engagement has been scheduled as part of VP Mohadi’s visit where he will visit a rail components manufacturing firm.
VP Mohadi’s visit follows a series of high-level engagements between Zimbabwe and Japan, including President Mnangagwa’s visit in July this year.
The Osaka Expo 2025 is running under the theme “Designing future society for our lives” and has brought together over people from around the world to not only view exhibits but also co-create a future society.
Our Health and Gender Editor, Robin Muchetu is attending the Expo and will give us live updates.
VP Mohadi to tour Manufacturing World Osaka
Vice President Mohadi is today expected to tour Manufacturing World Osaka.
This premier event serves as a hub for industry leaders and innovators in the manufacturing sector, providing a key platform for networking and knowledge exchange.
This international manufacturing technology show showcases the latest advancements and trends used by manufacturing companies. The Vice President and his delegation will engage with cutting-edge exhibits and explore new business opportunities that drive the industry forward.
VP Mohadi explores India’s aluminum casting industry with Zimbabwean delegation
VP Mohadi, accompanied by the Deputy Minister of Housing and Social Amenities, Musa Ncube and the Deputy Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Services Mercy Dinha, together with other Zimbabwean dignitaries, have begun their tour and are currently at the Taural India Pvt Ltd exhibition.
The company is a leading aluminum casting firm that was founded in 2016 by a young entrepreneur, Mr Bharat Gite.
The company provides intricate aluminum castings for the energy, defence, railway and infrastructure sectors.
Indian firm eyes Zimbabwe for aluminum casting investment
Taural India Pvt Ltd Managing Director and CEO Mr Bharat Gite said he was honoured to have VP Mohadi visiting their exhibition and sharing their line of work.
“We were honoured to have Honourable Vice President of Zimbabwe, who has been at our stall. Aluminum casting is a very laborious job where we need a lot of workforce and if you see, the western world has come to China and India to get casting done.
“If you ask me, I can tell you that Zimbabwe and other African countries will benefit from the casting industry if there is saturation in countries like India, our next step is to come to Zimbabwe. The market for aluminum casting also has to grow in Zimbabwe and surely we can come to invest in your country,” said Mr Gite.
VP Mohadi: Osaka Expo an eye-opener for Zimbabwe’s manufacturing sector
Vice President Mohadi has said the Manufacturing World Osaka 2025, which is taking place on the sidelines of the Osaka Expo 2025, has been an eye-opener, as Zimbabwe is also moving ahead with technological development.
Speaking after touring exhibitions that are part of the expo, the Vice President said his visit to the Manufacturing World Osaka 2025 showcase will encourage the transfer of technology from those in Japan to Zimbabwe.
“Japan has moved with technology and we, as Zimbabweans, are moving in that same direction, so what we are seeing here are companies that are well advanced in technology and we can also benchmark the same companies when we get back home and encourage industries that are in the same category to actually visit these companies so that they can learn. This is so that when we do things in Zimbabwe, we do them in tandem with what other people are doing.
“We can only do this if they come home (Zimbabwe). We also need to do it ourselves at the end of the day,” he said.
Skills transfer has been a critical part of developing various sectors of the Zimbabwean economy, with many opportunities being realised in the health, education, manufacturing and other sectors where experts from across the world have been imparting skills to locals over the years.
The Manufacturing World Expo 2025 is running from 1 to 3 October in Osaka, Japan.
Zim to borrow from Japan’s densification model – VP Mohadi
ZIMBABWE must accelerate its land densification efforts borrowing from Japan’s development model that seeks to conserve land for agriculture and infrastructure which is increasingly becoming scarce, Vice President Kembo Mohadi has said.
Speaking during his visit to Japan where he admired the country’s urban development approach of constructing buildings vertically to save space and resources, Vice President Mohadi called for the country to get notes from the Asian country.
The skylines of Osaka and other Japanese cities are characterised by modern high-rise buildings which have become a necessity given Japan’s largely mountainous and inhabitable terrain.
Vice President Mohadi stated that Zimbabwe should adopt similar strategies, emphasising the importance of densification to optimise land use saying as the population grows the need for such development strategies should be considered seriously and intensified.
“We have a programme of densification back home and we need to shift from horizontal expansion to vertical development,” VP Mohadi said.
“Constructing sewer lines over long distances, like 25 km, is expensive. When we densify and cluster our population, it saves resources and costs for the country.”
He further highlighted that other essential services—such as sewerage, electricity and water are more efficiently developed in densely populated areas.
“This approach applies across all infrastructure. We started discussing densification some time ago, but we need to accelerate our efforts,” he added.
Zimbabwe’s Human Settlement Policy aims to promote the construction of multi-layered buildings to preserve agricultural land, which forms the backbone of the country’s agro-based economy.
VP Mohadi also praised Osaka’s cleanliness, noting it as a reflection of disciplined civic culture. He urged Zimbabweans to cultivate similar habits, especially in managing household litter and emphasised the importance of instilling these values in young generations.
“I was impressed by how clean this city is. It’s a culture that they teach their children from a young age—that they must never litter. We need to learn from their example and develop similar civic responsibility,” he said.
