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ZIMBABWE
Harare
UTC+2
The struggle for independence, land and power
runs throughout Zimbabwe's history. Veteran
President Robert Mugabe has dominated the
country's political scene since independence from
Britain in 1980.
Landlocked, the southern African country is
bordered by Zambia in the north, Mozambique in
the east, Botswana in the west and South Africa in
the south.
Once the bread basket of the region, since 2000
Zimbabwe has struggled to feed its own people
due to severe droughts and the effects of a land
reform programme which saw the seizure of
white-owned farms redistributed to landless black
Zimbabweans which led to sharp falls in
production.
Cash-strapped and impoverished, Zimbabwe's
economy faces severe challenges. Unemployment
and poverty are endemic and political strife and
repression commonplace. Many Zimbabweans
have left the country in search of work in South
Africa.
Southern Africa, between South Africa and Zambia
Land: 386,847 sq km
Water: 3,910 sq km
Country comparison to the world: 61
tropical; moderated by altitude; rainy season
(November to March
coal, chromium ore, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper,
iron ore, vanadium, lithium, tin, platinum group
metals
14,229,541 (July 2015 est.)
English (official), Shona, Sindebele
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
English
Total population: 86.5%
Male: 88.5%
Female: 84.6% (2015 est.)
parliamentary democracy
mixed legal system of English common law,
Roman-Dutch civil law, and customary law
Contact Details of the Government
Principal Governmental Body: Office of the
President
Address: P. Bag 7700
Corner Samora Machel Avenue and Sam
Nujoma Street
Munhumutapa Building
Causeway
Harare
Brief Economy Overview
Key Economic Indicators
GDP – composition by sector
Budget
ICT Penetration
Telephone: +263 4 707091-9
Fax: Email: Zimbabwe's economy is growing despite
continuing political uncertainty. Following a
decade of contraction from 1998 to 2008,
Zimbabwe's economy recorded real growth of
roughly 10% per year in 2010-11, before slowing in
2012-13 due poor harvests and low diamond
revenues. The government of Zimbabwe faces a
number of difficult economic problems, including
infrastructure and regulatory deficiencies, ongoing
indigenization pressure, policy uncertainty, a large
external debt burden, and insufficient formal
employment. Until early 2009, the Reserve Bank of
Zimbabwe routinely printed money to fund the
budget deficit, causing hyperinflation. Dollarization
in early 2009 - which allowed currencies such as
the Botswana pula, the South Africa rand, and the
US dollar to be used locally - ended hyperinflation
and reduced inflation below 10% per year, but
exposed structural weaknesses that continue to
inhibit broad-based growth.
GDP: $27.26 billion (2014 est.)
GDP – per capita (PPP): $2,100 (2014 est.)
Labor force: 5.634 million (2014 est.)
Agriculture: 66%
Industry: 10%
Services: 24% (1996)
Revenues: $3.732 billion
Expenditures: $4.615 billion (2014)
Inflation rate: 0.1% (2014 est.)
Land Line; 330,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 2 (2014 est.)
Mobile: 11.8 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 86 (2014 est.)
Major ICT Companies Present
Huawei
EcoNet
AfriCom
BURCO Texchnologies
ICT associations
ICT Association of Zimbabwe – ICTAZ
Other ICT Indicators
Internet users
total: 2.7 million
Percent of population: 19.5% (2014 est.)
CIA World Fact Book, BBC News, index mundi
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