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How to aquire or where to find capital  to invest or start my  dream business ? This question is very common among newbie entrepreneurs, those with little or no experience in business world. In this article, we are going to answer this question, we are going to include practical examples from Tuta life commercial experiments, we are going to include a theory and steps towards growing capital. Before you can think of capital, you must think of yourself, most importantly your mindset. Starting your own business or your own projects  requires high level of commitment due to different business environment conditions. You must convince your mind that the process to succeed is always under construction.  That is why it is advised that you have to spend considerable time working on your business plan before you can think of capital to start. During business planning, you must invest extra effort in market research, trying to understand if your idea is scalable and to see if your idea is going

 It is possible to start a business or an enterprise in Africa without Financial or manufactured capital. You can start with human capital, Social capital, intellectual capital, cultural capital, experiential capital and natural capital.  Human capital refers to resources that individuals and the society possess, resources which are ready to be used in production without cash. In Africa we a lot of people with skills, people with knowledge, people with training, people who are creative, people with strength, people with physical health, people with problem solving skills. We have a lot of people with different qualities.  What we need to do, is to coordinate these qualities towards execution of business plans. People with education should create relations with rural people, they should guide people with physical health as well as people with strength to grow capital from natural resources. They should motivate and help rural people to grow capital and to invest it in Hortculture.  I`m

Whether you own a business or you are an entrepreneur, or maybe a hustler, our aim as we post adverts on WhatsApp groups or on Facebook is to attract clients and make some sales. However, did you know some of the mistakes that we do during the process? This article is going to analyse such mistakes and consider a way forward. Spamming Social platforms Spamming is when you send adverts in social groups without the permission, will either welcomed or not. This act is very common among us as advertisers, however we all know the consequences if we do send in social groups with specific aims and objectives, we might end up being blocked or removed from those platforms, which might result in brand image distortion.  In trying to find solutions to those problems, a lot of advertisers created advertising groups, where anyone can send spam adverts without being restricted. But i need you to think about it, did you know that most of the participants who join such platforms do it with an intentio

In Africa, some of practical strategies that could generate you start up capital or growing it in volume are still primitive if we are to compare how entrepreneurs generate their capital in the western countries. Despite these methods being backward, they are still effective in our Continent of Africa and they could really help, in this article, I'm going to share with you my own experience as well as some data which I have aquired through a wide range of research techniques.  1. Barter trade . This is one is known  from it's contextual meaning as the exchange of goods or services without the use of money. This method is still effective among African societies, people are travelling  from different angles around countries to exchange commodities like old western clothes for cereals, maize, beans and livestock. This deal only makes sense if allow yourself engage in it, from my own experience I have realised that exchanging old clothes (Mabhero in Shona language/ bales old clothe

Africa is not poor at all, but according to my own findings, approximately 97% of African mindset is poor. I have recently contacted my own survey on social media aimed at extracting data from African activities online, their reasons to be online as well as things they support, people they follow and social media platforms they follow, liked and share.  My own research reveals four things that contributes Africa to be among poor continents in the world, with less invention, value innovation and entrepreneurship.  1. Large population of Africans is not enjoying the process of acquiring  practical skills required to enhance invention, start ups and entrepreneurship. Recently, ZIMSEC officials introduced a continuous assessment programme called CALA, this programme was supposed to impart critical problem skills in students. CALA incorporates practical activities such as data collection through interviews, questionnaires, checklist, observation and experiments. However to my surprise I hav

Here is the list of food products that can be manufactured from agriculture based raw materials found in the highlands of Zimbabwe.  1 . Avocado products . There is huge production of avocado fruits in some parts of manicaland, areas like Chipinge, Chimanimani, Mutare, etc.  Avocados can be used to manufacture a wide range of products, from perishable to long lasting products.  ♤ Avocado ice cream.  Avocados can be mixed with a number of ingredients to produce ice cream. As an entrepreneur, you can invest in research for ingredients and recipes to start this business.  ♤ Avocado Oil  Avocados can be used to produce oils  that have a wide range of use, from backing to cooking.  ♤ Avocado based mayo. Yes, you can produce mayonnaise from avocados. Mayonnaise can be used to make a potato salad, bake a cake, put it on a burger, etc.  ♤ Avocado snack cups.  ♤ Crunchy Avocado Crips.  ♤ Green Guacamole  cheese.  ♤ Avocado juice.  2. Banana products .  Chipinge and Chimanimani areas are well kn

Enterprise Alliance Strategy (EAS) can be applied to transform rural areas of Africa (Zimbabwe as a case study) into industrial areas. In this article, I shall explain (EAS). Enterprise Alliance Strategy (EAS). This is when organisations come together to create scalable projects through partnerships with those who cannot implement value innovation to their local resources. For instance, some parts of Chipinge district in Zimbabwe  still contains under-utilised rivers and mountains which can be used to produce Agricultural  raw materials for industrial purposes. If three small companies adpot EAS in this district, they could  successfully transform this area from being rural into  industrial zones.  From my own case study in Chipinge district, I have realised that entrepreneurs requires capital for borehole drilling, fancing, solar systems and inputs.  So if the following companies agreed to adpot EAS in this district, they could create a billion dollar company.  1. Borehole drilling.