The Herald (Zimbabwe)

. . . envoy commends resilience

- Farirai Machivenyi­ka

“For now, they have just come to explore the opportunit­ies and really, the THE sky new is the Egyptian limit in Ambassador terms of how much to Zimbabwe, they can invest...” Salwa Mowafi, Minister Ncube has commended said. Zimbabwean­s

for Minister their resilience Ncube said in the growing face of foreign adversity investor and interest the progress in Zimbabwe, the including country has Egypt’s made Elsewedy, under was the testiSecmo­ny ond Republic. to the significan­t progress that President Ambassador Mnangagwa’s Mowafi administra­was speaktion ing after has made paying on investment a courtesy reforms, call on opening Speaker up of the the business National environmen­t Assembly right Advocate across Jacob the economy Mudenda as at well Paras stabilisin­g liament Building the economy. yesterday.

“Despite The opportunit­ies the country are there being for all under to see; illegal whether sanctions it’s in agricultur­e, for the whether past 20 years, it is in the mining Second or whether Republic it’s today bwe is open of meeting for business. the Speaker of Parliament The economic and we environmen­t, had an opporsuptu­nity ported to by discuss the Government’s several issues investor of mutual and business-friendly interest between policies, the two have sister given countries,” the economy she said. more “We impetus, have these which excellent resulted in relations economic between growth Egypt of 7,4 percent and Zimbabwe last year. dating back to Zimbabwe’s before independen­ce, economy is projected during to the grow time by 4,6 of the percent liberation this year, struggle. from 5,5

percent “We want initially, to continue only weighed with down this excellent by lingering relations impact and of Covid-19 we would and want disruption­s to move from them the war to in better Eastern horizons Europe. particular­ly trade; the numbers Only last should week, President improve Mnanand investment gagwa told investors for the improvemen­t at the Africa of Investment the welfare Forum of the in sister Abidjan, peoples Ivory of Coast Egypt that and Zimbabwe’s Zimbabwe.” engagement

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