ZIM EUROMONEY CONFERENCE
300 Business Tycoons Gather for Investment Conference
08/03/2011 16:45:00
Harare, March 08, 2011 – More than 300 business executives from South
Africa, London and the United states of America (US) are gathered in Harare
for a one-day investment conference organised by Euro money Conferences in
London.
The conference theme was: Zimbabwe – The Emerging African Investment
Destination.
It was officially opened by the Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai at the
five star Rainbow Towers Harare International Conference Centre (HICC).
Tsvangirai said Zimbabwe needed to be more serious about its investment
drive and not speak with a double tongue thus frustrating investors
interested in the country.
Deputy Prime Minister, Arthur Mutambara, said Zimbabwe had numerous
investment opportunities in mining, tourism, education, road infrastructure
but needed to publicise this more to investors.
But, Mutambara said, the government needed to have a clear investment policy
and not confuse investors who are very wary about putting their money in
African nations.
Speakers included Daniel Broby, Chief Investment Officer at Silk Invest in
London, in the United Kingdom, Ambassador Albrecht Conze from Germany,
Jonathan Chenevix-Trench, Founding Partner, African Century Limited, an
investment company focused on building businesses in sub Saharan Africa, Rt
Honourable Lord Paul Boateng, Non Executive Director of Aegis Advisory
Limited in South Africa and Paulus Deuticke, Investment Director at Virgin
Unite (Private) Limited in New York in the United States of America (US).
Top speakers from Zimbabwe included Anthony Mandiwanza, Chief Executive of
Dairibord Holdings Zimbabwe Limited (DHZL), banker, Nigel Chanakira, Founder
of Kingdom Financial Holdings Limited (KFHL), Shingai Munyeza from African
Sun Limited, Victor Gapare, President of the Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe
(COMZ), and Reward Kangai, Managing Director of the government-controlled
Net One (Private) Limited Zimbabwe’s second largest cellular telephone
network operator.