Zimbabwean companies urged to focus on Namibia

Following its success

in growing trade with

Mozambique to the

east, Zimbabwean trade

facilitation organisation

ZimTrade is now urging

local companies to explore

opportunities in Namibia.

Mozambique is now

Zimbabwe’s second-largest

trade partner in Africa

after South Africa.

A survey conducted

by ZimTrade identified

opportunities in

sectors such as building

and construction,

pharmaceuticals,

veterinary, leather

products and fast-moving

consumer goods as well as

professional services.

The survey found that

Zimbabwean professionals

now based in Namibia

were keen to form

business partnerships with

Zimbabwean companies.

“In the pharmaceutical

sector many

pharmaceutical and

medical centres are

manned by Zimbabwe

professionals and the

Namibia Medicines

Regulatory Council

(NMRC). Exporters from

Zimbabwe can supply

hospitals and pharmacies

through local distributors.

Namibia and Zimbabwe

signed a mutual

Preferential Trade

Agreement in 1992 which

also facilitates duty-free

trade.