Zimbabwe. A country on its way.
Zimbabwe is a poor country. That's true. But not entirely. It is increasingly trying to improve its agriculture (both subsistence and commercial) from within, expand mining for export income and use this as a starting point for foreward integrated local value chains , re-establish basic industries and encourage small and medium-sized enterprises. (Translation German to English was supported by deepl.)
Zimbabweans were already growing tobacco in the 19th century. That was before the occupation by the settlers. Today, 3 million of Zimbabwe's 16 million inhabitants make their living from tobacco farming. It accounts for one third of the country's exports.
A: Arcadia Mine near Arcturus and Goromonzi; S: Sabi Star Mine between Buhera and Mutare; B: Bikita Mine southeast of Mashingo; Z: Zulu Mine near Fort Rixon; K: Kamativi Mine near Kamativi; G: Good Days Mine east of Mutoko; M: M(a)pinga Energy Park in Mashonland West.
Since early 2024, construction steel (carbon steel) has been produced at the steelworks, which has a capacity of 600,000 tons per year, and since early 2025, reinforcing steel (rebars, thick wires, also known as ribbed steel) has been rolled there.
A small company that manufactures billboards and advertising stands in Bulawayo. Advertising banners are designed digitally and digitally printed on plastic film and textiles, while 3D advertising signs are digitally cut or graved and illuminated. Mounts for the boards are welded and painted.
This homestead lies close the water of Sanyati Rivery, stored for Manhize steel works. The photo symbolizes the difficulties in the transition from subsistence agriculture to an industrialized economy.
