This is a country presentation of Zimbabwe for business class at Lewis Clark State College USA by Kudzai M Munyavi an exchange student.

1. ZIMBABWEIndependent from Britain since 1980
BY :
KUDZAI MAURINE MUNYAVI

2. Facts & Figures
President:Emmerson Mnangagwa (2017), second president since
1980 after Robert Mugabe who was removed by a peaceful coup.
Landarea:149,293 sqmi (386,669 sqkm);total area:
150,804 sqmi (390,580 sqkm)
Population: (2016est.):Population16,150,362
Capital City: Harare
Type of Government: Democratic Republic.
Currency: United States Dollars (2009) after hyperinflation (2004-
2009), Bond Notes (are used as a proxy for US dollar and cent coins.
Zimbabwe Bond Notes for 2 and 5 dollars were introduced in 2016 at par
value of the US dollar when there was forex liquidity crisis in the country)

3. Languages: English (official), Shona (largest native),
Ndebele (second largest), numerous minor tribal
dialect’s (14)
Ethnicty/Race: 99.4% Black African over 80% Shona,
Ndebele people are largest minority). 0.2% White
Zimbabweans, 0.4 others including coloureds and
Indians
Religions: syncretic (part Christian, partindigenous
beliefs) 50%,Christian 25%,indigenous beliefs 24%,
Muslim and other 1%
Literacyrate:94%(2018)Africa’s largest.

4. GEOGRAPHICALREPRESENTATION

5. ECONOMY
MINING
• Gold is the main foreign export
alongside with agriculture.
• The mining sector is very lucrative
with some of the worlds platinum
reserves.
• Discovered diamond in Marange
(2006), over 15 billion (USD)
however went missing from
Marange diamond mining revenue
during the time of Mugabe and the
current ruling government.
• It is a global significant producer of
chrysotile asbestos, lithium and
vermiculite.
• Agriculture
• Zimbabwe’s commercial farming
was traditionally a source of
exports and foreign exchange
making it the bread basket of
Africa before the land program
by RG Mugabe (2001), providing
around 400 000 jobs.
• The new president however
introduced a “Zimbabwe is open
for Business” policy in an
attempt to revitalize the
economy and this has been
fruitful.
• Zimbabwe has also been
involved in command farming
with the Russians again a
strategy introduced by the new
president.

6. TOURISM
THE VICTORIA FALLS
• Also referred to as MO-SIA-TUNYA (the storm that thunders), Victoria falls
is one of the most spectacular natural falls in the world, located on the
Zambezi river.
• Victoria Falls is the only waterfall in the world with a length of more than a
kilo-meter and a height of more than 328 feet. It is also considered to be
the largest fall in the world.
• The noise of Victoria Falls can be heard from a distance of 25 miles, while
the spray and mist from the falling water is rising to a height of over 1 312
feet and can be seen from a distance of 31miles.
• David Livingstone was the first white (British) person to discover the falls
(local people lived there), on his missionary journey to Africa. He then
named it Victoria falls after queen Victoria of England.
• He was fascinated by the beauty of the falls. In 1857 Livingstone wrote
that no one in England can even imagine the beauty of this scene. For
centuries local African tribes had a sacral fear from the waterfall.
• Zimbabwe has other great tourist attractions like the Great Zimbabwe
Ruins, The sacred Nyanga Mountain, The Chinhoyi Caves and The Kariba
dam.

8. CHINHOYI CAVES
• The blue sleeping pool 131 feet below the ground level even
though no, no one ever went in and came back.
• White men tried to get in and see how deep it is but no one
succeeded coming back with that info.
• The 150-foot walls of the Wonder Hole drop vertically down
to the Sleeping Pool, which if filled with water of an
unbelievable blue and crystal clear.
• Legend has it that a visitor cannot successfully throw a stone
across the Pool, as the sacred spirits who watch over the Pool
will catch it and bestow a curse upon the person who threw
it. There are several underwater passages that lead from the
Sleeping Pool, but so far all of the passages that have been
explored have lead back to the main Pool.

10. Great Zimbabwe Ruins (Dzimba dzemabwe)
• The Great Zimbabwe ruins are the largest collection of ruins in Southern Africa.
• Built between the 11th and 15th centuries, Great Zimbabwe was home to a cattle-
herding people who also became adept at metal-working. They are testament to a
culture of great wealth and great architectural skill.
• In the words of archeologist Peter Garlake, these ruins display "an architecture that is
unparalleled elsewhere in Africa or beyond.”
THEY WERE BUILT WITH STONES AND STONES ALONE.

11. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS
Exports $2.83 billion (2016)
Export goods Platinum, cotton, gold, wheat, maize, tobacco, textiles,
unrefined diamonds
Main export partners South Africa 79.5%
Mozambique 9.5%
United Arab Emirates4.1%
[6]
Imports $5.2 billion (2016 est.)
Import goods machinery and transport equipment, other
manufactures, chemicals, fuels, food products
Main import partners South Africa 46.6%
Zambia 24%
[7]

13. MUSIC AND LIFESTYLE
• Zimbabwe music includes folk and pop styles. Much of the folk music
incorporates mbira, ngoma drums and hosho. Music has played a
significant role in the history of Zimbabwe, from a vital role in the
traditional Bira ceremony (all night ritual ceremony) used to call on
ancestral spirits, to protest songs during the struggle for independence.
• The mbira is an integral part of Zimbabwean music. It is frequently
played in a deze (calabash resonator) which amplifies the sound and
augments using shells or bottle caps placed around the edges. The mbira
plays a central role in the traditional Bira Ceremony used to call on
ancestral spirits.
• Zimbabweans also listen to International music apart from their own
local music.

14. References
• Kendall, Judy; Eyre, Banning (1999). "Jit, Mbira and Chimurenga: Play
It Loud!". In Broughton, Simon; Ellingham, Mark; Trillo,
Richard. World Music Volume 1: Africa, Europe and the Middle East.
London: Rough Guides Ltd. pp. 706–716. ISBN 1-85828-635-2.
• ^ Jump up to: a b Berliner, Paul (1978). The Soul of Mbira (1st
Paperback ed.). Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California
Press. pp. 17–18. ISBN 0-520-04268-9.
• "The World Factbook – Zimbabwe". Central Intelligence Agency.
• "World Population Prospects: The 2017
Revision". ESA.UN.org(custom data acquired via website). United
Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population
Division. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
• "What Caused Zimbabwe's Economic Crash?". Quora. 29 November
2015 – via Slate.