Zim lures captains of US industry

• Published date: 24 September 2022
• Publication title: The Herald

Fungi Kwaramba in New York PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday met with chief executive officers and managers of Fortune-listed companies, most of whom, expressed interest in investing in Zimbabwe owing to the enabling business operating environment that has been availed by the Second Republic. After a string of political engagements -- highlighted by his well-received speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) -- the President engaged businesses head-quartered in New York, the world financial and commercial hub.

Prior to the dinner that was hosted last night (New York time), the President had extensive discussions with representatives from Mabetex Group, a Swiss construction and civil engineering company, that also has interests in tourism and hospitality as well as the health sector. He had a meeting with Ms Shelly Swanback the CEO of TTEC, one of the largest, global CX (customer experience) technology and services innovators for end-to-end, digital CX solutions.

The company delivers leading CX technology and operational CX orchestration at scale through its proprietary cloud-based CXaaS (Customer Experience as a Service) platform. Serving iconic and disruptive brands, TTEC's outcome-based solutions span the entire enterprise, touch every virtual interaction channel, and improve each step of the customer journey.

After the meeting with the President, Ms Swanback, whose company is worth over US$2 billion said they were ready to do business with Zimbabwe. President Mnangagwa meets TTEC chief executive officer Ms Shelly Swanback, while CBZ Holdings chairman Marc Holtzman looks on at a hotel in New York.

--Picture: Tawanda Mudimu "We are a business outsourcing company, employing people across the world to help our clients serve their customers, using a combination of technology and people. We are considering coming to Zimbabwe, that is the conversation we had with the President," shesaid.

CBZ chairman Mr Marc Holtzman, who facilitated the meeting between the President, CEOs, company presidents and managers, said in his engagements, there is a global appetite to do business with Zimbabwe. "We have several highly important United States-based investment fund managers coming to dinner with His Excellency.

People in the room will represent billions in investment capital. "There are people who are really inspired by President Mnangagwa and his Vision to transform Zimbabwe, his openness, opportunities in agriculture, natural resources.

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